Google Flights Scraper — Real-Time Fares, Multi-City Itineraries & Airline Routes

A high-performance, production-grade Google Flights Scraper built for fast fare monitoring, price tracking, and route analysis. Unlike heavy browser-based scrapers that consume massive memory and CPU, this Actor uses a pure HTTP fast-path architecture (powered by Crawlee, got-scraping, and Chrome TLS fingerprinting) to retrieve real-time flight data up to 10x faster and 80% cheaper.

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💰 Pricing (Pay-Per-Event)

This actor operates on a pay-as-you-go Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing model. You only pay for what you extract:

Event Name	Purpose	Price (USD)	Description
apify-actor-start	Actor Start	$0.005	Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event).
apify-default-dataset-item	result	$0.002	Single result in the default dataset.
additional-data	Additional data	$0.0001	Charged for additional data

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⚡ Why Use This Google Flights Scraper?

• Ultra-Fast & Resource-Efficient: Pure HTTP engine extracts flight itineraries directly without spinning up heavy Chromium instances.
• Complete Flight Results: Extracts both "Best flights" and extended "Other flights", giving you full visibility into all available fares, not just the top 2 options.
• Rich Flight Metadata:
  • Airline name & flight numbers
  • Departure & arrival timestamps, dates, and airport codes
  • Flight duration in minutes & formatted text
  • Exact stop counts & layover details
  • Included baggage allowance (carry-on & checked bags)
  • Carbon emissions (kg CO2e) & comparison against route average
  • Live ticket pricing & currency support (USD, EUR, GBP, and more)
• Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing: Pay only for what you scrape ($0.005 per run start + $0.002 per extracted flight record). Zero wasted compute.
• Anti-Bot Resilient: Built-in HTTP/2 framing, TLS fingerprinting (Chrome 130+), header emulation, and optional residential proxy rotation.

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📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
startUrls	Array	No	Sample search URL	List of direct Google Flights search result URLs.
searchQuery	String	No	"LAX to JFK 2026-10-15"	Free-text search query (e.g. LAX to JFK 2026-10-15). Used if startUrls is omitted.
currency	String	No	"USD"	Desired currency for prices (e.g. USD, EUR, GBP).
maxItems	Integer	No	50	Maximum number of flight itineraries to collect (up to 50,000).
proxy	Object	No	{ "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }	Proxy configuration. Residential proxies are recommended for heavy usage.

Sample Input JSON

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.google.com/travel/flights?q=Flights%20to%20JFK%20from%20LAX%20on%202026-10-15"
    }
  ],
  "searchQuery": "LAX to JFK 2026-10-15",
  "maxItems": 25,
  "currency": "USD",
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

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📤 Output Dataset Format

The scraper pushes structured flight records to the default dataset. You can download the results in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or Parquet.

Field	Type	Description
itineraryId	String	Unique identifier for the flight itinerary.
price	Number	Numeric ticket price.
currency	String	Currency code (e.g., USD, EUR).
rawPrice	String	Displayed price string (e.g., $552).
airline	String	Airline name (e.g., JetBlue, Delta, American).
origin	String	Origin airport IATA code (e.g., LAX).
destination	String	Destination airport IATA code (e.g., JFK).
departureTime	String	Departure time (e.g., 9:28 AM).
arrivalTime	String	Arrival time (e.g., 5:58 PM).
departureAirport	String	Full name of the departure airport.
arrivalAirport	String	Full name of the destination airport.
departureDate	String	Departure date.
arrivalDate	String	Arrival date.
durationMinutes	Number	Total duration in minutes (e.g., 330).
durationText	String	Human-readable duration (e.g., 5 hr 30 min).
stops	Number	Number of stops (0 = nonstop).
cabinClass	String	Cabin class (Economy, Premium Economy, Business, First).
carbonEmissions	String	Carbon footprint (e.g., 421 kg CO2e).
emissionsDifference	String	Emissions compared to typical route flights (e.g., +25% emissions).
baggage	String	Included baggage summary (carry-on and checked bags).
tripType	String	Trip type (round-trip or one-way).
searchUrl	String	The exact Google Flights URL queried.
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 timestamp of extraction.

Sample Output Record

{
  "itineraryId": "6:Ez0RRc",
  "price": 552,
  "currency": "USD",
  "rawPrice": "$552",
  "airline": "JetBlue",
  "origin": "LAX",
  "destination": "JFK",
  "durationMinutes": 330,
  "durationText": "5 hr 30 min",
  "stops": 0,
  "cabinClass": "Economy",
  "departureTime": "9:28 AM",
  "arrivalTime": "5:58 PM",
  "departureAirport": "Los Angeles International Airport",
  "arrivalAirport": "John F. Kennedy International Airport",
  "departureDate": "Thursday, October 15",
  "arrivalDate": "Thursday, October 15",
  "carbonEmissions": "421 kg CO2e",
  "emissionsDifference": "+25% emissions",
  "baggage": "1 carry-on bag included. 0 checked bags included.",
  "tripType": "round-trip",
  "searchUrl": "https://www.google.com/travel/flights?q=Flights+to+JFK+from+LAX+on+2026-10-15&hl=en&gl=us&curr=USD",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-28T00:40:10.583Z"
}

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💡 How to Automate & Integrate

• Schedule Price Alerts: Run this Actor daily or hourly with Apify Schedules to track price fluctuations for specific flight routes.
• Export Anywhere: Seamlessly export data to Google Sheets, Airtable, Snowflake, or Amazon S3.
• Webhooks: Trigger your backend or send Slack/Discord alerts when prices drop below your threshold.
• REST API: Call the Actor programmatically via the Apify API in Python, Node.js, Go, or cURL.

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🏷️ Tags & Keywords

google-flights • flight-scraper • airfare-monitoring • travel-data • cheap-flights • airline-fares • flight-tracker • carbon-emissions • flight-api