# Google Flights Scraper - Prices, Stops, Airlines (`perceptual_lacrosse/google-flights-fast`) Actor

Scrape Google Flights for any route and dates: prices, airlines, flight numbers, stops and layovers, durations, CO2, and Google's price insights. One-way or round trip. Fast, no browser.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/perceptual_lacrosse/google-flights-fast.md
- **Developed by:** [sunghwi lee](https://apify.com/perceptual_lacrosse) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.20 / 1,000 flight results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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

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# README

## Google Flights Scraper - Prices, Stops, Airlines

Scrape **Google Flights** for any route and dates. For each flight you get the **price, airlines, flight numbers, departure/arrival times, total duration, number of stops with layover airports and times, aircraft, legroom and CO2 emissions**, plus Google's **price insights** (lowest price and the typical price range for the route).

- **Fast:** plain HTTP, no browser. 3 routes in ~6 seconds.
- **Cheap:** $3 per 1,000 flights on the FREE plan, less on paid plans.
- **Reliable:** retries with fresh proxy sessions and residential fallback.
- One-way or round trip, any currency, any country point of sale, nonstop filter.

### Use cases

- **Fare monitoring & alerts** for routes you care about
- **Travel deal sites / newsletters** - find routes priced below the typical range
- **Revenue management & market research** for airlines and travel agencies
- **AI travel agents** that need live flight options

### Input

```json
{
  "searches": [
    {"origin": "JFK", "destination": "LHR", "departureDate": "2026-12-04", "returnDate": "2026-12-11"},
    {"origin": "ICN", "destination": "NRT", "departureDate": "2026-12-04"}
  ],
  "currency": "USD",
  "nonstopOnly": false
}
```

Optional per search: `adults`, `cabinClass` (economy, premium economy, business, first).

### Output (one item per flight)

```json
{
  "searchOrigin": "ICN", "searchDestination": "JFK", "departureDate": "2026-12-04", "returnDate": "2026-12-12",
  "price": 1029, "currency": "USD", "isBest": true,
  "airlines": ["American"], "stops": 2,
  "layovers": [{"airport": "DFW", "durationMinutes": 200}, {"airport": "DCA", "durationMinutes": 361}],
  "departure": "2026-12-04 18:50", "arrival": "2026-12-05 07:39", "totalDurationMinutes": 1609,
  "legs": [{"from": "ICN", "to": "DFW", "flightNumber": "AA 280", "aircraft": "Boeing 787", "durationMinutes": 780}],
  "co2Grams": 826000, "typicalCo2Grams": 680000,
  "priceInsights": {"lowestPrice": 1029, "priceLevel": "typical", "typicalPriceRange": [760, 1550]}
}
```

For round trips the price is the total round-trip fare for the outbound option shown.

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.003 per flight** (FREE plan), cheaper on paid plans. No monthly fee.

# Actor input Schema

## `searches` (type: `array`):

List of searches: origin and destination airport/city codes (IATA), departureDate YYYY-MM-DD, optional returnDate for round trip, optional adults and cabinClass (economy, premium economy, business, first).

## `currency` (type: `string`):

ISO currency code, e.g. USD, EUR, KRW.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Google interface language (hl).

## `country` (type: `string`):

Google country (gl); affects point of sale and prices.

## `maxFlightsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Limit results per search.

## `nonstopOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Return only nonstop flights.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searches": [
    {
      "origin": "JFK",
      "destination": "LHR",
      "departureDate": "2026-12-04",
      "returnDate": "2026-12-11"
    }
  ],
  "currency": "USD",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us",
  "maxFlightsPerSearch": 50,
  "nonstopOnly": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {
    "searches": [
        {
            "origin": "JFK",
            "destination": "LHR",
            "departureDate": "2026-12-04",
            "returnDate": "2026-12-11"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("perceptual_lacrosse/google-flights-fast").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 = { "searches": [{
            "origin": "JFK",
            "destination": "LHR",
            "departureDate": "2026-12-04",
            "returnDate": "2026-12-11",
        }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("perceptual_lacrosse/google-flights-fast").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 '{
  "searches": [
    {
      "origin": "JFK",
      "destination": "LHR",
      "departureDate": "2026-12-04",
      "returnDate": "2026-12-11"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call perceptual_lacrosse/google-flights-fast --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,perceptual_lacrosse/google-flights-fast"
        }
    }
}
```

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/JrUP8GxRR9oJIJHJZ/builds/zgi71KtJMWk0U8gBu/openapi.json