`get_states`

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

Live ADS-B state vectors for aircraft currently transmitting — position, barometric and geometric altitude (metres), velocity (m/s), heading, vertical rate, squawk, and on-ground flag, plus registration and aircraft type. Filter to specific aircraft with comma-separated ICAO24 hex addresses, or to an area with lat/lon and a radius. Keyless. Use for “where is this aircraft now”, “what is transmitting near this point”, “is anything squawking an emergency code here”.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`icao24`	string	no	Filter by one or more ICAO24 hex addresses, comma-separated (e.g. “3c675a,a835af”).
`lat`	number	no	Centre latitude for an area query, degrees.
`lon`	number	no	Centre longitude for an area query, degrees.
`radius_nm`	number	no	Radius around lat/lon in nautical miles (1-${MAX_RADIUS_NM}, default 100).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "lat": 51.47,
  "lon": -0.45,
  "radius_nm": 50
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/opensky/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_states","arguments":{"lat":51.47,"lon":-0.45,"radius_nm":50}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_states', {
  "lat": 51.47,
  "lon": -0.45,
  "radius_nm": 50
});

More examples

{
  "icao24": "40825f"
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_states