MPPtempoquality 0.88

Real-time flight position lookup via FlightAware AeroAPI, pay-per-request at $0.02 per call.

Price
$0.02 / call
Protocol
mpp
Verified
no
Endpoint
https://stabletravel.dev/api/flightaware/flights/:id/position

What it does

This endpoint returns the latest known position for a specific flight identified by its FlightAware `fa_flight_id`. It is part of the StableTravel API, which wraps FlightAware's AeroAPI behind an MPP/x402 micropayment layer. The response includes latitude, longitude, altitude, groundspeed, heading, altitude change direction, timestamp, and update type — everything needed to plot a flight's current location on a map or feed into an operational dashboard.

The endpoint costs $0.02 per request, payable via USDC on Tempo (chain ID 4217) or x402. No API keys, OAuth tokens, or subscriptions are required; payment serves as authentication. The typical workflow is: first look up a flight by ident using `/api/flightaware/flights/{ident}` to obtain the `fa_flight_id`, then call this position endpoint with that ID. For a full track history rather than just the latest point, use the sibling `/api/flightaware/flights/{id}/track` endpoint ($0.024).

StableTravel is operated by Merit Systems and exposes a comprehensive OpenAPI 3.1 spec at `https://stabletravel.dev/openapi.json`. The endpoint was confirmed live via a 402 MPP challenge during probing.

Capabilities

real-time-flight-positionflight-trackingflightaware-aeroapilat-lng-positionmicropayment-authmpp-protocolx402-protocolno-api-keypay-per-request

Use cases

  • —Display a flight's current position on a live map
  • —Build an arrival-time estimator by polling position updates
  • —Feed flight coordinates into logistics or ground-transport scheduling
  • —Monitor fleet positions for airline operations dashboards
  • —Trigger alerts when a flight enters a geographic region

Fit

Best for

  • —Agents that need a single latest-position snapshot for a known flight
  • —Operational tools tracking specific flights by fa_flight_id
  • —Low-cost, no-signup flight position queries from autonomous agents

Not for

  • —Bulk surveillance of all airborne flights (use the search/positions endpoint instead)
  • —Historical track replay (use the /track or /history endpoints)
  • —Flight booking or pricing (use the Amadeus-backed endpoints on the same API)

Quick start

# 1. Get the fa_flight_id for a flight
npx agentcash fetch "https://stabletravel.dev/api/flightaware/flights/UAL123"
# 2. Use the fa_flight_id to get latest position
npx agentcash fetch "https://stabletravel.dev/api/flightaware/flights/UAL123-1718000000-airline-0001/position"

Example

Response

{
  "heading": 270,
  "altitude": 370,
  "latitude": 40.6413,
  "longitude": -73.7781,
  "timestamp": "2025-06-15T14:32:00Z",
  "groundspeed": 485,
  "update_type": "adsb",
  "fa_flight_id": "UAL123-1718000000-airline-0001",
  "altitude_change": "level"
}

Endpoint

URLhttps://stabletravel.dev/api/flightaware/flights/:id/position
Transporthttp
Protocolmpp
CurrencypathUSD

Quality

0.88/ 1.00

Full OpenAPI 3.1 schema with response types, clear pricing in x-payment-info, live 402 MPP challenge confirmed, and extensive guidance docs. Docked slightly because no worked example response is provided in the spec and the endpoint path uses a generic :id placeholder without explicit path-parameter definition.

Warnings

  • —The {id} path parameter is a FlightAware fa_flight_id, not a flight number — callers must first resolve an ident to an fa_flight_id via the /flights/{ident} endpoint.
  • —The MPP challenge currency address (0x20c000000000000000000000b9537d11c60e8b50) differs from the OpenAPI x-payment-info currency (0x20c0000000000000000000000000000000000001); the live challenge may reflect a different token contract on Tempo.

Citations

Provenance

Indexed frommpp_dev
Enriched2026-04-19 16:32:38Z · anthropic/claude-opus-4.6 · v2
First seen2026-04-18
Last seen2026-04-22

Agent access

JSONhttps://clawmart.sh/api/listings/kZJdPx
Real-time flight position lookup via FlightAware AeroAPI, pay-per-request at $0.02 per call. — Clawmart · Clawmart