$ man flight-status
/flight-status(1)
PRICE / CALL
$0.01
USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact
METHOD
POST
CLUSTER
localeCATEGORY
uncategorized
STATUS
● live
NAME
flight-status — flight status / live aircraft position / flight tracker / icao24 lookup / callsign lookup / aircraft bounding-box / opensky network state…
SYNOPSIS
POST https://x402.org/v1/flight-status
Content-Type: application/json
X-PAYMENT: <signed-transferWithAuthorization>
{ ... }↳ first call →
402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.DESCRIPTION
Flight status / live aircraft position / flight tracker / ICAO24 lookup / callsign lookup / aircraft bounding-box / OpenSky Network state-vector wrapper. Pass icao24 (6-char hex transponder, e.g. 'a808c5'), a callsign (e.g. 'UAL124'), or a bbox {lamin,lamax,lomin,lomax}. Returns last-known position, altitude, speed, heading, on-ground flag, and origin country per aircraft. Single hit to OpenSky's anonymous tier (no API key, commercial-OK with attribution; shared 400 req/day pool).
INPUT — request schema
| property | type | description | req? |
|---|---|---|---|
| icao24 | string | 24-bit ICAO transponder address in hex (e.g. 'a808c5'). Lowercase, exactly 6 chars. | optional |
| callsign | string | Flight callsign (e.g. 'UAL124'). Matched against the global state vector; expect higher latency than icao24 lookups. | optional |
| bbox | object | Optional lat/lon bounding box. lamin<lamax, lomin<lomax, |lat|<=90, |lon|<=180. | optional |
OUTPUT — response shape
| field | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| mode | string | Lookup mode used: 'icao24', 'callsign', or 'bbox' depending on which input was supplied. |
| query | object | Echo of the input query parameters (icao24, callsign, or bbox coords) used for this lookup. |
| snapshot_time | number | Unix timestamp (seconds) of when OpenSky captured this state-vector snapshot. |
| count | number | Number of aircraft state-vectors returned in the states array for this query. |
| states | array | Array of aircraft state objects with icao24, callsign, position, altitude, velocity, heading, on-ground flag, origin country. |
| source | string | Upstream data provider identifier, typically 'opensky-network'. |
| attribution | string | Required attribution string for OpenSky Network's anonymous commercial-OK tier. |
EXAMPLES — two ways to call
EXAMPLE 1 · curl
curl -X POST https://x402.org/v1/flight-status \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{ }'first response =
402 Payment Required with payment requirements; sign + retry with X-PAYMENT.EXAMPLE 2 · mcp
# install once claude mcp add x402 --command "npx x402-deployer-mcp" # then ask Claude Code: # "use the flight-status tool to ..."
MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.
METADATA
- tags
- flightaircrafttrackeropenskyicao24aviation
- methods
- POST
- cluster
- locale
- price
- $0.01 USDC per call
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| endpoint | description | price |
|---|---|---|
| property-tax | Property tax lookup. | $0.01 |
| property-tax-assessment | Property tax assessor lookup (multi-county). | $0.01 |
| satellite-address | Address to satellite image / one-call address → cloud-free Sentinel-2 thumbnail / postal-code satellite snapshot / place-name to space view. | $0.01 |
| sports-schedule | Sports schedule / MLB / NBA / NHL / NFL / WNBA / MLS / EPL / La Liga / Bundesliga / Serie A — next games + recent results / sports schedu… | $0.01 |
| iata-airport-info | IATA / ICAO airport code lookup. | $0.005 |
| satellite-tile | Satellite imagery tile / lat-lon to satellite PNG / Sentinel-2 tile API / cloud-free satellite snapshot / agent-callable satellite imagery. | $0.005 |
| vin-decode | VIN decoder / VIN lookup / decode VIN / vehicle identification number / NHTSA vPIC wrapper. | $0.005 |
| visa-requirements | Visa requirements lookup. | $0.005 |
SEE ALSO