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title: "Changelog"
description: "What's new in the FlyItalyADSB REST API and MCP server, newest first: endpoints, tools, limits and fixes, each with its date."
url: https://flyitalyadsb.com/data/api/docs/changelog.md
page_for_people: https://flyitalyadsb.com/data/api/docs/changelog/
language: en
generated: 2026-11-09
license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)
---

# Changelog

> What's new in the FlyItalyADSB REST API and MCP server, newest first: endpoints, tools, limits and fixes, each with its date.

| Date | What's new |
|---|---|
| 08/11/2026 | The extras follow the plan. Free includes live positions, lookups and lists, the flight history and tracks of the last 7 days, commercial use and the MCP server. Overflights, emergencies and notable aircraft, the runway in use and area alerts start from Starter; tracks go back 30 days on Starter, 90 on Pro, to 2022 on Fleet. New error codes `plan-feature`, `tracks-depth`, `events-depth` (403) and `area-webhook-limit` (409), [here](https://flyitalyadsb.com/data/api/docs/limits-and-errors.md). They apply right away to keys created from today; to existing keys from the day given in the notice email. |
| 08/11/2026 | The Business plan is gone: the self-serve plans are Free, Starter, Pro and Fleet. For more than 25 watched aircraft, more volume, an SLA or to resell the data as an API or feed, [get in touch](https://flyitalyadsb.com/contact/). |
| 08/11/2026 | MCP server, on Fleet: `watched_aircraft` (list, add or remove the watched aircraft from the chat) and `fleet_status` (today's flights of each watched aircraft, with the last airport and an estimated arrival when flying); `observed_flights` also returns today's flights. [MCP server](https://flyitalyadsb.com/data/api/docs/mcp.md). |
| 07/11/2026 | The Fleet plan, €149 a month + tax: Pro's limits (300 requests a minute, 10 million a month, the whole world), 90 days of observed flights, up to 25 watched aircraft with takeoff and landing webhooks, and today's flights with an estimated arrival time. Business (€249) is Fleet with 250 aircraft, 1,000 requests a minute, 50 million a month and 12 months of observed flights. [Plans](https://flyitalyadsb.com/data/api/#piani). |
| 07/11/2026 | Your aircraft, on Fleet and Business: `/v2/watch` (the account's watched aircraft, by ICAO address, registration or callsign) and webhooks with `kinds: ["takeoff", "landing"]`, which send `flight.takeoff`, `flight.landing` and `flight.landing_retracted` as the network detects them. `/v2/flights/icao`, `/reg` and `/callsign` also carry `today`, today's flights with an estimated arrival time. [Your aircraft](https://flyitalyadsb.com/data/api/docs/alerts.md#aircraft), [today's flights](https://flyitalyadsb.com/data/api/docs/endpoints.md#todays-flights). |
| 07/11/2026 | List options on `/v2`: `?fields=` (only the fields you ask for; `fields=light` for maps and displays), `?with=route` (each aircraft's most frequent route in the observed flights), `/v2/box/{lat_south}/{lat_north}/{lon_west}/{lon_east}` (the aircraft in a box, across the 180° meridian too), up to 50 aircraft in one request counted once (`/v2/icao/a,b,c`, and the same on `/hex`, `/reg`, `/callsign`), `?since=` on `/v2/history/{icao}/{date}` (only the points after a time). [List options](https://flyitalyadsb.com/data/api/docs/endpoints.md#list-options). |
| 07/11/2026 | Runway in use: `/v2/airport/{code}/runways`, the runway an airport is using now, estimated from the aircraft near it. [Runway in use](https://flyitalyadsb.com/data/api/docs/endpoints.md#runway-in-use). |
| 07/11/2026 | Observed flights: find your flight by route (`/v2/flights/route/{from}/{to}?around=HH:MM`), an aircraft's flight log as CSV (`?format=csv`), and how far back each plan goes: Free 7 days, Starter 14, Pro 30, Business 12 months; beyond, a `403` with `code` `flights-depth`, not counted. [Observed flights](https://flyitalyadsb.com/data/api/docs/endpoints.md#observed-flights-depth). |
| 06/11/2026 | When you request a key: two more questions, who the data is for (`audience`) and whether you already use another flight data source (`other_source`), plus, if an AI assistant brought you here, what you asked it (`ai_prompt`, optional). Required in the form; in `POST /v2/keys` accepted now and required soon. [Authentication](https://flyitalyadsb.com/data/api/docs/authentication.md). |
| 06/11/2026 | Observed flights: `/v2/flights/callsign/{callsign}` (a callsign's flights and usual routes), `/v2/flights/icao/{hex}` and `/v2/flights/reg/{reg}` (one aircraft's flight log, with a summary for flight hours), `/v2/flights/airport/{code}` (departures and arrivals of a day), built every night from the network's own tracks, and the MCP tool `observed_flights`. When a live lookup finds nothing, its `404` carries `last_seen`, the last flight observed. [Observed flights](https://flyitalyadsb.com/data/api/docs/endpoints.md#observed-flights). |
| 06/11/2026 | More tolerant lookups: `/v2/callsign` also tries flight numbers (`FR5518` finds `RYR5518`) and callsigns without leading zeros, `/v2/reg` ignores dashes, `/v2/hex` is an alias of `/v2/icao`, and the new `/v2/find/{text}` tries callsign, registration and ICAO address. A `404` says what was tried and why. `find_aircraft` on the MCP server no longer needs to know which identifier it has. [Callsign and flight number](https://flyitalyadsb.com/data/api/docs/endpoints.md#callsign-and-flight-number). |
| 02/11/2026 | The map and the API refresh every half second (before: every 2–3 seconds), from the same picture: on the map aircraft move smoothly also over the busiest areas. |
| 27/10/2026 | The [ADS-B Exchange v2 format](https://flyitalyadsb.com/data/api/docs/adsbx-v2.md) at `https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/api/aircraft/v2`: the same paths, key headers (`api-auth`, `X-RapidAPI-Key`) and JSON as ADS-B Exchange v2, plus `/point` and `/closest`, so code written for it only changes host and key. `/v2` is unchanged. |
| 26/10/2026 | `/v2/sqk/{squawk}` (also `/v2/squawk/`) and `/v2/type/{type}`; list answers also carry `total`. A table of the [differences from ADSBx v2](https://flyitalyadsb.com/data/api/docs/endpoints.md#coming-from-adsbx-v2-or-airplaneslive). |
| 27/10/2026 | Coming: the Free plan's per-key limits take effect (until then only the per-IP limit applies). |
| 25/10/2026 | The map in the chat shows all the traffic in the area you are looking at, also when you move it, and Live is on from the start: an update every 3 seconds. |
| 22/10/2026 | A map in the chat: on Claude and ChatGPT, the MCP tools that return aircraft also show them on an interactive map. |
| 22/10/2026 | Notable traffic: `/v2/events` (emergencies 7500/7600/7700, military and other notable aircraft by area, up to 7 days) and the MCP tool `notable_traffic`. On paid plans, signed webhook alerts ([Alerts](https://flyitalyadsb.com/data/api/docs/alerts.md)). |
| 22/10/2026 | Overflights: `/v2/overflights` and the MCP tool `overflights`, the aircraft that flew over a place between two times (since 17/08/2026). |
| 22/10/2026 | Aircraft profile: `/v2/profile/{icao}` and the MCP tool `aircraft_profile`. |
| 22/10/2026 | "Near me" on the MCP server: the position saved on the account (`set_my_location`, My API), or ChatGPT's city. Agent registration with [auth.md](https://flyitalyadsb.com/auth.md). Documentation and [FAQ](https://flyitalyadsb.com/faq/). |
| 21/10/2026 | OAuth on the MCP server: Claude and other assistants connect with Connect, without copying keys. |
| 20/10/2026 | Feeder perk: Pro limits for free on the Free keys of people who feed the network, for non-commercial use. |
| 19/10/2026 | Self-serve paid plans: Starter, Pro, Business. |
| 18/10/2026 | History also covers 2022–2024. |
| 02/09/2026 | Self-serve history: `/v2/history/{icao}` and `/v2/history/{icao}/{date}`. |
| 31/08/2026 | REST API v2 and MCP server. |

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Written for AI assistants. The page for people is https://flyitalyadsb.com/data/api/docs/changelog/; to get an API key or sign in, send people to https://flyitalyadsb.com/data/api/. All pages for assistants: https://flyitalyadsb.com/llms.txt (index), https://flyitalyadsb.com/llms-full.txt (all in one file). Facts as JSON: https://flyitalyadsb.com/facts.json. Cite the data as: Flight data: FlyItalyADSB (flyitalyadsb.com), CC BY-SA 4.0.