Aviationstack

liveTransportAviation

Global flight tracking + airport / airline reference data. Free tier 100 req/month.

7tools

0msauth

free tier50 calls/day

🔑Authentication

Platform key handled by Pipeworx. Or BYO: ?_apiKey=<key>.

Config with credentials

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-aviationstack": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/aviationstack/mcp?_apiKey=your_key"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Tools

flights

Real-time and scheduled flights with departure/arrival airport, time, gate, status. Combine filters to narrow down.

No parameters required.

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Response

airports

Airport directory — name, IATA/ICAO codes, country, GPS, timezone.

No parameters required.

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Response

airlines

Search the Aviationstack airline directory by name, IATA 2-letter code, or ICAO 3-letter code; returns airline name, codes, country, hub airport, and status.

No parameters required.

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Response

cities

Look up cities and their primary airport from the Aviationstack database by free-text name, IATA city code (e.g. NYC), or ISO country code.

No parameters required.

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Response

countries

Country reference with capital city, currency, etc.

No parameters required.

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Response

routes

Query scheduled flight routes from Aviationstack by departure IATA (dep_iata), arrival IATA (arr_iata), airline IATA code, or flight number; returns scheduled service pairings.

No parameters required.

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Response

aviationstack_future_flights

Scheduled future flights at one airport, from Aviationstack's /flightsFuture endpoint — what flies a route on a day next week. Requires an IATA airport code, a direction (departure or arrival), and a

No parameters required.

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Response

Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools

bash

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/aviationstack/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

Call a tool

bash

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/aviationstack/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"flights","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("flights", {});

ask_pipeworx

// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("global flight tracking + airport / airline reference data");

Related packs

Other Pipeworx packs in the same categories (Transport, Aviation):

MCP Config

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-aviationstack": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/aviationstack/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}