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OpenSky MCP — OpenSky Network API (free, no auth for anonymous access)

3 tools
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free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

get_flights

Get all flights within a time interval (max 2 hours). Returns ICAO24 address, callsign, departure/arrival airports. Provide begin and end as Unix timestamps. Example: get_flights(1696118400, 169612560

No parameters required.

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get_aircraft

Get flights for a specific aircraft by its ICAO24 transponder address (hex string, e.g., "3c675a"). Returns departure/arrival airports and times. Optionally specify a time range.

No parameters required.

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get_states

Get current state vectors (live positions) of aircraft. Returns position, altitude, velocity, and heading for all aircraft currently tracked. Optionally filter by ICAO24 addresses.

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/opensky/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/opensky/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_flights","arguments":{}}}'