flightaware mcp for VS Code

io.github.chrischall/flightaware-mcp

Live flight tracking and aviation data via FlightAware AeroAPI (flights, airports, alerts).

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install flightaware mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aeroapi-api-key",
      "description": "AEROAPI_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aeroapi-output-dir",
      "description": "AEROAPI_OUTPUT_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aeroapi-cache-ttl",
      "description": "AEROAPI_CACHE_TTL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aeroapi-static-cache-ttl",
      "description": "AEROAPI_STATIC_CACHE_TTL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "flightaware-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/flightaware-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AEROAPI_API_KEY": "${input:aeroapi-api-key}",
        "AEROAPI_OUTPUT_DIR": "${input:aeroapi-output-dir}",
        "AEROAPI_CACHE_TTL": "${input:aeroapi-cache-ttl}",
        "AEROAPI_STATIC_CACHE_TTL": "${input:aeroapi-static-cache-ttl}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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