# flight-tracker
> A flight tracker in your command line

## Summary
Command-line flight tracker that animates flight paths between locations in the terminal.

## Capabilities
- Animate flight paths between two locations in the terminal
- Customizable decimal precision for coordinates
- Adjustable update intervals for the animation
- Configurable stream width display
- Available as both CLI tool and Node.js library

## When to Use
- When you want to visualize a flight route in the terminal
- When building Node.js applications that need flight path visualization

## When NOT to Use
- When you need real-time flight tracking data
- When you need actual airline schedule information
- When you need ADS-B or radar-based aircraft tracking

## Usage Patterns
### Track a flight between two cities
```
flight-tracker --from 'New York' --to 'London'
```
Animates a flight path from New York to London in the terminal

## Installation
- **npm**: `npm install -g flight-tracker`
- **yarn**: `yarn global add flight-tracker`

## Related Tools
- [plane-notify](/tools/plane-notify) (complementary): plane-notify tracks real aircraft using ADS-B data

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Source: https://littlescripts.sh/tools/flight-tracker