Flightaware MCP

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs on your computer
• Transport: stdio
• Category: Other
• You need to fill in: AEROAPI_API_KEY

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

You need

• npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "flightaware": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/flightaware-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AEROAPI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "AEROAPI_OUTPUT_DIR": "your-value",
        "AEROAPI_CACHE_TTL": "your-value",
        "AEROAPI_STATIC_CACHE_TTL": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add flightaware --env AEROAPI_API_KEY=your-value --env AEROAPI_OUTPUT_DIR=your-value --env AEROAPI_CACHE_TTL=your-value --env AEROAPI_STATIC_CACHE_TTL=your-value -- npx -y @chrischall/flightaware-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "flightaware": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/flightaware-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AEROAPI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "AEROAPI_OUTPUT_DIR": "your-value",
        "AEROAPI_CACHE_TTL": "your-value",
        "AEROAPI_STATIC_CACHE_TTL": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "flightaware": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/flightaware-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AEROAPI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "AEROAPI_OUTPUT_DIR": "your-value",
        "AEROAPI_CACHE_TTL": "your-value",
        "AEROAPI_STATIC_CACHE_TTL": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

• AEROAPI_API_KEY secret required env
  Your FlightAware AeroAPI key (flightaware.com/aeroapi/portal)
• AEROAPI_OUTPUT_DIR env
  Default directory for flight-map PNGs (default: current working directory)
• AEROAPI_CACHE_TTL env
  Seconds to cache identical live-data GET responses (default 15; 0 disables)
• AEROAPI_STATIC_CACHE_TTL env
  Seconds to cache reference data — airports, operators, routes, ownership (default 3600; 0 disables)

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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• ✓ Pass

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry name was verified with the GitHub account chrischall, which owns the repo

• … Not checked yet

  Still maintained

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• … Not checked yet

  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• – Not applicable

  Endpoint responds

  This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead

• … Not checked yet

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Otheri

• More stars than 0% of the other 32712 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 92% of the other 32712 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 32712 servers in this category

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README from the maker

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npm install