✈️ EASA Airworthiness Directives Scraper

🚀 Pull every EASA airworthiness directive in seconds. AD number, issuing authority, dates, subject, approval holder, aircraft type and PDF attachments from the official EU aviation safety registry.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-27 · 📊 11 fields per record · 18,000+ directives · All EU + bilateral partner authorities

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) publishes every airworthiness directive (AD) through its Safety Publications Tool. This scraper turns that paginated HTML table into a clean structured dataset for fleet operators, MRO providers and aviation safety researchers.

Every record carries the AD number, issuing authority (EASA, FAA, TCCA, ANAC and more), issue date, effective date, subject summary, approval holder, aircraft type designations and direct links to the PDF attachments.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Fleet operators	Track new ADs applicable to their fleet types
MRO and CAMO providers	Cross-reference AD status against maintenance schedules
Aviation safety teams	Build compliance dashboards
Legal and insurance	Audit AD compliance for aircraft transactions
Aviation analysts	Trend-analyse safety directive frequency

📋 What the EASA Airworthiness Directives Scraper does

• Hits the official EASA /search/results endpoint
• Handles pagination automatically (page-2, page-3, etc.)
• Returns AD number, issuing authority, dates, subject, approval holder, aircraft types, PDF links
• Supports keyword filtering
• Streams to multiple table outputs

💡 Why it matters: ADs are mandatory continuing airworthiness information. Missing one is a regulatory and safety risk. Pulling them daily keeps your compliance current.

🎬 Full Demo (🚧 Coming soon)

⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description
keyword	string	Filter by keyword (e.g. Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier)
maxItems	integer	Cap on records returned (free plan: 10)

{ "maxItems": 50 }

{ "keyword": "Boeing", "maxItems": 200 }

⚠️ Good to Know: EASA paginates at 20 records per page. The actor walks pages until maxItems is hit.

📊 Output

Field	Description
🆔 adNumber	Airworthiness directive number
🏳 issuedBy	Authority (EASA, FAA, TCCA, ANAC, etc.)
📅 issueDate / effectiveDate	Publication and effective dates
📝 subject	Affected component summary
🏭 approvalHolder	Type certificate holder (e.g. Bombardier)
✈️ aircraftType	Aircraft type designation
📎 attachmentUrls	Direct PDF links
🔗 sourceUrl	EASA detail page
🕒 scrapedAt	ISO timestamp

✨ Why choose this Actor

• 🆓 EU government data, no auth required
• 📡 Direct hit on the official EASA Safety Publications Tool
• 🧭 Pagination handled automatically
• 📎 PDF attachment URLs included
• 📦 Pull as multiple table outputs

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Setup time
Manual scraping via browser	Free	Visual only	Hours
EASA RSS feeds	Free	Subset only	Limited
ParseForge EASA AD Scraper	Pay-per-result	Full + structured	Minutes

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free Apify account (includes $5 credit).
2. Open the EASA Airworthiness Directives Scraper.
3. Set keyword and maxItems.
4. Click Start and use multiple table outputs.
5. Schedule daily for compliance monitoring.

💼 Business use cases

Fleet compliance - match new ADs against your fleet's type certificates.

MRO scheduling - trigger inspections when an AD is effective for your aircraft.

Insurance underwriting - score aircraft based on outstanding AD count.

Safety analytics - trend AD frequency by aircraft family.

🔌 Automating EASA Airworthiness Directives Scraper

Hook into Make, Zapier, n8n, Airbyte, Pipedream, Slack, GitHub Actions or any HTTP webhook.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

• Research: academic study of aviation safety trends.
• Personal: track ADs affecting your private aircraft.
• Non-profit: support aviation safety advocacy groups.
• Experimentation: train NLP on AD subject lines.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Ask ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity or Copilot: "How do I pull every EASA airworthiness directive about Boeing 737 using the ParseForge Apify actor?"

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Is EASA data public? Yes. Airworthiness directives are mandatory public publications under EU regulation.

Are FAA, TCCA, ANAC directives included? Yes - EASA republishes bilateral partner authorities (FAA, TCCA, ANAC, etc.) under the same tool.

Does the actor use the PDFs? The actor returns PDF URLs. Use them downstream with your preferred tool.

Can I filter by aircraft type? Set keyword to a type designation (e.g. "A320", "737").

How often is the data refreshed? EASA publishes new ADs continuously. Re-run on a schedule.

Are superseded ADs included? Yes - the tool lists active and historical ADs.

Can I get the full AD text? The actor returns metadata + PDF link. Parse the PDF downstream for text.

Are restricted ADs included? No - only publicly listed ADs are scraped.

What's the data licence? Public EU open data, free for any use.

Can the actor handle special character searches? Yes - keyword is URL-encoded.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Apify, Make, Zapier, n8n, Pipedream, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub, Google Drive, Power Automate, AWS Lambda, REST webhook.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with EASA. Only publicly available EU open data is collected.