✈️ Planefinder Scraper (Real-time Plane Data)

Planefinder Scraper is a fast and lightweight Apify actor designed to fetch real-time aircraft data from Planefinder. It queries Planefinder’s tile endpoints to extract live ADS-B flight information without requiring an official API key.

This approach allows you to efficiently capture aircraft details such as position, heading, altitude, speed, squawk, registration, aircraft type, and other live flight metadata in a scalable way.

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🎯 Features

• 📡 Real-Time Aircraft Tracking – Retrieve up-to-date aircraft positions in any selected area.
• 🧩 Clean JSON Output – Structured data ideal for automation, analytics, and integrations.
• ✈️ Full Aircraft Metadata – Includes callsign, flight number, route, altitude, speed, airline, aircraft type, registration, and more.

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🚀 How to Use

1. Run the actor in the Apify Console or via API.
2. Wait for the execution to finish and download the results in JSON format.

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📦 Example Output

{
  "success": true,
  "payload": {
    "planes": [
      {
        "adshex": "007F65",
        "lat": 37.92946243286133,
        "lon": 23.929201126098633,
        "callsign": "EZY62VJ",
        "flightNumber": "U26405",
        "heading": "53",
        "speed": "12",
        "posUpdateTime": "1763286091",
        "dataSource": "0",
        "squawk": "4712",
        "route": "LGW-ATH",
        "reg": "G-EJCF",
        "planeType": "A320",
        "airlineCode": "EZY",
        "category": "A3",
        "aircraftClass": 1
      },
      {
        "adshex": "00808C",
        "lat": -30.328628540039062,
        "lon": 18.247051239013672,
        "callsign": "LNK326B",
        "flightNumber": "4Z922",
        "altitude": "37000",
        "heading": "352",
        "speed": "438",
        "posUpdateTime": "1763286043",
        "dataSource": "0",
        "squawk": "4765",
        "route": "CPT-JNB",
        "reg": "ZS-YAA",
        "planeType": "E190",
        "airlineCode": "LNK",
        "category": "A3",
        "aircraftClass": 1
      },
      {
        "adshex": "008187",
        "lat": -26.110519409179688,
        "lon": 28.245460510253906,
        "callsign": "SFR256",
        "flightNumber": "FA356",
        "heading": "194",
        "speed": "56",
        "posUpdateTime": "1763286090",
        "dataSource": "0",
        "squawk": "2766",
        "route": "HLA-GRJ",
        "reg": "ZS-ZWV",
        "planeType": "B738",
        "airlineCode": "SFR",
        "category": "A3",
        "aircraftClass": 1
      }
    ],
    "total": 8806
  }
}

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🔐 Disclaimer

This actor scrapes data from publicly accessible Planefinder endpoints. You are responsible for ensuring your usage complies with Planefinder’s Terms of Service. For guaranteed reliability and sanctioned usage, consider using the official Planefinder API.

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🛠️ Support

If you encounter any issues or need help, feel free to reach out via the Apify Console or the Apify Community Forum.