# opensky-get-flights-aircraft

Fetch historical flights for a specific ICAO24 aircraft within a time interval.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `opensky-get-flights-aircraft`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-derekslinz-meta-data-mcp/opensky-get-flights-aircraft

## Facts

- Tool: `opensky-get-flights-aircraft`
- Server: Meta Data Mcp (`pypi:meta-data-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-derekslinz-meta-data-mcp.md
- Install: `npx -y pypi:meta-data-mcp`
- Homepage: https://github.com/derekslinz/meta-data-mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "opensky-get-flights-aircraft",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why opensky-get-flights-aircraft is rated Low

This tool queries the OpenSky Network API to retrieve historical flight information. It performs a read-only operation on open aviation data—fetching past flight records for an aircraft identified by its ICAO24 code. There are no side effects, no data modification, and no destructive or financial operations.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description: 'Fetch historical flights for a specific ICAO24 aircraft within a time interval.' The verb 'Fetch' and the focus on retrieving historical flight data indicates pure data retrieval with no modification, deletion, or execution of external…"

## Use case

AI agents call opensky-get-flights-aircraft to retrieve information from Meta Data Mcp without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Meta Data Mcp:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "opensky-get-flights-aircraft": {}
  }
}
```

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