FlightRadar24 Python SDK

Welcome to the official documentation for the FlightRadar24 Python SDK, an unofficial wrapper for the FlightRadar24 API.

This SDK provides a streamlined, developer-friendly interface to access the vast amount of flight data from FlightRadar24. Whether you’re a hobbyist building a flight tracking application, a data scientist analyzing air traffic patterns, or a developer integrating flight data into your services, this SDK is designed to simplify your interaction with the API.

Features

  • Live Flight Tracking: Retrieve real-time positions of flights globally or within specific geographical bounds.

  • Airport Data: Find all flights currently inbound or outbound for a particular airport.

  • Detailed Flight Information: Access comprehensive details for a specific flight, including its track, speed, altitude, and estimated time of arrival.

  • Aircraft and Airline Information: Look up details about airports (like coordinates) and airlines.

  • API Usage Monitoring: Track your API consumption to manage usage effectively.

  • Historical Data: Query past flight events and positional data.

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.10 or higher

  • A FlightRadar24 API key

Installation

To install the SDK, run the following command:

pip install flight-radar

Quickstart

Here’s a simple example of how to get started:

from flight_radar.models import LiveFlightPositionRequest
from flight_radar import get_flight_radar_client

# Initialize the client with your API key
client = get_flight_radar_client(
   api_key="your_api_key",
   base_url="https://api.flightradar24.com/api/v1",
)

# Define the geographical bounds for the flight search
request = LiveFlightPositionRequest(
    bounds=(40.7128, -74.0060, 40.7000, -74.0200)
)

# Retrieve live flight positions
positions = client.get_live_flight_positions(request)

for position in positions:
    print(f"Flight {position.callsign} is at {position.latitude}, {position.longitude}")

Guides

This section provides practical guides for common use cases.

Guides

API Reference

The API reference provides detailed information on all the available modules, classes, and methods.

Client

Data Models