# Smart Travel Ops API (`delightful_unicorn/smart-travel-ops-api`) Actor A real-time flight and airport data API for developers using live aviation data sources. Get live flight status, airport details, route distances, local time and more with real aviation data from OpenSky, AirLabs and Aviation-Edge. - **URL**: https://apify.com/delightful\_unicorn/smart-travel-ops-api.md - **Developed by:** [Alessandro Amato](https://apify.com/delightful_unicorn) (community) - **Categories:** Travel, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Smart Travel Ops API **Real-time aviation intelligence for flights, airports, and routes.** Get live flight status, delays, schedules, airport details, and route information β€” all in a single API call. Built on top of OpenSky Network, mwgg/airports, and optional Aviation-Edge enrichment. ### Features - ✈️ **Live Flight Status** β€” Track any flight by callsign or ICAO24 transponder code - πŸ• **Flight Delays** β€” Detect delays using real-time state vectors - πŸ›¬ **Airport Details** β€” Full airport info by IATA/ICAO code (timezone, coordinates, elevation) - πŸ—ΊοΈ **Route Intelligence** β€” Haversine distance, estimated duration, and great-circle path between airports - πŸ“‘ **Live Position** β€” Real-time latitude, longitude, altitude, speed, and heading - πŸ“… **Flight Schedules** β€” Historical arrivals/departures with time-range filters - πŸ” **Flight Search** β€” Search flights by aircraft, airport, or route ### Actions | Action | Input | Description | |--------|-------|-------------| | `flightStatus` | `callsign` or `icao24` | Current position and status of a flight | | `flightDelay` | `callsign` | Detect if a flight is delayed (requires Aviation-Edge key) | | `flightTimes` | `icao24`, `begin`, `end` | Historical flight times for an aircraft | | `airportDetails` | `iata` or `icao` | Airport metadata and timezone | | `routeInfo` | `origin`, `destination` | Distance and duration between two airports | | `flightSummary` | `callsign` | Human-readable flight summary | | `livePosition` | `callsign` or `icao24` | Coordinate, altitude, and speed conversions | | `localAirportTime` | `iata` | Current local time at an airport | | `flightScheduleLookup` | `flightNumber`, `date` | Scheduled departure/arrival times | | `flightSearch` | `origin`, `destination`, `begin`, `end` | Search flights by route and time | ### Example Input ```json { "action": "flightStatus", "callsign": "AAL123" } ```` ### Example Output ```json { "success": true, "action": "flightStatus", "timestamp": "2026-05-01T12:00:00Z", "data": { "found": true, "callsign": "AAL123", "icao24": "A1B2C3", "originCountry": "United States", "latitude": 40.7128, "longitude": -74.0060, "altitude": 35000, "velocity": 250, "heading": 90, "onGround": false } } ``` ### Pricing - **Pay Per Event** - `apify-actor-start`: $0.0005 - `result`: $0.0005 - **~$1.00 per 1,000 requests** ### Data Sources - [OpenSky Network](https://opensky-network.org/) β€” Live flight state vectors - [mwgg/airports](https://github.com/mwgg/Airports) β€” Airport database via unpkg CDN - [Aviation-Edge](https://aviation-edge.com/) (optional) β€” Schedule and delay data ### Notes - OpenSky may return HTTP 403 from cloud datacenters. For best results, run locally or provide an Aviation-Edge API key. - No browser automation = minimal CU cost. # Actor input Schema ## `action` (type: `string`): The operation to perform ## `flightNumber` (type: `string`): Flight number or callsign (e.g., AZ123, AAL123) ## `icao24` (type: `string`): ICAO24 aircraft address (hex, e.g., 3c675a) ## `airportCode` (type: `string`): IATA or ICAO airport code (e.g., FCO, LIRF) ## `fromAirport` (type: `string`): Origin airport IATA/ICAO code ## `toAirport` (type: `string`): Destination airport IATA/ICAO code ## `begin` (type: `integer`): Start Unix timestamp for flight search ## `end` (type: `integer`): End Unix timestamp for flight search ## `aviationEdgeApiKey` (type: `string`): Optional API key for Aviation-Edge (enrichs airport/schedules data) ## `airLabsApiKey` (type: `string`): Optional API key for AirLabs (alternative live flight data source, recommended for cloud runs) ## Actor input object example ```json { "action": "flightStatus" } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("delightful_unicorn/smart-travel-ops-api").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`πŸ’Ύ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("delightful_unicorn/smart-travel-ops-api").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("πŸ’Ύ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call delightful_unicorn/smart-travel-ops-api --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=delightful_unicorn/smart-travel-ops-api", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Smart Travel Ops API", "description": "A real-time flight and airport data API for developers using live aviation data sources. Get live flight status, airport details, route distances, local time and more with real aviation data from OpenSky, AirLabs and Aviation-Edge.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "OD3A02RYVqWzc85MV" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/delightful_unicorn~smart-travel-ops-api/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-delightful_unicorn-smart-travel-ops-api", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/delightful_unicorn~smart-travel-ops-api/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-delightful_unicorn-smart-travel-ops-api", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/delightful_unicorn~smart-travel-ops-api/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-delightful_unicorn-smart-travel-ops-api", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "action" ], "properties": { "action": { "title": "Action", "enum": [ "flightStatus", "flightDelay", "flightTimes", "airportDetails", "routeInfo", "flightSummary", "livePosition", "localAirportTime", "flightScheduleLookup", "flightSearch" ], "type": "string", "description": "The operation to perform", "default": "flightStatus" }, "flightNumber": { "title": "Flight Number", "type": "string", "description": "Flight number or callsign (e.g., AZ123, AAL123)" }, "icao24": { "title": "ICAO24", "type": "string", "description": "ICAO24 aircraft address (hex, e.g., 3c675a)" }, "airportCode": { "title": "Airport Code", "type": "string", "description": "IATA or ICAO airport code (e.g., FCO, LIRF)" }, "fromAirport": { "title": "From Airport", "type": "string", "description": "Origin airport IATA/ICAO code" }, "toAirport": { "title": "To Airport", "type": "string", "description": "Destination airport IATA/ICAO code" }, "begin": { "title": "Begin Timestamp", "type": "integer", "description": "Start Unix timestamp for flight search" }, "end": { "title": "End Timestamp", "type": "integer", "description": "End Unix timestamp for flight search" }, "aviationEdgeApiKey": { "title": "Aviation-Edge API Key", "type": "string", "description": "Optional API key for Aviation-Edge (enrichs airport/schedules data)" }, "airLabsApiKey": { "title": "AirLabs API Key", "type": "string", "description": "Optional API key for AirLabs (alternative live flight data source, recommended for cloud runs)" } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```