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flightaware-mcp

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Live flight tracking and aviation data via FlightAware AeroAPI through MCP. Use when the user asks to track a flight, look up a flight's status/position/route/track, see an airport's arrivals/departures/delays/weather, find flights for an airline, look up an aircraft's owner, get scheduled flights between dates, or manage FlightAware flight alerts. Triggers on phrases like "where is flight UAL123", "track flight", "JFK departures", "is my flight delayed", "flights near", "who owns tail number N12345", or "set up a flight alert". Requires the @chrischall/flightaware-mcp package installed and the flightaware server registered (see Setup), plus an AeroAPI key.

What it does

Live flight tracking and aviation data via FlightAware AeroAPI through MCP. Use when the user asks to track a flight, look up a flight's status/position/route/track, see an airport's arrivals/departures/delays/weather, find flights for an airline, look up an aircraft's owner, get scheduled flights between dates, or manage FlightAware flight alerts. Triggers on phrases like "where is flight UAL123", "track flight", "JFK departures", "is my flight delayed", "flights near", "who owns tail number N12345", or "set up a flight alert". Requires the @chrischall/flightaware-mcp package installed and the flightaware server registered (see Setup), plus an AeroAPI key.

The skill document

flightaware-mcp

MCP server for FlightAware AeroAPI (v4) — live flight tracking, airport boards, operators, schedules, aircraft, and flight alerts, exposed to Claude over stdio.

Setup

Option A — npx (recommended)

Add to .mcp.json in your project or ~/.claude/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "flightaware": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@chrischall/flightaware-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "AEROAPI_API_KEY": "your-aeroapi-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Get a key at flightaware.com/aeroapi/portal. The free Personal tier (500 calls/month) is enough to get started; AeroAPI bills per query.

Option B — from source

git clone https://github.com/chrischall/flightaware-mcp
cd flightaware-mcp
npm install && npm run build

Environment

VarRequiredPurpose
AEROAPI_API_KEYyesYour FlightAware AeroAPI key (sent as the x-apikey header).
AEROAPI_OUTPUT_DIRnoDefault directory for flight-map PNGs (default: cwd).
AEROAPI_CACHE_TTLnoSeconds to cache identical live-data GET responses to cut per-query billing (default: 15; 0 disables).
AEROAPI_STATIC_CACHE_TTLnoLonger TTL for reference data that rarely changes — airport/operator info, routes, ownership, canonical lookups (default: 3600; 0 disables).

Tools

Flights: fa_get_flights, fa_search_flights, fa_search_flights_advanced, fa_search_flight_positions, fa_count_flights, fa_get_flight_track, fa_get_flight_position, fa_get_flight_route, fa_get_flight_map, fa_get_flight_history, fa_resolve_flight

Airports: fa_get_airport, fa_get_airport_flights, fa_get_airport_flight_counts, fa_get_airport_routes, fa_list_airports, fa_get_nearby_airports, fa_get_airport_delays, fa_get_airport_weather, fa_resolve_airport

Operators / aircraft: fa_get_operator, fa_get_operator_flights, fa_list_operators, fa_get_aircraft_owner

Schedules / predictive: fa_get_scheduled_flights, fa_foresight_search (Foresight is a premium tier — expect a 402/403 on a Personal key)

Alerts (account-mutating writes are confirm-gated — without confirm: true they return a dry-run preview and make no network call): fa_list_alerts, fa_get_alert, fa_create_alert, fa_update_alert, fa_delete_alert, fa_get_alerts_endpoint, fa_set_alerts_endpoint

Notes

  • Flight idents can be a designator (UAL123), a registration (N12345), or an fa_flight_id; position/track/route/map tools take an fa_flight_id.
  • Paged collections return a links.next cursor — pass it back as cursor to fetch more.
  • Every request rides your own AeroAPI key; usage counts against your subscription quota.

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