Airport Lookup Skill
The tool
Let your agent resolve any airport code. Call it as an MCP tool to fetch name, city, country and coordinates from an IATA or ICAO code.
Once your client is connected to the VerveKit MCP server, this appears in its tool list as AirportLookupSkill. It is read-only and open-world: it fetches, it never mutates anything on your side, so most clients will call it without asking you to confirm.
{
"name": "AirportLookupSkill",
"arguments": {
"iata": "MCI"
}
}What that looks like in a conversation
You don't name the tool — the model picks it. Asking about MCI in the terms this source covers is enough for it to reach for AirportLookupSkill on its own.
Connecting
One server URL covers every skill in the catalog, including this one. Authorization is OAuth — the client opens a browser once and there is no key to paste into a config file.
{
"mcpServers": {
"vervekit": {
"url": "https://api.vervekit.com/v1/mcp"
}
}
}https://api.vervekit.com/v1/mcpPer-client setup — Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT — is on the MCP setup page.
Arguments
These are the properties on the tool's inputSchema, so a well-behaved client validates them before the call is made.
| Argument | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
iataRequired | string | MCI | The IATA code of the airport for which you want to get the information (e.g., MCI) |
What the model gets back
The result carries a structuredContent object matching the tool's declared outputSchema, so a client can read fields without parsing prose. status is "ok" on success and error is null; a null field means the value wasn't available for that input, not that the call failed.
{
"status": "ok",
"error": null,
"data": {
"icao": "KMCI",
"iata": "MCI",
"name": "Kansas City International Airport",
"city": "Kansas City",
"state": "Missouri",
"country": "US",
"elevation": 1026,
"lat": 39.2975997925,
"lon": -94.7138977051,
"tz": "America/Chicago",
"city_info": {
"name": "Kansas City",
"altName": "",
"country": "US"
}
}
}Fields
| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
icao | string | KMCI | International Civil Aviation Organization airport code |
iata | string | MCI | International Air Transport Association airport code |
name | string | Kansas City International Airport | Official name of the airport |
city | string | Kansas City | City where the airport is located |
state | string | Missouri | State or province where airport is located |
country | string | US | Country code where airport is located |
elevationPremium | number | 1026 | Airport elevation in feet above sea level |
latPremium | number | 39.2975997925 | Airport latitude coordinate for mapping |
lonPremium | number | -94.7138977051 | Airport longitude coordinate for mapping |
tzPremium | string | America/Chicago | IANA timezone name for the airport location |
city_infoPremium | object | {…} | Additional city information including alternate names |
city_info.name | string | Kansas City | Primary city name for the airport location |
city_info.altName | string | | Alternate name for the city if available |
city_info.country | string | US | Country code for the city location |
Failure modes
Errors come back as tool errors with a sentence the model can act on, not a bare status code.
| Status | What it means |
|---|---|
400 / 422 | The arguments didn't validate. The message names the offending one. |
401 | The OAuth session is invalid or expired — reconnect the server. |
403 | Out of credits. Not a bad key — the month's allowance is spent. |
404 | This skill isn't part of VerveKit. Check the catalog. |
429 | Brief rate limit. Retrying after a moment succeeds. |
Other ways to use Airport Lookup Skill
Set up Airport Lookup Skill on VerveKit, or reach the same source a different way. Your VerveKit account and credits work on all of them — one key, one balance.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to tell the agent to use AirportLookupSkill?
No. The tool's name and description are in the model's context once the server is connected, so it selects the tool when the question calls for it. Naming it explicitly works too and is useful when you want to force the call.
Does connecting the server expose every tool at once?
Yes — one connection lists the whole VerveKit catalog. Clients with a tool budget can usually filter the list; the credit cost is per call, so an unused tool costs nothing.
What does a call cost?
1 credit each time the tool actually runs. A model that reasons about the tool without calling it costs nothing.
Is there a REST version of this?
Yes — the same source is available as a plain HTTPS endpoint on APIVerve, linked above. Same data, same credits, same account.