Pradumnasaraf/aviationstack-mcp

Overview

An MCP server that wraps the AviationStack API to provide real-time flight data. It exposes tools for querying airline flights, airport schedules, future flights, and aircraft types through the Model Context Protocol.

Best for

Best for
Developers building AI assistants or automation tools that need live flight and airport data

Use cases

• Integrate live flight tracking into AI assistants or chatbots
• Build airport schedule lookup tools for travel applications
• Query aircraft type information for aviation data pipelines

How to use

Tools exposed

• flights_with_airline
• historical_flights_by_date
• flight_arrival_departure_schedule
• future_flights_arrival_departure_schedule
• random_aircraft_type
• random_airplanes_detailed_info
• random_countries_detailed_info
• random_cities_detailed_info
• list_airports
• list_airlines
• list_routes
• list_taxes

Example client config

{\n  "mcpServers": {\n    "Aviationstack MCP": {\n      "command": "uvx",\n      "args": [\n        "aviationstack-mcp"\n      ],\n      "env": {\n        "AVIATION_STACK_API_KEY": "<your-api-key>"\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}

Notes

An MCP server that wraps the AviationStack API to provide real-time flight data. It exposes tools for querying airline flights, airport schedules, future flights, and aircraft types through the Model Context Protocol.

23 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-02-24. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Integrate live flight tracking into AI assistants or chatbots
• Build airport schedule lookup tools for travel applications
• Query aircraft type information for aviation data pipelines

Pros

• Provides structured access to real-time aviation data via MCP
• Simple Python implementation with clear API endpoints
• Useful for developers building AI tools that need flight context

Cons

• Requires an AviationStack API key, which may have usage limits or costs
• Limited to data available through AviationStack’s free tier
• Small community (23 stars) may mean slower updates or support

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