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FlyItalyADSB

Open, unfiltered ADS-B/MLAT data from a global community network, born in Italy in 2020, with about 3,200 receivers. Live API, MCP server and map.

FlyItalyADSB

A global community network, born in Italy in 2020, with about 3,200 receivers: they send us their data directly, ADS-B and our own multilateration (MLAT), open and unfiltered. A free live map, a REST API and an MCP server for AI assistants.

For people building products

  • Live positions of about 11,000 aircraft, updated every half second, for any point on Earth.
  • Unfiltered: military, PIA and LADD aircraft are included.
  • You can use the API in a product you sell on every plan, Free included, with one attribution line (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Free and Starter cover your area (500 and 1,000 km). Pro: the whole world in one request, €49 a month.
  • Over the limits you get a 429 or 403, never an extra charge.
curl -H "X-Api-Key: $FLYITALYADSB_KEY" \
  https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/40.64/lon/-73.78/dist/50

Free API key · Docs · OpenAPI 3.1 · MCP server · Examples in curl, Python, Node.js and ESP32

Code written for the ADS-B Exchange v2 API works with a new host and key.

Our MLAT server, open source

mlat-ng is the multilateration server we wrote in Rust and published under the AGPL-3.0. It locates aircraft that send no ADS-B position, military included. Measured against mlat-server from 26 to 31 October 2026 on the same feeder traffic, it was closer to the ADS-B position 66% of the time, with a median error of 177 m against 273 m and 9.1% more aircraft without ADS-B. How it was measured.

For feeders

The network is made of receivers like yours (a Raspberry Pi and an RTL-SDR, about €55–110). What feeding gets you:

  • The API with Pro's limits and features, free: 300 requests a minute, 10 million a month, the whole world, plus overflights, emergencies, tracks of the last 90 days and the runway in use, on your Free keys, for non-commercial use. Turn it on in My API from your receiver's network.
  • What flew past you: Lightcone shows the aircraft that passed near you and your receiver did not receive, and how you compare with the receivers within 40 km. graphs1090 and tar1090 only show what you received.

Set it up with ultrafeeder following the feeder guide. If your receiver already runs a decoder, the fly-italy-adsb script adds the feed and MLAT.

Repositories

Repository What it is
adsb-api API quickstart, examples, OpenAPI spec, llms.txt
mlat-ng Our own MLAT server, in Rust (AGPL-3.0)
fly-italy-adsb Install script for feeders
readsb, tar1090, mlat-client Our forks of the open-source decoder, map and MLAT client
flarm-ogn-to-sbs FLARM/OGN glider data as an SBS stream

Live map · Status · Facts as JSON · Contact

Run by Nesso Labs S.r.l., Brescia, Italy.

In italiano

Rete community globale, nata in Italia nel 2020, con circa 3.200 ricevitori: ci mandano i dati direttamente, ADS-B e la nostra multilaterazione (MLAT), aperti e non filtrati. Mappa live gratuita, API REST e server MCP per gli assistenti AI.

Per chi costruisce prodotti. Posizioni di circa 11.000 aerei, aggiornate ogni mezzo secondo, per qualsiasi punto della Terra; militari, PIA e LADD compresi. L'API si può usare in un prodotto che vendi con ogni piano, Free compreso, con una riga di attribuzione (CC BY-SA 4.0). Free e Starter coprono la tua zona (500 e 1.000 km); Pro: il mondo intero in una richiesta, €49 al mese. Oltre i limiti ricevi un 429 o un 403, mai costi extra. Chiave gratuita e documentazione.

Il nostro server MLAT, open source. mlat-ng è il server di multilaterazione che abbiamo scritto in Rust e pubblicato con licenza AGPL-3.0: localizza gli aerei che non trasmettono la posizione ADS-B, militari compresi. Confrontato con mlat-server dal 26 al 31 ottobre 2026 sullo stesso traffico dei feeder, era più vicino alla posizione ADS-B nel 66% dei casi, con un errore mediano di 177 m contro 273 m e il 9,1% di aerei senza ADS-B in più. Come l'abbiamo misurato.

Per i feeder. La rete è fatta di ricevitori come il tuo (un Raspberry Pi e una chiavetta RTL-SDR, circa €55–110). Mandandoci i dati hai in più:

  • l'API con i limiti e le funzioni di Pro, gratis: 300 richieste al minuto, 10 milioni al mese, tutto il mondo, piĂą sorvoli, emergenze, tracce degli ultimi 90 giorni e pista in uso, sulle tue chiavi Free, per uso non commerciale. Attivali da La mia API dalla rete del ricevitore;
  • cosa ti è passato accanto: Lightcone mostra gli aerei passati vicino a te che il tuo ricevitore non ha ricevuto e come vai rispetto ai ricevitori entro 40 km. graphs1090 e tar1090 mostrano solo cosa hai ricevuto.

Si configura con ultrafeeder seguendo la guida per i feeder. Se il ricevitore ha giĂ  un decoder, lo script fly-italy-adsb aggiunge il feed e la MLAT.

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  1. flarm-ogn-to-sbs flarm-ogn-to-sbs Public

    A powerful small and light utility that captures data from the Flarm OGN (Open Glider Network) and transforms it into a Basestation SBS stream

    Python 7

  2. adsb-api adsb-api Public

    ADS-B flight data API: live aircraft positions as JSON from about 3,200 community receivers worldwide, any radius up to the whole world in one request (Pro). Free key, commercial use allowed. Histo…

    Python 1

  3. mlat-ng mlat-ng Public

    FlyItalyADSB's multilateration (MLAT) server in Rust: one process for the whole network, wire-compatible with mlat-client 0.2.13–0.4.2.

    Rust 6

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