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OpenSky Network

The OpenSky integration allows one to track overhead flights in a given region. It uses crowd-sourced data from the OpenSky Network public API. It will also fire Home Assistant events when flights enter and exit the defined region.

Configuration

To add the OpenSky Network integration to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:

latitude

The latitude of the center of the area to track.

longitude

The latitude of the center of the area to track.

radius

The radius in meters around the latitude/longitude point to track.

altitude

The maximum altitude in meters in which the planes are tracked. No input (or 0) means all planes in the area are tracked.

Events

  • opensky_entry: Fired when a flight enters the region.
  • opensky_exit: Fired when a flight exits the region.

Both events have four attributes:

  • sensor: Name of opensky sensor that fired the event.
  • callsign: Callsign of the flight.
  • altitude: Altitude of the flight in meters.
  • icao24: The ICAO 24-bit address of the aircraft’s transponder.

To receive notifications of the entering flights using the Home Assistant Companion App, add the following lines to your configuration.yaml file:

automation:
  - alias: "Flight entry notification"
    trigger:
      platform: event
      event_type: opensky_entry
    action:
      service: notify.mobile_app_<device_name>
      data:
        message: "Flight entry of {{ trigger.event.data.callsign }}"

One can also get a direct link to the OpenSky website to see the flight using the icao24 identification:

automation:
  - alias: "Flight entry notification"
    trigger:
      platform: event
      event_type: opensky_entry
    action:
      service: notify.mobile_app_<device_name>
      data:
        message: "Flight entry of {{ trigger.event.data.callsign }}"
        data:
          actions:
            - action: URI
              title: Track the flight
              uri: >-
                https://opensky-network.org/aircraft-profile?icao24={{
                trigger.event.data.icao24 }}