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Live flights in Duaer

In Duaer: OpenSky Network: aircraft in the air now over an area, with callsign, position, altitude, and speed. One successful search uses 1 credit.

What you get

Duaer Live flights reads OpenSky Network state vectors for a box of up to 30 degrees on each side. Filter by callsign to follow one airline.

Pick Duaer Data → Live flights in the node creator, or open the data market. Related: Weather forecast, Places nearby.

When to use it

Count aircraft over Switzerland right now.
Find British Airways flights over the UK.

When not to use it

Satellites and space weather. Use Space weather alerts.
Weather at an airport. Use Weather forecast.

Search on the canvas

Open the node creator and pick Duaer Data → Live flights.
Fill Area as south,west,north,east (such as 45.8,5.9,47.8,10.5). Optional: Callsign (such as BAW).
Limit defaults to 10, max 20. Execute.

A search uses 1 credit only when it returns rows. No rows, wrong input, or an upstream failure uses 0.

Call the API

GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/live-flights?area=45.8,5.9,47.8,10.5
Authorization: Bearer <Duaer key>

The call skill below matches Copy skill in the Duaer data market, with parameters, examples, and result fields.

Call skill

Same text as Copy skill.

---
name: duaer-live-flights
description: >-
  Duaer Live flights. OpenSky Network: aircraft in the air now over an area, with callsign, position, altitude, and speed.
  One successful search uses 1 Duaer credit.
---

# Duaer Live flights

Duaer Live flights reads OpenSky Network state vectors for a box of up to 30 degrees on each side. Filter by callsign to follow one airline.

## When to use

- Count aircraft over Switzerland right now.
- Find British Airways flights over the UK.

## When not to use

- Satellites and space weather. Use https://skills.duaer.com/space-weather.md.
- Weather at an airport. Use https://skills.duaer.com/weather.md.

## Call

`GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/live-flights?area=45.8,5.9,47.8,10.5`

Header: `Authorization: Bearer <Duaer key>`

Use an account key or a model API key.

Get a Duaer key: https://skills.duaer.com/keys.md

## Parameters

Provide `area`.

- `area` — south,west,north,east in degrees, such as 45.8,5.9,47.8,10.5 for Switzerland.
- `callsign` — Optional. Callsign or its start, such as BAW for British Airways.
- `limit` — Optional. Rows to return, from 1 to 20. Default 10.

## Examples

- `GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/live-flights?area=45.8,5.9,47.8,10.5` — aircraft over Switzerland.
- `GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/live-flights?area=49,-6,56,2&callsign=BAW` — British Airways flights over the UK.

## Result

The response is `{ "items": [...] }`. Each item has `source`, `title`, `url`, and `summary`, plus:

- `icao24`, `callsign`, `originCountry` — aircraft address, flight, and registration country.
- `latitude`, `longitude`, `altitudeM`, `onGround` — position.
- `speedKmh`, `headingDeg`, `verticalRateMs` — motion.
- `squawk`, `lastContact` — transponder code and last signal time.

Fields without a value are left out.

## Credits

A search that returns at least one row uses 1 credit.
An empty search, a search that finds nothing, or a failed search uses 0.
Wrong input returns 400 with a message and uses 0.
No remaining credits returns 402 and does not search.
A missing key returns 401.

## Related

- https://skills.duaer.com/weather.md — Duaer Weather forecast
- https://skills.duaer.com/places-nearby.md — Duaer Places nearby

Questions

How many credits does a Live flights search use in Duaer?

One credit when Duaer returns rows. A search with no rows or an error uses 0.

Does Duaer Live flights show every aircraft?

Only aircraft whose signals OpenSky receivers pick up. Oceans and remote areas have less coverage.

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