MCP server

Opensky

io.github.pipeworx-io/opensky

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

OpenSky MCP — live aircraft, served from keyless community ADS-B feeds.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

46

Token cost

About 27,317 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http opensky https://gateway.pipeworx.io/opensky/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.opensky]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/opensky/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"opensky":{"httpUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/opensky/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"opensky":{"url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/opensky/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"opensky":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/opensky/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add opensky https://gateway.pipeworx.io/opensky/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"opensky","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/opensky/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"opensky","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/opensky/mcp"}

Tools

• airspace_activity ~224 tokens
  Summary of live flight activity over a named region — aircraft count, country-of-registration breakdown, average altitude, and airborne vs on-ground split. Built for "is this airspace still operating" questions (airspace closures, conflict zones, strait and corridor traffic). Keyless. Supported regi
• get_aircraft ~241 tokens
  Look up one aircraft by its ICAO24 transponder address (hex, e.g. "3c675a") and return where it is right now: position, altitude, speed, heading, squawk, registration, type and operator. Keyless. Historical flight legs for an aircraft are not available from the live feeds — for the scheduled route a
• get_flights ~251 tokens
  Historical flight legs (departure and arrival airports) for a past time window. NOT AVAILABLE from a hosted environment: OpenSky is the only source of this data and it cannot be reached from cloud infrastructure, while the keyless ADS-B feeds that replace it carry live positions only. Returns an exp
• get_states ~298 tokens
  Live ADS-B state vectors for aircraft currently transmitting — position, barometric and geometric altitude (metres), velocity (m/s), heading, vertical rate, squawk, and on-ground flag, plus registration and aircraft type. Filter to specific aircraft with comma-separated ICAO24 hex addresses, or to a

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