Activate light based off of aircraft altitude

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I have no idea where to start this next project…I’m hoping one of you guys can help.

I would like to activate a light (or group of lights) when a certain aircraft is in the air. Doesn’t matter where in the world, just if its in the air. My wife is a flight nurse…I think it would be kind of cool to activate a light when her aircraft is in the air.

I assume OpenSky network can help but I have no idea how to start this one.

We will pretend her aircraft is DAL678 (random pick). If its in the air (altitude above 500’?) I’d like to activate a light and maybe some sort of custom card. If it’s not, it should shut it off.

Can anyone help me out with this? Thank you very much.

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There is an api https://opensky-network.org/apidoc/

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Yes, I see that much. I’m wondering what I need to do to make it a sensor or entity or something I can use inside of HA.

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Have you tried a rest sensor?

I assume she is not in the same aeroplane each trip? Will you need some sort of imput to say "today she is on plane DAL678 ?

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90% of the time it’s the same tail number. If it does change I can go in and change it manually. I’ll look into the REST sensor now.