Planefinder Airport Scraper

What does Planefinder Airport Scraper do?

Planefinder Airport Scraper fetches real-time flight arrivals and departures for any airport using Planefinder's mobile API. Provide one or more IATA airport codes and choose whether to collect arrivals, departures, or both. Results are pushed directly to an Apify dataset with full flight details — no browser required.

Run it on schedule, trigger it via API, or integrate it into your data pipeline using Apify's built-in scheduling, webhooks, and export options.

Why use Planefinder Airport Scraper?

• Airport operations monitoring — track which flights are arriving or departing at any airport in real time.
• Travel intelligence — build dashboards showing on-time performance, route data, and airline activity.
• Data journalism — investigate flight patterns, delays, or unusual traffic at specific airports.
• Research — collect historical snapshots of airport traffic for academic or commercial analysis.

How to use Planefinder Airport Scraper

1. Open the Actor and click Try for free.
2. In the Input tab, enter one or more IATA codes (e.g. CGK, DPS, SUB).
3. Choose Mode: arrivals, departures, or both.
4. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
5. Download results from the Output tab in JSON, CSV, or Excel format.

Input

Field	Type	Description
iata_codes	array	List of IATA airport codes to scrape (required)
mode	string	arrivals, departures, or both (default: both)

{
    "iata_codes": ["CGK", "DPS"],
    "mode": "departures"
}

Output

Each item in the dataset represents one flight. You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

{
    "iata": "CGK",
    "endpoint": "departures",
    "flight_number": "GA401",
    "callsign": "GIA401",
    "reg": "PK-GFA",
    "type": "B77W",
    "dep_apt": "CGK",
    "arr_apt": "DPS",
    "airline_code": "GIA",
    "dep_status": 0,
    "arr_status": 0,
    "dep_ts": 1748000000,
    "arr_ts": 1748003600,
    "dep_schd_ts": 1748000000,
    "arr_schd_ts": 1748003600
}

Data table

Field	Description
iata	IATA code of the queried airport
endpoint	arrivals or departures
flight_number	IATA flight number (e.g. GA401)
callsign	ATC callsign (e.g. GIA401)
reg	Aircraft registration (e.g. PK-GFA)
type	ICAO aircraft type code (e.g. B77W)
dep_apt	Departure airport IATA
arr_apt	Arrival airport IATA
airline_code	ICAO airline code
dep_ts	Departure Unix timestamp
arr_ts	Arrival Unix timestamp
dep_schd_ts	Scheduled departure Unix timestamp
arr_schd_ts	Scheduled arrival Unix timestamp

Tips

• Scrape multiple airports in a single run by listing them all in iata_codes.
• Use mode: "both" to get arrivals and departures in one pass — each item includes an endpoint field so you can filter later.
• Schedule runs every few minutes to build a continuous traffic feed.

FAQ and support

This Actor uses Planefinder's public mobile API for informational purposes only. Do not use the data for commercial redistribution without verifying Planefinder's terms of service.

For bugs or feature requests, open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab. Custom scraping solutions are available on request.