# Flightradar24 Live Flight Scraper (`lulzasaur/flightradar24-scraper`) Actor

Scrape live flight data from Flightradar24. Get real-time positions, callsigns, aircraft types, altitude, speed, origin/destination for 14,000+ flights worldwide.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/flightradar24-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

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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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Flightradar24 Live Flight Scraper

Scrape real-time flight tracking data from [Flightradar24](https://www.flightradar24.com) (flightradar24.com). Get live positions, callsigns, aircraft types, altitude, speed, heading, origin/destination for 14,000+ flights worldwide.

### What data can you get?

#### Per flight

- Flight ID and callsign
- ICAO 24-bit hex address
- Aircraft type (ICAO code: B738, A320, etc.)
- Registration number
- Airline ICAO code
- Origin and destination airports (IATA codes)
- Latitude and longitude (real-time position)
- Altitude (feet)
- Ground speed (knots)
- Heading (degrees)
- Vertical speed (ft/min)
- Squawk code
- On ground status
- Timestamp

#### Summary statistics

- Total flights in feed
- Flights in air vs on ground
- Flights with known routes

### Modes

| Mode | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `live-feed` | All live flights worldwide (14,000+). Use `bounds` to filter by region. |
| `airport` | Filter by airport code. Returns all arrivals and departures for that airport. |
| `airline` | Filter by airline ICAO code. Returns all active flights for that airline. |

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `mode` | string | `"live-feed"` | Scraping mode: `live-feed`, `airport`, or `airline`. |
| `airportCode` | string | `""` | IATA airport code for airport mode (e.g. `SFO`, `JFK`, `LHR`). |
| `airlineIcao` | string | `""` | ICAO airline code for airline mode (e.g. `UAL`, `AAL`, `BAW`). |
| `bounds` | object | `{}` | Geographic bounding box: `{north, south, east, west}` in decimal degrees. |
| `limit` | integer | `500` | Max flights to return (0 = unlimited). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | -- | Proxy settings. |

### Example bounds

- US West Coast: `{"north": 49, "south": 32, "west": -125, "east": -114}`
- Europe: `{"north": 72, "south": 35, "west": -12, "east": 45}`
- East Asia: `{"north": 50, "south": 10, "west": 100, "east": 150}`

### Output example

```json
{
    "flightId": "34a1b2c3",
    "icaoHex": "A1B2C3",
    "callsign": "UAL123",
    "flightNumber": "UAL123",
    "aircraftType": "B738",
    "registration": "N12345",
    "airlineIcao": "UAL",
    "origin": "SFO",
    "destination": "JFK",
    "latitude": 39.456,
    "longitude": -98.123,
    "altitude": 35000,
    "speed": 485,
    "heading": 78,
    "verticalSpeed": 0,
    "squawk": "1234",
    "isOnGround": false,
    "timestamp": "2026-04-26T12:00:00.000Z",
    "mode": "live-feed",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-26T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Cost

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing. You are charged $0.005 per flight record returned.

### Tips

- The live feed returns 14,000+ flights. Use `limit` or `bounds` to reduce output size.
- Airport mode is great for tracking all arrivals/departures at a specific airport.
- Airline mode lets you monitor an entire airline's fleet in real time.
- Aircraft type codes follow ICAO standards (B738 = Boeing 737-800, A320 = Airbus A320, etc.).
- For cost control, set a reasonable `limit` value. The full feed can produce very large datasets.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Scraping mode: live-feed (all flights), airport (arrivals/departures), or airline (flights by airline).

## `airportCode` (type: `string`):

IATA airport code for airport mode (e.g. 'SFO', 'JFK', 'LHR').

## `airlineIcao` (type: `string`):

ICAO airline code for airline mode (e.g. 'UAL' for United, 'AAL' for American, 'BAW' for British Airways).

## `bounds` (type: `object`):

Filter by geographic bounding box. Only flights within these coordinates are returned.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of flights to return (0 = unlimited, live feed can return 14,000+).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy to use.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "live-feed",
  "airportCode": "",
  "airlineIcao": "",
  "bounds": {},
  "limit": 500
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/flightradar24-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/flightradar24-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 '{}' |
apify call lulzasaur/flightradar24-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/flightradar24-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/hhZnR7eKw25Rr89Vo/builds/Lho1dfhY06IDaXF2Q/openapi.json