Flightaware MCP Server

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 -- npx -y @chrischall/flightaware-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "flightaware-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/flightaware-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.flightaware-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@chrischall/flightaware-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "flightaware-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/flightaware-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "flightaware-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/flightaware-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: AEROAPI_API_KEY (Your FlightAware AeroAPI key (flightaware.com/aeroapi/portal)), 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)). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.