`get_flights_in_area`

Pack: flights · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/flights/mcp

Find all aircraft currently flying in a geographic area by bounding box. Returns callsign, position, altitude, velocity, heading, and origin country for each aircraft.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`lamin`	number	yes	Minimum latitude of the bounding box (degrees)
`lomin`	number	yes	Minimum longitude of the bounding box (degrees)
`lamax`	number	yes	Maximum latitude of the bounding box (degrees)
`lomax`	number	yes	Maximum longitude of the bounding box (degrees)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "lamin": 40.6,
  "lomin": -74,
  "lamax": 40.8,
  "lomax": -73.8
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/flights/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_flights_in_area","arguments":{"lamin":40.6,"lomin":-74,"lamax":40.8,"lomax":-73.8}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_flights_in_area', {
  "lamin": 40.6,
  "lomin": -74,
  "lamax": 40.8,
  "lomax": -73.8
});

More examples

{
  "lamin": 51.4,
  "lomin": -0.5,
  "lamax": 51.6,
  "lomax": -0.2
}

Response shape

Always returns: count, aircraft

Field	Type	Description
`count`	number	Number of aircraft found in the bounding box
`aircraft`	array

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of aircraft found in the bounding box"
    },
    "aircraft": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "icao24": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ICAO24 transponder address"
          },
          "callsign": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Aircraft callsign (trimmed)"
          },
          "origin_country": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Country of origin"
          },
          "longitude": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Current longitude in degrees"
          },
          "latitude": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Current latitude in degrees"
          },
          "altitude": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Barometric altitude in meters"
          },
          "velocity": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Velocity in meters per second"
          },
          "heading": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "True track heading in degrees"
          },
          "on_ground": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Whether aircraft is on ground"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "icao24",
          "callsign",
          "origin_country",
          "longitude",
          "latitude",
          "altitude",
          "velocity",
          "heading",
          "on_ground"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "count",
    "aircraft"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "flights": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/flights/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_flights_in_area