Flightaware MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 357 installs a week from npm. Last commit 7 Nov 2026.
Live flight tracking and aviation data via FlightAware AeroAPI (flights, airports, alerts).
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Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add flightaware-mcp -e 'AEROAPI_API_KEY=<AEROAPI_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @chrischall/flightaware-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"flightaware-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@chrischall/flightaware-mcp"
],
"env": {
"AEROAPI_API_KEY": "<AEROAPI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.flightaware-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@chrischall/flightaware-mcp"]
env = { AEROAPI_API_KEY = "<AEROAPI_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"flightaware-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@chrischall/flightaware-mcp"
],
"env": {
"AEROAPI_API_KEY": "<AEROAPI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"flightaware-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@chrischall/flightaware-mcp"
],
"env": {
"AEROAPI_API_KEY": "<AEROAPI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<AEROAPI_API_KEY> (Your FlightAware AeroAPI key (flightaware.com/aeroapi/portal)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
AEROAPI_OUTPUT_DIR (Default directory for flight-map PNGs (default: current working directory)), AEROAPI_CACHE_TTL (Seconds to cache identical live-data GET responses (default 15; 0 disables)), AEROAPI_STATIC_CACHE_TTL (Seconds to cache reference data — airports, operators, routes, ownership (default 3600; 0 disables)).
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