FlightAware Flight Scraper Actor

Flight Scraper Actor extracts real-time flight information from FlightAware for any route provided via input URLs.

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Features

• Scrapes real-time flight data from FlightAware.
• Supports multiple routes via input URLs (bulk scraping).
• Captures origin, destination, airline, flight number, departure and arrival times, status, and connection type.
• Stores results in the default dataset for easy access.
• Handles JavaScript-heavy pages and uses proxies for reliability.

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Input

The Actor accepts start URLs, including bulk URLs (as a text file) for multiple routes.

Single URL format:

https://www.flightaware.com/live/findflight?origin=KEWR&destination=OTHH

Bulk URLs example:

You can also give urls in bulk form:

https://www.flightaware.com/live/findflight?origin=KEWR&destination=OTHH
https://www.flightaware.com/live/findflight?origin=OTHH&&destination=WSSS

• origin – ICAO code of the departure airport
• destination – ICAO code of the arrival airport
• The Actor will process all URLs in the input array sequentially or concurrently (depending on maxConcurrency).

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Output

Each record contains the following fields:

Airline	Aircraft	Flight number	Status	Departure	Arrival	Connection	Source URL	Origin	Destination	Scraped At
British Airways	A35K	BAW84	Scheduled	Mon 09:25 PM PST YVR	Tue 01:10 PM GMT LHR	London, England	https://www.flightaware.com/live/findflight?origin=CYVR&destination=LHR	CYVR	LHR	2026-01-05T10:21:29.062Z
Turkish Airlines	B77W	THY76	Arrived / Gate Arrival	Tue 07:05PM PST YVR	IST 06:05PM +03 Wed	Nonstop	https://www.flightaware.com/live/findflight?origin=CYVR&destination=LTFM	CYVR	LTFM	2026-01-05T10:21:29.062Z

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JSON Output Example

[
  {
    "airline": "Turkish Airlines",
    "aircraft": "A359",
    "flightNumber": "THY730",
    "status": "Scheduled (in 16 hours 25 minutes)",
    "departure": "Sun 00:25AM EST EWR",
    "arrival": "IST 16:10PM +03 Sun",
    "connection": "Nonstop",
    "source": "https://www.flightaware.com/live/findflight?origin=KEWR&destination=LTFM",
    "origin": "KEWR",
    "destination": "LTFM",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-01-04T09:04:43.421Z"
  }
  
]

Use Cases

• Flight monitoring: Track live flights for status and schedule changes.
• Travel analytics: Analyze flight trends, delays, and traffic patterns.
• Airline schedule verification: Compare planned vs actual flights.
• Dashboard/BI integration: Feed flight data into business intelligence or analytics platforms.

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