KAYAK Flight Scraper

Extract live flight search results from KAYAK into clean, structured Apify Dataset records.

The scraper supports both simple structured searches and complete KAYAK flight URLs. Each result includes itinerary details, prices, airlines, stops, providers, booking links, and flight segments where available.

Example tasks

Try the ready-to-run examples:

• One-way Prague to Paris flights
• Paginated business-class KAYAK search

Features

• One-way and round-trip searches
• Airport and metro-area codes such as PRG and PAR
• Economy, premium economy, business, and first class
• Sort by best, price, duration, departure, or arrival
• Nonstop, stop-count, and airline filters
• Adults-only passenger searches
• Bounded pagination when more results are requested
• Normalized itinerary records ready for analysis, alerts, or downstream automation
• Optional raw KAYAK result objects for advanced use cases
• Automatic fallback to Crawlio's RapidAPI backend when direct KAYAK access fails

Input

You can provide either a complete KAYAK flight URL or structured search fields. When both are supplied, the URL takes precedence.

Structured search

{
  "origin": "PRG",
  "destination": "PAR",
  "departureDate": "2026-10-24",
  "returnDate": "2026-10-31",
  "adults": 1,
  "cabinClass": "economy",
  "sort": "bestflight_a",
  "results_wanted": 30,
  "max_pages": 1
}

Complete KAYAK URL

This is useful when you already have a KAYAK search containing filters or settings that are not represented by the structured fields.

{
  "url": "https://www.kayak.ie/flights/PRG-PAR/2026-10-24/2026-10-31/business?sort=duration_a",
  "results_wanted": 60,
  "max_pages": 2
}

Main input fields

Field	Description
origin	Origin airport or metro code.
destination	Destination airport or metro code.
departureDate	Departure date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
returnDate	Optional return date. Omit for one-way searches.
adults	Number of adult passengers, from 1 to 9.
backend	auto (default), kayak, or crawlio. auto falls back to Crawlio when direct KAYAK access fails.
cabinClass	economy, premium_economy, business, or first.
sort	bestflight_a, price_a, duration_a, departure_a, or arrival_a.
stops	0 for nonstop, 1 for up to one stop, or 2 for two or more stops.
airlines	Optional comma-separated airline IATA codes, such as FR,AF.
directOnly	Boolean shortcut for a nonstop search.
results_wanted	Maximum number of normalized results, up to 500. maxResults is an alias.
max_pages	Maximum KAYAK result pages to request, up to 20.
includeRaw	Include the original result object in every Dataset item.
saveRawResponse	Save the final response as SEARCH_RESPONSE in the default Key-Value Store.

Output

The default Dataset contains one item per normalized itinerary. The most useful fields include:

{
  "schema_version": "1",
  "source": "kayak.ie",
  "rank": 1,
  "route": "PRG-PAR",
  "origin": "PRG",
  "destination": "PAR",
  "depart_date": "2026-10-24",
  "return_date": "2026-10-31",
  "trip_type": "roundtrip",
  "provider": "Example provider",
  "price_amount": 123.45,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "total_duration_minutes": 185,
  "total_stops": 0,
  "airlines": "Example Airline",
  "booking_url": "https://www.kayak.ie/...",
  "outbound_departure": "2026-10-24T08:00:00+02:00",
  "outbound_arrival": "2026-10-24T11:05:00+02:00",
  "outbound_duration_minutes": 185,
  "outbound_stops": 0,
  "outbound_airlines": "Example Airline",
  "inbound_departure": "2026-10-31T18:00:00+02:00",
  "inbound_arrival": "2026-10-31T21:05:00+02:00",
  "inbound_duration_minutes": 185,
  "inbound_stops": 0,
  "inbound_airlines": "Example Airline",
  "booking_options": [],
  "legs": []
}

The exact providers, prices, schedules, and available booking options depend on the search and can change after the run. The Dataset also contains search metadata, progressive polling summaries, and bandwidth information.

Proxy and reliability

The Actor uses KAYAK’s HTTP result flow and does not require a browser for normal operation. KAYAK can apply traffic controls that vary by location and request volume. If direct KAYAK access fails, backend: "auto" uses Crawlio’s RapidAPI flight endpoint when RAPIDAPI_KEY is configured. Configure PROXY for direct KAYAK requests and keep credentials in Actor environment variables rather than task input.

Search results are live and should be treated as time-sensitive. Prices and availability can change when a booking provider is opened.

Passenger notes

The public Actor currently supports adults-only searches. Child and infant searches are rejected explicitly because the fallback backend does not return reliable fares for those passenger types.

Limits

The Actor caps output at 500 normalized itineraries and pagination at 20 result pages. These limits keep runs bounded and help avoid unnecessary traffic for broad searches.

Responsible use

Use the scraper only where you have the right to collect and process the data. Respect KAYAK’s terms, applicable laws, and reasonable request rates.