# Google Flights Scraper: Prices, Schedules & Flexible Dates (`tindacloud/google-flights-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google Flights prices and schedules for any route: one-way, round trip and flexible date ranges. Airlines, flight numbers, stops and layovers, aircraft, legroom and CO2 emissions, cheapest first.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tindacloud/google-flights-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Seungki Min](https://apify.com/tindacloud) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel, E-commerce, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 flights

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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, Schedules & Flexible Dates

Get **Google Flights prices and schedules** for any route as clean, structured data: one-way, round trip, or **every departure date in a range** to find the cheapest day to fly. Each result includes airlines, flight numbers, stops and layovers, aircraft, legroom and CO₂ emissions, sorted cheapest first.

### Why this scraper

- **Flexible dates.** Give a date range (up to 60 days) and get prices for every day, with `isCheapestForDate` flagged. Add `tripLengthDays` for round trips, e.g. every 5-night trip in November.
- **Many routes in one run.** Every origin × destination × date combination is searched. Use airport codes (JFK, ICN) or city names (New York, Seoul) to cover all airports in a city.
- **Rich flight details** that the Google Flights list view hides:
  - flight numbers, aircraft type and legroom for every segment
  - layover airport, city and connection time
  - CO₂ estimate vs. the route's typical emissions
  - Google's "best flights" flag
- **Cabin & passengers.** Economy, premium economy, business, first; adults and children. Prices are totals for all passengers.
- **Filters.** Max stops (nonstop only), max price, airlines by name or IATA code.
- **Any currency and point of sale.** USD, EUR, GBP, KRW, JPY, …
- **Fast.** A typical search takes a few seconds; 14 flexible dates took about 13 seconds in testing.

### Input example

```json
{
  "origins": ["Seoul"],
  "destinations": ["Tokyo", "Osaka"],
  "departureDateFrom": "2026-11-01",
  "departureDateTo": "2026-11-14",
  "tripLengthDays": 5,
  "cabin": "economy",
  "adults": 2,
  "maxStops": 0,
  "currency": "KRW",
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 10
}
```

For a single date use `departureDate` (and optionally `returnDate`).

### Output example

```json
{
  "searchOrigin": "SFO",
  "searchDestination": "NRT",
  "departureDate": "2026-12-05",
  "returnDate": null,
  "tripType": "oneWay",
  "cabin": "business",
  "adults": 2,
  "currency": "USD",
  "price": 4299,
  "rankByPrice": 1,
  "isCheapestForDate": true,
  "isBest": false,
  "airlines": [
    "Air Canada"
  ],
  "origin": "SFO",
  "destination": "NRT",
  "departure": "2026-12-05T16:55",
  "arrival": "2026-12-07T16:40",
  "durationMinutes": 1845,
  "stops": 1,
  "layovers": [
    {
      "airport": "YVR",
      "airportName": "Vancouver International Airport",
      "city": "Vancouver",
      "durationMinutes": 1092
    }
  ],
  "emissionsGrams": 3643000,
  "typicalEmissionsGrams": 4537000,
  "emissionsVsTypicalPercent": -20,
  "segments": [
    {
      "flightNumber": "AC 571",
      "airline": "Air Canada",
      "from": "SFO",
      "to": "YVR",
      "departure": "2026-12-05T16:55",
      "arrival": "2026-12-05T20:18",
      "durationMinutes": 143,
      "aircraft": "Airbus A220-300 Passenger",
      "legroom": null
    },
    {
      "flightNumber": "AC 3",
      "airline": "Air Canada",
      "from": "YVR",
      "to": "NRT",
      "departure": "2026-12-06T14:30",
      "arrival": "2026-12-07T16:40",
      "durationMinutes": 610,
      "aircraft": "Boeing 787",
      "legroom": null
    }
  ]
}
```

Times are local airport times. For round trips, Google Flights first lists outbound options priced as the **round-trip total**; each row is one outbound option with that total.

### Use cases

- **Fare tracking & alerts:** schedule a daily run and watch prices for your routes.
- **Travel agencies & deal sites:** find the cheapest dates and routes to publish.
- **Corporate travel & analytics:** compare carriers, schedules and emissions.
- **Market research:** route competition, nonstop availability and price levels by date.
- **AI travel agents:** live, structured flight options.

### Pricing

Pay per flight returned, plus a negligible start fee per run. Use **Max flights per route & date** and **Max results** to control cost.

### Notes

- Prices and availability come from Google Flights at run time and can change quickly; book on the airline or agency site.
- Results follow Google Flights' own matching for city names and dates.
- If something breaks after a Google change, open an issue and it will be fixed quickly.

### Related Actors

Other scrapers from the same maker, built the same way — no browser where it isn't needed, one flat price per result:

- [Airbnb Listings Scraper](https://apify.com/tindacloud/airbnb-listings-scraper)
- [Website Contact & Email Scraper](https://apify.com/tindacloud/website-contact-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

## `origins` (type: `array`):

Airport codes (JFK, LHR, ICN) or city names (New York, Seoul). Each origin is combined with each destination.

## `destinations` (type: `array`):

Airport codes or city names.

## `departureDate` (type: `string`):

Departure date (YYYY-MM-DD). For flexible dates use the range fields below instead.

## `departureDateFrom` (type: `string`):

Search every departure date from this day…

## `departureDateTo` (type: `string`):

…up to this day (max 60 days). Great for finding the cheapest day to fly.

## `returnDate` (type: `string`):

Leave empty for one-way.

## `tripLengthDays` (type: `integer`):

With a date range, return this many days after each departure date.

## `cabin` (type: `string`):

Travel class.

## `adults` (type: `integer`):

Prices are totals for all passengers.

## `children` (type: `integer`):

Children aged 2–11.

## `maxStops` (type: `integer`):

0 = nonstop only. Empty = any.

## `maxPrice` (type: `integer`):

Drop flights above this total price (in the currency below).

## `airlines` (type: `array`):

Keep only these airlines, by name or IATA code (e.g. “Delta”, “BA”).

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

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

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

Two-letter country code Google Flights uses for prices and availability.

## `maxResultsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Cheapest first.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many flights. You are charged per flight.

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Apify datacenter proxy works for Google Flights.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "origins": [
    "JFK"
  ],
  "destinations": [
    "LHR"
  ],
  "cabin": "economy",
  "adults": 1,
  "children": 0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "country": "US",
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 30,
  "maxResults": 1000,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `flights` (type: `string`):

All flights in a table view.

# 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 = {
    "origins": [
        "JFK"
    ],
    "destinations": [
        "LHR"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tindacloud/google-flights-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 = {
    "origins": ["JFK"],
    "destinations": ["LHR"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tindacloud/google-flights-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 '{
  "origins": [
    "JFK"
  ],
  "destinations": [
    "LHR"
  ]
}' |
apify call tindacloud/google-flights-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tindacloud/google-flights-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/Vaic2qtUdsDqhtXUE/builds/KAZr33DQIt12txIQO/openapi.json