flight.status

Live flight status and tracking. Pass ident as an airline flight designator (ICAO "UAL1" or IATA "UA1") or an aircraft tail number; returns recent and upcoming instances of that flight with origin/destination airports (ICAO/IATA/name/city/timezone), status, cancellation/diversion flags, scheduled vs estimated vs actual gate and runway times (out/off/on/in), departure and arrival delays, en-route progress percent, aircraft type and registration, and route distance. limit controls how many instances return (default 5, newest first by scheduled departure). Real-time operational data — answer "where is this flight, is it delayed, when does it land" with live values. For aircraft registry data see /api/aircraft/lookup; for airport metadata see /api/airport/lookup.

price
$0.0180 USDC per call
method
GET/api/flight/status
payment
x402 v2 · USDC on Base (EIP-3009) or Solana (SPL transfer)
auth
None. Sign the payment, retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.

Overview

The status API is a pay-per-call flight endpoint built for AI agents and autonomous software. Live flight status and tracking.

There is no signup and no API key. An agent (or any HTTP client) hits the endpoint, receives an x402 "402 Payment Required" challenge, signs a sub-cent USDC payment on Base or Solana, and retries — the data comes back on the paid request. That makes it a drop-in status data source for an agent tool-use loop, an MCP host, or a backend that needs flight data on demand without onboarding to yet another vendor portal.

Use cases

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
identrequiredstringFlight designator (ICAO UAL1 or IATA UA1) or aircraft tail number.
min 2 chars · max 12 chars · match ^[A-Za-z0-9-]+$
identTypestring
one of: designator | registration | fa_flight_id
limitinteger
min 1 · max 15

Code samples

cURLbash
# 1. Probe with no auth → 402 envelope with PaymentRequirements
curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/flight/status?ident=xx&identType=designator&limit=5'

# 2. Sign + retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE:
curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/flight/status?ident=xx&identType=designator&limit=5' \
  -H 'PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: <base64-json-payload>'

# Or use the canonical runner (handles probe → sign → retry):
#   EVM_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... node --env-file=.env.local \
#     --experimental-strip-types scripts/x402-pay.ts \
#     'https://2s.io/api/flight/status?ident=xx&identType=designator&limit=5'
TypeScript / Node — @2sio/sdktypescript
import { TwoS } from '@2sio/sdk'

const client = new TwoS({
  privateKey: process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
})

const result = await client.flight.status({
  "ident": "xx",
  "identType": "designator",
  "limit": 5
})

console.log('endpoint:', result.endpoint)
console.log('cost:', result.costUsd, 'USDC')
console.log('tx:', result.settlement?.txHash)
console.log('data:', result.data)
Python — 2siopython
import os
from twosio import TwoS

client = TwoS(private_key=os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])

result = client.flight.status(ident="xx", identType="designator", limit=5)

print("endpoint:", result.endpoint)
print("cost:", result.cost_usd, "USDC")
print("tx:", (result.settlement or {}).get("tx_hash"))
print("data:", result.data)
MCP — Claude Desktop / AgentKit / any MCP hostjson
// 1. Add @2sio/mcp to your MCP host config (Claude Desktop example below).
//    EVM_PRIVATE_KEY funds x402 payments per call.

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "2sio": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@2sio/mcp"],
      "env": { "EVM_PRIVATE_KEY": "0x..." }
    }
  }
}

// 2. Once the server is running, agents call this tool via standard MCP:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "flight.status",
    "arguments": {
      "ident": "xx",
      "identType": "designator",
      "limit": 5
    }
  }
}

Response

FieldTypeDescription
okboolean
one of: true
itemsarray
totalintegerTotal matching rows upstream; null when unknown.
sourceobject
metaobject
Example response datajson
{
  "ok": true,
  "items": [
    {
      "ident": "example",
      "identIata": "example",
      "operator": "example",
      "flightNumber": "example",
      "registration": "example",
      "aircraftType": "example",
      "origin": {
        "icao": "example",
        "iata": "example",
        "name": "example",
        "city": "example",
        "timezone": "example"
      },
      "destination": {
        "icao": "example",
        "iata": "example",
        "name": "example",
        "city": "example",
        "timezone": "example"
      },
      "status": "example",
      "cancelled": false,
      "diverted": false,
      "scheduledOut": "example",
      "estimatedOut": "example",
      "actualOut": "example",
      "actualOff": "example",
      "actualOn": "example",
      "scheduledIn": "example",
      "estimatedIn": "example",
      "actualIn": "example",
      "progressPercent": 1,
      "departureDelaySec": 1,
      "arrivalDelaySec": 1,
      "routeDistanceKm": 1
    }
  ],
  "total": 1,
  "source": {
    "provider": "example",
    "url": "example",
    "license": "example"
  },
  "meta": {
    "ident": "example"
  }
}

FAQ

Do I need an API key to use the status API?
No. flight.status is x402-native — there is no signup and no API key. Your client makes the call, receives a 402 with payment requirements, signs a USDC payment, and retries. Funds come from a wallet you control.
How much does the status API cost?
$0.0180 USDC per call, charged per request. There are no monthly fees, seats, or minimums — you pay only for the calls you make.
Can I try the status API for free first?
Yes. Add ?trial=1 (or the header X-2s-Trial: 1) to get a free real call per endpoint per hour, so you can verify the response shape before wiring payment.
Which networks and tokens are supported?
USDC on Base (via EIP-3009 transferWithAuthorization) or Solana (SPL transfer), using the open x402 payment protocol.
How do I call flight.status from an AI agent or MCP host?
Use @2sio/sdk (TypeScript), 2sio (Python), or the @2sio/mcp server for any MCP host — each handles the probe → sign → retry loop for you. See the code samples on this page.

Discovery

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