In the air
Live flight tracker
Every aircraft that broadcasts its position over ADS-B and is heard by a receiver, drawn where it is and moving across the map.
What you see
- Airliners, private aircraft, business jets and military flights, each a layer you can switch on or off.
- Each aircraft points the way it is flying. Click one for its callsign, type and operator, altitude, speed, heading and squawk.
- Where the route and airframe are known, the card says where the flight came from and where it is going, with links to FlightAware and ADS-B Exchange.
- Follow an aircraft and the map keeps it in view. Share the link and whoever opens it follows the same aircraft.
Where the data comes from
- OpenSky NetworkPositions from its worldwide network of ADS-B receivers.
- adsb.lol and adsb.fiCommunity ADS-B networks: military aircraft, aircraft types, and the close-up view around you.
- adsbdb, hexdb.io and airplanes.liveRoutes and airframe details, looked up when you open an aircraft.
Zoomed in to a region, aircraft within about 250 nautical miles refresh every 15 seconds. The world view refreshes every few minutes, so a plane there can be a few minutes behind where it really is.
Good to know
- Only aircraft that broadcast ADS-B appear, and only where a receiver hears them. Over oceans and remote land, coverage thins out.
- Whether a flight counts as an airliner, a private flight or a business jet is worked out from its type, callsign, altitude and speed, so a few land in the wrong layer.
Goes well with
Military aircraft, liveMilitary aircraft that broadcast ADS-B, live on a map: tankers, transports, patrol and surveillance flights, with type, altitude and speed where known.
Private jets, liveBusiness jets and private aircraft on a free live map, from ADS-B: where they are, how high and how fast, with type and registration where known.
US airport delaysLive FAA airport status on a map: ground stops, ground delay programmes and arrival and departure delays at US airports, checked every few minutes.
GPS jamming and interferenceWhere aircraft are reporting degraded GPS right now, worked out from their own ADS-B broadcasts: a live map of likely GNSS jamming and spoofing.