Aviationstack

Skill shlomsh/hermes-travel-skills/skills/aviationstack

Live flight status — gate, terminal, boarding, delay, baggage belt. Same-day only.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add shlomsh/hermes-travel-skills --skill aviationstack

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4 things to look at

skips confirmationTells the agent to proceed without asking first, 1 time: "Resolve the IATA flight number from context ... so you don't have to ask the user for it".
reads credentialsReads from 1 credential source: `AVIATIONSTACK_API_KEY`.
4 stars4 stars. Stars are a popularity signal and not a quality one, but at this level it is likely that nobody has read this closely except its author, and you would be relying on your own review.
runs commandsInstructs the agent to run 6 commands, including `python live_flight_tracker.py flight <IATA>` and 5 more.

SKILL.md

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Aviationstack — Live Flight Tracker

Live gate, terminal, delay, and baggage-belt data for any flight, by IATA flight number or airport.

When to use

Reach for this whenever the user asks about the live status of a flight — gate, terminal, boarding, delay, landing, or which belt the baggage is on. Resolve the IATA flight number from context (itinerary, a forwarded confirmation, a screenshot) when you can, so you don't have to ask the user for it.

User asks	You do
gate / terminal / boarding	`flight <IATA>` → `departure.terminal`, `departure.gate`, `departure.delay`
landed / touched down	`flight <IATA>` → status LANDED + `arrival.actual`
luggage / baggage belt	`flight <IATA>` → `arrival.baggage` (belt number)
delay / on time	`flight <IATA>` → `departure.delay` (0 = on time ✓)

Example questions

You ask	You run
"Which baggage belt is the luggage from flight LY574 coming out on?"	`flight LY574` → `arrival.baggage`
"Is flight IZ212 departing on time, or is it delayed?"	`flight IZ212` → `departure.delay` (0 = on time ✓)
"Where do I pick up my bags — which carousel?"	`flight <IATA>` → `arrival.baggage`
"Has flight AA100 landed yet?"	`flight AA100` → status + `arrival.actual`

Usage

python live_flight_tracker.py flight LY8           # today (the only reliable mode on free tier)
python live_flight_tracker.py airport TLV dep
python live_flight_tracker.py airport MIA arr active

The flight command takes an optional [YYYY-MM-DD], but a date other than today needs a paid aviationstack plan — on the free key it returns "No data found". Track each flight on its travel day, not in advance.

Status icons

🕐 SCHEDULED · ✈️ ACTIVE · 🛬 LANDED · ❌ CANCELLED · ↩️ DIVERTED · ⚠️ INCIDENT

Notes

Free tier: same-day real-time only, HTTP, 100 req/month — one call per question, never poll.
Gate and baggage belt can change — always fetch live.
Requires AVIATIONSTACK_API_KEY in the environment. Note: the free tier is HTTP-only, so the key travels unencrypted in the request URL.

What ships with it: 1 file

7.7 KB alongside SKILL.md, 1 of them executable

live_flight_tracker.pyruns7.7 KB