planefinder

node-planefinder

This is a node.js module that can get aircraft location information from planefinder.net.

Here's an example of how to use the library to track aircraft (this code is available in bin/demo.js):

planefinder = require('planefinder');
geolib = require('geolib');
 
// Let's observe planes within 10 km of LAX airport.
 
var laxCoords = {
  latitude: 33.9471,
  longitude: -118.4082
};
var maxDistance = 10000;  // meters
 
var bounds = geolib.getBoundsOfDistance(laxCoords, maxDistance);
 
var client = planefinder.createClient({
  bounds: bounds
});
client.on('data', function(traffic) {
  console.log(traffic);
});
client.resume();

And here's what the output looks like:

$ npm install
$ node bin/demo.js
[ { hex_ident: '3C4A88',
    callsign: 'LH451',
    lat: 33.8845,
    lon: -118.516,
    altitude: 2325,
    track: 203,
    ground_speed: 246 },
  { hex_ident: 'A33D8C',
    callsign: '',
    lat: 33.9333,
    lon: -118.386,
    altitude: 0,
    track: 270,
    ground_speed: 0 },
  { hex_ident: 'A6A728',
    callsign: '',
    lat: 33.9337,
    lon: -118.389,
    altitude: 0,
    track: 174,
    ground_speed: 2 },
  ...