seats.aero MCP server

Not affiliated with seats.aero

A TypeScript-based, minimal MCP server for interacting with the seats.aero API via Claude desktop or any other MCP clients in natural language.

❗ You will need a seats.aero API key via a seats.aero Pro membership in order to use this tool

Setup

Install dependencies npm install

Build and compile TypeScript npm run build

Start MCP server npm start

Config

You will need to add your MCP server config to your claude_desktop_config.json file or whatever your MCP client of choice is.

"seats": {
  "command": "node",
  "args": ["/Users/USER/Sites/seats-mcp/build/index.js"],
  "env": {
    "SEATS_API_KEY": "SEATS_API_KEY"
  }
}

Tools available

get_flights Get a list of flights. Your MCP client will be able to search via the same parameters as the cached search endpoint

get_bulk_avail Retrieve a large amount of availability objects from one specific mileage program (source). Your MCP client will be able to search via the same parameters as the bulk availability endpoint

get_routes Retrieve a list of route objects from one specific mileage program (source). Your MCP client will be able to search via the same parameters as the routes endpoint.

get_trips Retrieve full itinerary details for a specific availability ID, including departure/arrival times, flight numbers, aircraft type, fare class, and booking links. Use this after get_flights or get_bulk_avail to get actual flight times. Your MCP client will be able to search via the same parameters as the get trips endpoint.