cli-airports

A command line based application for gathering information on a specific airport using a flightradar24 api.

Here are some usage examples:

1. Fetch arrivals to LHR (London Heathrow):

    $ airports.py --mode arrivals --airport LHR
   

2. Fetch 15 departures from DXB,

    $ airports.py --mode departures --airport DXB --limit 15
   

   And with export:

    $ airports.py --mode departures --airport DXB --limit 15 --export
   

3. Fetch general airport information for CDG

    $ airports.py --mode info --airport CDG
   

4. Find IATA code for London Stansted

    $ airports.py --name "London Stansted"
   

   Note, " is required either side for a search with more than one word.

Table of contents

• Installation
• Usage
• To-do

Installation

Clone the github repo

$ git clone https://github.com/georgehawkins0/cli-airports.git

Change Directory

$ cd cli-airports

Usage

Cmdline options

usage: airports.py [-h] [-m MODE] [-a AIRPORT] [-l LIMIT] [-n NAME] [-e]

Information about any airport from all over the world.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -m MODE, --mode MODE  Mode (arrivals/departures/weather/info)
  -a AIRPORT, --airport AIRPORT
                        The IATA airport code
  -l LIMIT, --limit LIMIT
                        Limit to show (default 10, max for all)
  -n NAME, --name NAME  Search for an airport name. Returns airports with a matching name. Useful for finding IATA
                        code.
  -e, --export          save results in a JSON file

To-do

• airport name search for IATA code Done v1.1
• Live flight tracker