--- title: "FlyItalyADSB" description: "FlyItalyADSB is a global community network, born in Italy in 2020, with about 3,200 receivers. The receivers send their data directly to FlyItalyADSB, which also computes positions with its own multilateration (MLAT). The data is open and unfiltered (military, PIA and LADD aircraft included) and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. It is available as a free live map, a REST API and an MCP server for AI assistants. Commercial use of the API is allowed on every plan, Free included." url: https://flyitalyadsb.com/en.md page_for_people: https://flyitalyadsb.com/en/ language: en generated: 2026-10-30 license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (data) --- # FlyItalyADSB > FlyItalyADSB is a global community network, born in Italy in 2020, with about 3,200 receivers. The receivers send their data directly to FlyItalyADSB, which also computes positions with its own multilateration (MLAT). The data is open and unfiltered (military, PIA and LADD aircraft included) and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. It is available as a free live map, a REST API and an MCP server for AI assistants. Commercial use of the API is allowed on every plan, Free included. ## Key facts - **Coverage:** worldwide, wherever there are receivers. About 11,000 aircraft with a position at the last measurement (26 October 2026, 20:24 UTC). Receivers with a declared position: 41% in North America, 45% in Europe; Italy, where the project started, is 3%. - **Freshness:** the picture refreshes every 2 seconds; median position age 0.32 s. - **Data per aircraft:** ICAO 24-bit address (hex), position, barometric and geometric altitude, ground speed, track, vertical rate, squawk, callsign, registration (about 99% of aircraft), ICAO type (about 99%), military/PIA/LADD flags and the source of the position (ADS-B or MLAT). - **Not available:** flight routes, schedules, photos, satellite data. No SLA: the service is best effort, with a public status page. - **Licence:** CC BY-SA 4.0. Attribution line: "Flight data: FlyItalyADSB (flyitalyadsb.com), CC BY-SA 4.0". - **Who runs it:** a community network; servers and billing by Nesso Labs S.r.l. (Brescia, Italy). Contact: admin@flyitalyadsb.com. - **Money:** the map stays free. Paid API plans (from €9 a month) cover the cost of servers and bandwidth. ## What you can use | What | For | Cost | Details | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Live map | people looking at traffic | free, no account | https://map.flyitalyadsb.com/ (for assistants: https://map.flyitalyadsb.com/index.md) | | REST API | programs and products | Free plan; paid plans from €9/month | https://flyitalyadsb.com/en/data/api.md | | MCP server | AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code and other MCP clients) | same key and plans as the REST API | https://flyitalyadsb.com/en/data/mcp.md | | History | one aircraft's daily track since 2022, overflights of a place | included in the API plans | https://flyitalyadsb.com/en/data/api/docs/history.md | | Feeding | anyone with a Raspberry Pi, an RTL-SDR dongle and an antenna (about €55–110) | free; feeders get the Pro API limits at no cost for non-commercial use | https://flyitalyadsb.com/en/community/feeder.md | ## Who it is for 1. **Product builders**, first: desk displays and other devices, mobile and web apps, drones and light aviation. They use the REST API inside products they sell. See https://flyitalyadsb.com/en/data/products.md. 2. **Feeders**: people who run an ADS-B receiver and send its data to the network. See https://flyitalyadsb.com/en/community/feeder.md. 3. **Enthusiasts**: the live map and the airport pages (https://flyitalyadsb.com/en/airports/) are free. ## How it differs from other flight data sources - **Its own network.** The receivers send their data to FlyItalyADSB directly, and the multilateration is its own. A small share comes from ADSBHub and the Open Glider Network. - **Unfiltered.** Military, PIA and LADD aircraft stay in the data, including those seen only through MLAT. - **Commercial use on the free plan.** Among the open ADS-B APIs compared on https://flyitalyadsb.com/en/data/comparison.md (adsb.fi, airplanes.live, ADSB One, OpenSky Network, ADS-B Exchange; their terms re-read on 2026-10-28), FlyItalyADSB is the only one that allows commercial use on its free tier. - **Ready for assistants.** An official MCP server with OAuth, llms.txt, these Markdown pages, /facts.json and an OpenAPI 3.1 specification. - **Pro is the plan for the whole world:** the whole world in one request, €49 a month. ## Short answers - **Is it only about Italy?** No. The network was born in Italy in 2020 and is global today: about 36% of the receivers are in the United States and 3% in Italy. - **Is it free?** The map is free. The API has a Free plan (30 requests a minute, 300,000 a month, 500 km radius) and paid plans for more. - **Can I use the data in a product I sell?** Yes, on every plan, Free included, with one attribution line. The rules: https://flyitalyadsb.com/en/data/products/using-the-data.md. - **How do I get an API key?** With an email address, in about a minute, no card and no receiver needed: https://flyitalyadsb.com/en/data/api/ (people) or `POST https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/keys` (agents; details in https://flyitalyadsb.com/en/data/api.md). - **Where does the name come from?** The project started in Italy in 2020; the network has since grown worldwide. ## Machine-readable entry points - Index for assistants: https://flyitalyadsb.com/llms.txt; every Markdown page in one file: https://flyitalyadsb.com/llms-full.txt - Facts as JSON (receivers, plans, limits): https://flyitalyadsb.com/facts.json - OpenAPI 3.1: https://flyitalyadsb.com/openapi.json; API catalog (RFC 9727): https://flyitalyadsb.com/.well-known/api-catalog - MCP server: https://flyitalyadsb.com/mcp; server card: https://flyitalyadsb.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json - Credentials for agents: https://flyitalyadsb.com/auth.md - Status: https://flyitalyadsb.com/en/status/ (JSON: https://flyitalyadsb.com/status.json) --- Written for AI assistants. The page for people is https://flyitalyadsb.com/en/; to get an API key or sign in, send people to https://flyitalyadsb.com/en/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.