Aviation Resources
REMOTE · API.AVIATIONRESOURCES.IO
Search FAA handbooks and Airman Certification Standards; read and cite pages with figures.
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Last scanned (1 hour ago)
Scores higher than 61% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 24 Oct 2026.
Category Education and Research
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security74
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability70
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 557 tokens (~185/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management3
- Stability observed for 1 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
- Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 24 Oct 26 +1
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- 23 Oct 26 70
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 24 Oct 2026 · Probed https://api.aviationresources.io/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.2 with TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=*.aviationresources.io | CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M01,O=Amazon,C=US | 1 Jun 2026 | 15 Dec 2026 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | 74ce931d60f999e100a026d01bee8f5 |
| SANs: *.aviationresources.io | ||||||
| CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M01,O=Amazon,C=US (CA) | CN=Amazon Root CA 1,O=Amazon,C=US | 23 Aug 2022 | 23 Aug 2030 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | 77312380b9d6688a33b1ed9bf9ccda68e0e0f |
| CN=Amazon Root CA 1,O=Amazon,C=US (CA) | CN=Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2,O=Starfield Technologies\, Inc.,L=Scottsdale,ST=Arizona,C=US | 25 May 2015 | 31 Dec 2037 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | 67f944a2a27cdf3fac2ae2b01f908eeb9c4c6 |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of api.aviationresources.io. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| io. | present | 38690, 57355 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| aviationresources.io. | absent | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://api.aviationresources.io/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://api.aviationresources.io/mcp | HTTPS enforced |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
get_page Get Document Page ~145
Returns one page of an FAA document from Aviation Resources: an image of the whole page plus the full text of the passages on it. Use it after search_documents to read a page in full or to see figures, charts and tables, or to read on with nextPageNumber / previousPageNumber. Cite the page with its viewerUrl.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| includeImage | boolean | – | Set false to get only the text, for example when reading through several pages. |
| pageNumber | integer | yes | 1-based page number in the PDF, as search_documents returns it (not the number printed on the page). |
| resourceId | string | yes | The document's ID, from search_documents. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| image | – | yes | Describes the image content block (the whole page), or null when there is none. |
| imageUnavailableReason | – | yes | Why image is null when an image was asked for. |
| indexed | boolean | yes | False when the document has no text index yet; passages is then empty. |
| nextPageNumber | – | yes | The page after, or null on the last page. |
| pageNumber | integer | yes | – |
| passages | array | yes | Every indexed passage that covers this page, in document order. |
| previousPageNumber | – | yes | The page before, or null on the first page. |
| resource | object | yes | – |
| viewerUrl | string | yes | Opens this page in the Aviation Resources web app. Give this to the user as the source link. |
No examples provided.
list_airman_certification_standards List Airman Certification Standards ~76
Lists every FAA Airman Certification Standard (ACS) in Aviation Resources, such as Private Pilot - Airplane or Instrument Rating - Airplane, with its ID, whether it is ready for use, and how many areas of operation and tasks it has. Use this first to find the ACS a lesson is for.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| standards | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
search_documents Search FAA Documents ~253
Full-text search across the FAA handbooks, advisory circulars and other reference documents in Aviation Resources (for example the Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, Airplane Flying Handbook, Instrument Flying Handbook, Aviation Weather and the Weight & Balance Handbook). Returns the best-matching documents, each with its best pages and short snippets. Use it to find where a topic is covered, then call get_page to read a page in full or see its figures. Cite pages with their viewerUrl.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | How many documents to return. |
| offset | integer | – | How many documents to skip, for the next page of results (pagination.offset + pagination.limit). |
| pagesPerResource | integer | – | How many of each document's best pages to return. |
| query | string | yes | Search terms, e.g. holding entry or "density altitude". Words must all match (English variants count); use "quotes" for a phrase, or for alternatives, and -word to exclude. Use the words an FAA handb… |
| resourceIds | array | – | Only search these documents (IDs from earlier results). Leave out to search every document. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| pagination | object | yes | – |
| query | string | yes | The query as it was run. |
| results | array | yes | Matching documents, best first. Empty when nothing matches. |
No examples provided.
How do I install the Aviation Resources MCP server?
Aviation Resources is a hosted endpoint at https://api.aviationresources.io/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · api.aviationresources.io
claude mcp add --transport http io-aviationresources-aviation-resources 'https://api.aviationresources.io/mcp'
What is the Aviation Resources MCP server?
Aviation Resources is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.aviationresources/aviation-resources. Search FAA handbooks and Airman Certification Standards; read and cite pages with figures. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://api.aviationresources.io/mcp).
Is the Aviation Resources MCP server safe to use?
Aviation Resources scores 71 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the Aviation Resources MCP server expose?
Aviation Resources exposes 3 tools: list_airman_certification_standards, search_documents, get_page. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 474 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Aviation Resources MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Aviation Resources without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Aviation Resources MCP server still maintained?
Aviation Resources is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 24 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.