# Flightradar24 Airport Boards Scraper (`romy/flightradar24-airport-boards-scraper`) Actor

Get airport arrivals, departures, and on-ground boards from Flightradar24. Talks directly to Flightradar24's own gRPC/REST APIs, no login needed. Split from the mature, published flightradar24-all-in-one-api for a focused, single-purpose workflow.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/romy/flightradar24-airport-boards-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Romy](https://apify.com/romy) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 90.5% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.60 / 1,000 board entry chargeds

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,
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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

### What does Flightradar24 Airport Boards Scraper do?

**Flightradar24 Airport Boards Scraper** fetches, for one airport id, the airport's own info (location, weather, stats, photos, runways) plus its arrivals, departures, and on-ground boards — paginating each board automatically until it runs out of results or hits your `maxPages`. Every flight entry becomes one dataset row, tagged with which board it came from and its page number.

It talks directly to Flightradar24's legacy REST API (`mobile.flightradar24.com`) — the same one the official Android app uses (no login, no API key, anonymous `accesstoken`). This is the airport-boards slice of [Flightradar24 All-in-One API](https://apify.com/romy/flightradar24-all-in-one-api), split out as its own focused Actor.

### Why use Flightradar24 Airport Boards Scraper?

- **One call, full picture** — airport info plus all three boards (arrivals/departures/on-ground) in one run
- **Automatic pagination** — loops `page` for you, stopping cleanly once a page comes back empty
- **No account needed** — every read request works fully anonymously
- **Use cases:** airport traffic dashboards, delay/on-time monitoring, aviation research, flight-tracking apps

### Input

| Field                | Type     | Default                                 | Description                                                                             |
| -------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `airportId`          | string   | —, required                             | Flightradar24 airport id, e.g. `"631"` for Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta (CGK).                |
| `includeAirportInfo` | boolean  | `true`                                  | Fetch and push the airport's own info as one dataset row.                               |
| `include`            | string   | `"images,weather,stats,runways"`        | Sections to include in the airport-info row. Only used when `includeAirportInfo` is on. |
| `boardTypes`         | string\[] | `["arrivals","departures","on-ground"]` | Which boards to fetch and paginate.                                                     |
| `maxPages`           | integer  | `3`                                     | Stop paginating a board after this many pages (per board type), or sooner if empty.     |

Example:

```json
{
    "airportId": "631",
    "includeAirportInfo": true,
    "boardTypes": ["arrivals", "departures", "on-ground"],
    "maxPages": 3
}
```

### Output

One dataset row per airport-info request and per flight entry.

Airport info row:

```json
{
    "type": "airport-info",
    "airportId": "631",
    "info": {
        "info": { "id": 631, "name": "Jakarta Soekarno Hatta International Airport", "iata": "CGK", "icao": "WIII" },
        "images": [{ "thumbnail": "https://cdn.jetphotos.com/200/5/1105926_1744548517_tb.jpg" }],
        "weather": { "condition": "cloudy", "temperature": 32 },
        "stats": { "summary": { "totalFlights": 7045 } },
        "runways": []
    }
}
```

Arrivals/departures row:

```json
{
    "type": "arrivals",
    "airportId": "631",
    "page": 1,
    "id": 5857308153,
    "flight": { "id": "416f3fb7", "number": "IU311", "callsign": "SJV311" },
    "status": { "name": "landed", "color": "green", "isAmbiguous": false, "live": true },
    "scheduledTime": 1788150600,
    "estimatedTime": 1788150481,
    "airlineId": 1693,
    "airline": "Super Air Jet",
    "aircraftType": "A320"
}
```

On-ground row (a different shape — no `status`/`scheduledTime`, has `landedTime` and `aircraft`):

```json
{
    "type": "on-ground",
    "airportId": "631",
    "page": 1,
    "id": 5857308153,
    "flight": { "id": "416f3fb7", "number": "IU311", "callsign": "SJV311" },
    "landedTime": 1788150481,
    "aircraft": {
        "registration": "PK-SGA",
        "type": "A320",
        "name": "Airbus A320-232",
        "registeredOwners": "Super Air Jet"
    }
}
```

### Known limitations

- **`arrivals`/`departures`/`on-ground` only accept 100 results per page.** Flightradar24's server validates `limit` against a fixed allow-list rather than an arbitrary range — 10/25/50/200 all get rejected with HTTP 422, only 100 works — so this Actor hardcodes it. `maxPages` is the only pagination control exposed.
- Airport search/lookup by name isn't included here — use [Flightradar24 All-in-One API](https://apify.com/romy/flightradar24-all-in-one-api)'s `/search` to find an `airportId`.
- Live-map, flight-detail, follow-flight, and airport-disruptions endpoints are separate spin-off Actors — this one is airport-boards-only.

### Pricing

This Actor uses **Pay Per Event** billing: charged $0.003 per row pushed to the dataset — one airport-info row plus one row per flight/board entry returned (event `board-entry`, FREE tier price — lower on paid plans).

### FAQ

**Does this require a Flightradar24 account?**
No. The Actor uses the same anonymous data feed the Flightradar24 mobile app uses — no login, no API key.

**Is this official?**
No. This is an independent tool using Flightradar24's internal APIs, reverse-engineered from the public Android app. Use responsibly and in accordance with Flightradar24's Terms of Service.

**Need a custom integration?**
Contact me at romysaputrasihanandaa@gmail.com or [hire me on Fiverr](https://www.fiverr.com/romyssss).

# Actor input Schema

## `airportId` (type: `string`):

Flightradar24 airport id, e.g. "631" for Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta (CGK). Get one from a search result.

## `includeAirportInfo` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch and push the airport's own info (location, weather, stats, images, runways) as one dataset row.

## `include` (type: `string`):

Comma-separated sections to include in the airport-info row. Only used when "Include airport info" is on.

## `boardTypes` (type: `array`):

Which boards to fetch and paginate for this airport.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Stop paginating a board after this many pages, or sooner if a page comes back empty. Flightradar24 forces exactly 100 results per page — this is the only pagination control exposed.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "airportId": "631",
  "includeAirportInfo": true,
  "include": "images,weather,stats,runways",
  "boardTypes": [
    "arrivals",
    "departures",
    "on-ground"
  ],
  "maxPages": 3
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (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 = {
    "airportId": "631"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("romy/flightradar24-airport-boards-scraper").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 = { "airportId": "631" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("romy/flightradar24-airport-boards-scraper").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 '{
  "airportId": "631"
}' |
apify call romy/flightradar24-airport-boards-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,romy/flightradar24-airport-boards-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/jUWNJi94291YdraNC/builds/DOgMF1UZXwQxTGUqK/openapi.json