I know this question has been asked a bunch in various subreddits, but I wanted to see if folks had tips based on what I’m building.
Basically, I want to build a desktop LCD screen that shows when a flight flies over you within a certain radius and then shows you basic information like the plane, it’s route, etc. I’m an avgeek myself and plane spot at SFO a few hours a week.
When I talked to friends about it, we had lots of ideas like creating alerts for squawk codes, plane types, etc.
Disclaimer: This is a product I intend to sell.
As a bunch of people have already complained, getting this data is actually quite expensive, and I’m really trying to avoid a subscription in the product beyond the hardware.
Right now, the best I have is:
– Use ADSB.lol ‘s free API to get callsigns within a given radius.
– Call FlightRadar24’s paid API with the callsign and cache that data for a month before calling again (DL1 at 1:24PM on Monday’s is usually JFK – LHR for example).
– The above based on historical data at least in the United States seems to have ~95% accuracy w/ around ~$2/mo/user in cost to me. Good not great. Cache hits were ~62%. That’s not assuming some global cache as well, which would yield better numbers as more people use it.
Does any one have other ideas who has explored this a little bit? I’ve been researching for a few days and am in awe by how pricy this industry is.
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