Flight Data Features¶

Pyfr24 provides comprehensive access to Flightradar24's flight data through several methods.

Live Flight Tracking¶

Get real-time information about flights currently in the air:

# Get live flights for a specific aircraft
live_flights = api.get_live_flights_by_registration("N458WN")

# Get flights within a geographic area
positions = api.get_flight_positions_light("33.5,-118.8,34.5,-117.5")

Historical Flight Data¶

Access historical flight information:

# Get flight summary for a specific flight number
summary = api.get_flight_summary_full(
    flights="AA123",
    flight_datetime_from="2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    flight_datetime_to="2023-01-01T23:59:59Z"
)

# Get flight tracks using flight ID
tracks = api.get_flight_tracks("39bebe6e")

# Get all flight IDs for an aircraft registration
flight_ids = api.get_flight_ids_by_registration(
    registration="N216MH",
    date_from="2025-01-01",
    date_to="2025-04-10"
)

Flight Track Data¶

Flight track data includes:

Timestamp
Latitude and longitude
Altitude
Ground speed
Vertical speed
Track/heading
Squawk code
Callsign
Data source

Airline and Airport Information¶

Get information about airlines and airports:

# Get airline information
airline = api.get_airline_light("AAL")

# Get airport information
airport = api.get_airport_full("LHR")

Data Formats¶

Flight data can be accessed in multiple formats:

JSON (API responses)
CSV (exported track points)
GeoJSON (points and lines)
KML (flight paths)

Error Handling¶

The API includes comprehensive error handling:

Authentication errors
Rate limit handling
Not found errors
Server errors
Network errors

Example error handling:

try:
    tracks = api.get_flight_tracks(flight_id)
except FR24NotFoundError:
    print(f"No data found for flight {flight_id}")
except FR24RateLimitError:
    print("Rate limit exceeded")
except FR24Error as e:
    print(f"API error: {e}")