openSkies (version 1.0.0)

getAircraftMetadata: Retrieve metadata for a specified aircraft

Description

Retrieves the available metadata for a specified aircraft. These include the registration ID for the aircraft, as well as information about its manufacturer, owner, operator and country of registration, among others. A single aircraft must be specified using its ICAO 24-bit address.

Usage

getAircraftMetadata(aircraft)

Arguments

aircraft

string with the ICAO 24-bit address of an aircraft (for example, \"3c6444\" for Lufthansa D-AIBD (Airbus A319).

Value

An object of class openSkiesAircraft. See the openSkiesAirport documentation for details on the fields for the class.

References

https://www.icao.int/publications/doc8643/pages/search.aspx

https://www.eurocontrol.int/sites/default/files/content/documents/nm/asterix/archives/asterix-cat021-asterix-ads-b-messages-part-12-v1.4-072009.pdf

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# Obtain metadata for the aircraft with ICAO 24-bit address 3922e2 

if(interactive()){
getAircraftMetadata("3922e2")
}
# }