# Quark Aviation & Flight Tracking Intelligence (`quarksol_apis/quark-aviation-flight-tracking-intelligence`) Actor

Real-time global flight tracking, airport schedules, airline telemetry, aircraft databases, and METAR aviation weather.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/quarksol_apis/quark-aviation-flight-tracking-intelligence.md
- **Developed by:** [Muhammad Faizan](https://apify.com/quarksol_apis) (community)
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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

***

display_name: Quark Aviation & Global Flight Tracking Intelligence API
category: aviation
icon: plane
color: "#0284C7"
tags: \["aviation", "flights", "flight-tracker", "airports", "airlines", "aircraft", "schedules", "routes", "metar", "taf", "ads-b"]
description: "Enterprise-grade real-time flight tracking, airport schedules, airline telemetry, aircraft databases, route planning, delays, and aviation weather (METAR/TAF)."
rapidapi_proxy_secret: "ed1a6b00-bbf1-11f1-8c00-137899a39c83"
rapidapi_base_url: "https://apistudio.quarksol.org/v2/services/aviation/quark_aviation"
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## Quark Aviation & Global Flight Tracking Intelligence API

✈️ **Quark Aviation & Global Flight Tracking Intelligence API — Live Flight Tracking, Airport Schedules, Airline Fleets, Aircraft Registries, Route Planning & Aviation Meteorology**\
One unified, ultra-reliable, enterprise-grade aviation intelligence REST API providing instant global flight tracking telemetry, operational departure/arrival status, airport and runway directories, airline fleet details, aircraft performance specs, route distance timetables, and decoded aeronautical meteorology (METAR / TAF).

The **Quark Aviation API** consolidates raw ADS-B / Mode-S transponder streams, global aeronautical registries, timetable networks, and meteorological radar models into clean, developer-friendly JSON datasets. Engineered with multi-source fallback resilience, automated IATA/ICAO code resolution, and sub-100ms response times, this API powers flight booking engines, airport displays, travel apps, logistics dispatchers, cargo operations, and flight tracking dashboards worldwide.

***

#### 🔍 Why Quark Aviation API?

Aviation data is traditionally siloed across archaic GDS mainframes, proprietary transponder feeds, and fragmented aviation authorities. The **Quark Aviation API** offers a normalized, ultra-fast REST layer with worldwide IATA and ICAO resolution, real-time ADS-B vectors, great circle geospatial calculations, and standardized aviation weather flight categories (`VFR`, `MVFR`, `IFR`, `LIFR`).

##### Key Features:

- **Live Flight Status & Irregularities** — Query operational flights by IATA/ICAO flight number (e.g. `AA100`, `BA117`, `EK201`) to access departure/arrival gates, terminals, estimated and actual timestamps, delay minutes, and status tracking (`scheduled`, `active`, `landed`, `delayed`, `cancelled`).
- **Real-Time ADS-B Transponder Telemetry** — Ingest live airborne state vectors including ICAO 24-bit transponder addresses, latitude, longitude, barometric and geometric altitude, ground speed, true heading, vertical rate (fpm), and squawk codes with geographic bounding box filters.
- **Global Airport & Aerodrome Directory** — Search worldwide airports by IATA code, ICAO code, city, or name. Retrieve exact coordinates, elevation in feet, timezone, runways, and country classifications.
- **Geospatial Proximity & Nearby Airports** — Discover international, regional, and municipal aerodromes within a customized kilometer or nautical mile radius of any target coordinates or metropolitan hub.
- **Airline Fleet & Callsign Intelligence** — Comprehensive profiles for passenger and cargo airlines globally, including ICAO/IATA designators, radiotelephony callsigns, country of registry, and active fleet counts.
- **Aircraft Model & Performance Registry** — Detailed technical specs for commercial airliners, freighters, and regional jets, including ICAO type designators (e.g. `A388`, `B77W`, `A359`, `B738`), wake turbulence categories, engine configurations, and passenger capacities.
- **Route Calculation & Timetable Schedules** — Calculate great-circle nautical mile and kilometer distances, estimated flight duration, operating carriers, and scheduled frequencies between any origin and destination airports.
- **Decoded Aeronautical Meteorology (METAR & TAF)** — Access real-time decoded METAR and TAF airport weather reports with flight condition categories (`VFR`, `MVFR`, `IFR`, `LIFR`), wind direction/velocity/gusts, cloud ceilings, visibility in statute miles, and altimeter pressure (hPa and inHg).

# Actor input Schema

## `action` (type: `string`):

Select the aviation service you want to query.

## `query` (type: `string`):

e.g. Flight 'AA100', Airport 'JFK', Airline 'DL', Aircraft 'B77W', or METAR station 'KJFK'

## `origin` (type: `string`):

e.g. LHR or DXB (Only used if Route service is selected)

## `destination` (type: `string`):

e.g. JFK or LHR (Only used if Route service is selected)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "action": "flight_status",
  "query": "AA100"
}
```

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("quarksol_apis/quark-aviation-flight-tracking-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("quarksol_apis/quark-aviation-flight-tracking-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 quarksol_apis/quark-aviation-flight-tracking-intelligence --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,quarksol_apis/quark-aviation-flight-tracking-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/dszrzqVpL9HhmqyE5/builds/NAukI4DrcatIGqJ4j/openapi.json