About Flight Radar
Flight Radar is an MCP server for aviation observers and travel-related users who need live ADS-B flight information. It searches aircraft identifiers, shows traffic near a location, and looks up airport details.
Key features
- 01Search by registration, ICAO hex, or callsign
- 02View aircraft near a location
- 03Find the closest aircraft to a point
- 04Filter aircraft by ICAO type
- 05List transmitting military aircraft
- 06Look up airports by code or location
Use cases
- 01Find aircraft currently passing overhead
- 02Check the live position of a specific aircraft
- 03Look up details for an airport code
MCP support
It provides read-only live flight and airport lookup tools to MCP clients over MCP over HTTP. Aircraft data comes from the adsb.lol community network, with offline airport data also included.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://api.mcp.ai/p_flightradarclaude mcp add --transport http dir-flightradar https://api.mcp.ai/p_flightradar{"mcpServers":{"dir-flightradar":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.mcp.ai/p_flightradar"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"dir-flightradar":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.mcp.ai/p_flightradar"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"dir-flightradar":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.mcp.ai/p_flightradar"}}}{"mcpServers":{"dir-flightradar":{"serverUrl":"https://api.mcp.ai/p_flightradar"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
12| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| hexes | array | No | |
| callsigns | array | No | |
| registrations | array | No |
Details
The maintainer has not added details yet. Check the README in the repository.
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