# ADS-B Exchange

> Use this tool when you need to track aircraft in real-time, monitor air traffic, or analyze military aircraft movements. The ADS-B Exchange API provides geographic search, individual aircraft lookup, and advanced filtering capabilities by altitude, aircraft type, and region. It is ideal for aviation enthusiasts, air traffic analysis, and flight monitoring applications requiring live ADS-B transponder data.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/adsb-exchange  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/adsb-exchange

## Description

This flight tracking MCP server provides real-time aircraft data through the ADS-B Exchange API, offering four specialized tools for aviation monitoring: geographic aircraft search within specified radius, individual aircraft lookup by ICAO hex code, military aircraft filtering with pagination and regional constraints, and aircraft type enumeration for targeted searches. Built using TypeScript with Bun runtime and Zod validation, it supports advanced filtering by altitude, aircraft type (helicopters, cargo planes, tankers, fighters), and geographic regions (US, Europe, Asia), making it valuable for aviation enthusiasts, air traffic analysis, military aircraft tracking, and flight monitoring applications where AI assistants need access to live ADS-B transponder data.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 1.00
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** monitoring
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/adsb-exchange)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sragss/flight-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "adsb-exchange"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/adsb-exchange` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/adsb-exchange/pull`

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