Flight Tracking (OpenSky Network)

Real-time flight data from the OpenSky Network. Track aircraft by transponder address, query all flights within a geographic bounding box, or pull arrival and departure lists for any airport. Free and open, no API key needed.

Tools

When to use

• "What planes are flying over Manhattan right now?" — define a bounding box around NYC
• Tracking a specific flight by its transponder code
• Building an airport dashboard showing recent arrivals and departures
• Aviation research or ADS-B data analysis

Example: flights over London

curl -s -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/flights/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_flights_in_area","arguments":{"lamin":51.3,"lomin":-0.5,"lamax":51.7,"lomax":0.3}}}'

Returns ICAO24 address, callsign, origin country, altitude, velocity, heading, and position for each aircraft.

MCP config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-flights": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/flights/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Notes

• Time ranges for arrivals/departures use Unix timestamps and are limited to 7-day windows
• The API updates aircraft positions roughly every 10 seconds
• Anonymous access is rate-limited; data may be slightly delayed