# Global Aviation Radar & Airspace Intelligence ✈️🌐 (`khnaami/global-aviation-radar-airspace-intelligence`) Actor

An advanced real-time aviation intelligence Actor powered by OpenSky Network ADS-B telemetry, FAA/NOAA METAR stations, EASA/FAA conflict airspace databases (CZIB), and real-time Airport Flight Information Display Systems (FIDS).

- **URL**: https://apify.com/khnaami/global-aviation-radar-airspace-intelligence.md
- **Developed by:** [khalid naami](https://apify.com/khnaami) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Apify Actor: Global Aviation Radar & Airspace Intelligence ✈️🌐

An advanced real-time aviation intelligence Actor powered by OpenSky Network ADS-B telemetry, FAA/NOAA METAR stations, EASA/FAA conflict airspace databases (CZIB), and real-time Airport Flight Information Display Systems (FIDS).

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### 🌟 Key Features

1. **Live ADS-B Aircraft Tracking**: Stream real-time airborne flights across global regions or custom bounding boxes (Europe, North America, Middle East, Asia, World).
2. **Conflict Zone & War Hazard Intersections**: Automatically flags flights transiting hazardous airspaces (Ukraine, Red Sea, Yemen, Iran, Syria, etc.).
3. **METAR Weather Intelligence**: Fetches instantaneous METAR observations and decodes IFR/VFR flight rules, dew points, and altimeter settings.
4. **Airport Flight Displays (FIDS)**: Generates comprehensive departure and arrival boards with real-time delays, gate assignments, and aircraft registrations.
5. **Callsign Search**: Pinpoint exact commercial or cargo flights by callsign (e.g., `BAW123`, `RAM501`, `UAE7`).

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### 📥 Input Schema

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `region` | String | `"Europe"` | Geographic region bounding box (`Europe`, `North America`, `Middle East`, `Asia`, `World`). |
| `maxFlights` | Integer | `50` | Maximum number of aircraft records to fetch. |
| `searchCallsign` | String | `""` | Filter telemetry by flight callsign prefix. |
| `airportIcaoForFids` | String | `"EGLL"` | 4-letter ICAO airport code for FIDS board (e.g. `EGLL`, `KJFK`, `OMDB`, `GMMN`). |
| `includeConflictZones` | Boolean | `true` | Cross-reference flight coordinates against active EASA CZIB conflict zones. |
| `includeMetarWeather` | Boolean | `true` | Query live METAR weather reports for departure and destination airfields. |

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### 📤 Output Dataset Format

The Actor pushes structured JSON items to the Apify Dataset:

```json
{
  "type": "flight_radar",
  "callsign": "BAW123",
  "icao24": "400a0c",
  "origin_country": "United Kingdom",
  "latitude": 51.4700,
  "longitude": -0.4543,
  "baro_altitude_m": 8500,
  "velocity_ms": 220.5,
  "true_track": 275.0,
  "conflict_zone_risk": "SAFE",
  "metar_observation": {
    "station": "EGLL",
    "raw_metar": "EGLL 032150Z 24012KT 9999 FEW025 15/09 Q1015",
    "flight_rules": "VFR"
  }
}
```

***

### 🚀 How to Run Locally

```bash
cd actor-aviation-radar
pip install -r requirements.txt
python -m src.main
```

# Actor input Schema

## `region` (type: `string`):

Select geographical bounding box for live ADS-B flight transponder scanning.

## `maxFlights` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of live flights to record in dataset.

## `searchCallsign` (type: `string`):

Optional search term for specific aircraft callsign (e.g. RAM, UAE, BAW, AFR, DLH).

## `airportIcaoForFids` (type: `string`):

Airport code to extract departure/arrival FIDS boards (e.g. GMMN, OMDB, LFPG, EGLL, KJFK).

## `includeConflictZones` (type: `boolean`):

Extract active global war zones and aviation risk notices.

## `includeMetarWeather` (type: `boolean`):

Extract decoded METAR winds, visibility, ceiling, and crosswind runway hazards.

## `apiKey` (type: `string`):

Optional Apify API token or custom authentication key for MCP and programmatic triggers.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "region": "Western Europe & Mediterranean",
  "maxFlights": 100,
  "searchCallsign": "",
  "airportIcaoForFids": "GMMN",
  "includeConflictZones": true,
  "includeMetarWeather": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Live flight tracking records, METAR observations, and FIDS flight boards

## `overview` (type: `string`):

Summary report stored in Key-Value store

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("khnaami/global-aviation-radar-airspace-intelligence").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 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);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("khnaami/global-aviation-radar-airspace-intelligence").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call khnaami/global-aviation-radar-airspace-intelligence --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,khnaami/global-aviation-radar-airspace-intelligence"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/cjTVzh7IeVTH3i3oy/builds/Lh2OqiaosmnZd6IEa/openapi.json