pyopensky 2.10

A Python interface for OpenSky database

pyopensky

The pyopensky Python library provides functions to download data from the OpenSky Network live API and historical databases. It aims at making ADS-B and Mode S data from OpenSky easily accessible in the Python programming environment.

Full documentation on https://open-aviation.github.io/pyopensky

Installation

pip install pyopensky

The library is also available on conda-forge:

conda install -c conda-forge pyopensky

Development mode (with uv):

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh  # Linux and MacOS
irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex  # Windows
uv sync --dev

Credentials

See details in the documentation

Usage

[!IMPORTANT] The Impala shell is now deprecated. Please upgrade to Trino.

• from the REST API:

  from pyopensky.rest import REST
  
  rest = REST()
  
  rest.states()
  rest.tracks(icao24)
  rest.routes(callsign)
  rest.aircraft(icao24, begin, end)
  rest.arrival(airport, begin, end)
  rest.departure(airport, begin, end)
  

• from the Trino database (requires authentication):

  from pyopensky.trino import Trino
  
  trino = Trino()
  # full description of the whole set of parameters in the documentation
  trino.flightlist(start, stop, *, airport, callsign, icao24)
  trino.history(start, stop, *, callsign, icao24, bounds)
  trino.rawdata(start, stop, *, callsign, icao24, bounds)