Global Flight Radar
Live aircraft positions around the world, built from the ADS-B signals aircraft broadcast themselves and picked up by thousands of community receivers. Scan any area, look up a specific aircraft, then trace its route, registration, and country.
Radar map
Drag to pan, scroll or use +/− to zoom, click an aircraft for details, and double-click the map to scan that spot. Data refreshes automatically every 10 seconds (30 seconds for global feeds).
Accuracy: ADS-B positions come from the aircraft's own GPS (typically accurate to tens of metres) and are shown as reported, with no extrapolation. MLAT positions are computed from arrival-time differences at several receivers, so they are less precise. Aircraft without ADS-B, with it switched off, or outside receiver range (open ocean, parts of Africa & Central Asia) do not appear. Routes come from a per-callsign schedule database and can be wrong.
Every aircraft within a given radius of an airport or a point you choose, anywhere in the world.
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Data sources
Fetched by this site's server with a short cache; if one source fails, the next one is used automatically.
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adsb.lol ↗
Primary source. Community ADS-B/MLAT receiver network with an open, unfiltered API; data licensed under ODbL. Also provides the callsign route database.
adsb.lol (komunitas, ODbL) - live
airplanes.live ↗
First fallback. Unfiltered community feeder network, free API for non-commercial use (max. 1 request/second).
airplanes.live - live
adsb.fi ↗
Second fallback. Finland-based community receiver network with global coverage and an open data endpoint.
adsb.fi - live
OpenSky Network ↗
Last fallback for area mode. Research data from OpenSky's receiver network; no registration/type and positions can lag by a few seconds.
OpenSky Network (lembaga riset nirlaba) - database
HexDB.io ↗
Aircraft database by ICAO address: registration, manufacturer, type, and registered owner, used to enrich aircraft details.
HexDB.io - map
Natural Earth ↗
Coastlines and country borders for the base map (1:110M and 1:50M scale), with no calls to third-party map servers.
Natural Earth (domain publik)
Aviation OSINT techniques
- Verify aircraft photos/videos: match the time, track, and altitude against aircraft recorded in that area, then confirm the registration on JetPhotos or Planespotters.
- Watch squawks 7500/7600/7700 in Emergency mode to spot incidents before the news does, then verify with the authorities or the airline.
- Orbit patterns (circling tracks) from military, police, or surveillance aircraft often mark an operation or event on the ground; turn on "All trails" to see them.
- The ICAO hex address is more stable than a callsign: save the hex of interesting aircraft and look them up again via Search → ICAO hex.
- Export GeoJSON and load it into QGIS or kepler.gl to analyse route density and compare over time.
- Combine with the CCTV OSINT to check conditions around airports and approach paths.
Ethics & limits
- All data comes from radio signals aircraft broadcast publicly, collected by volunteer receiver networks; this site does not access any closed system.
- Do not use this radar to stalk specific people, endanger aviation, or interfere with military or law-enforcement operations.
- Not for navigation or flight safety. For official flight status, refer to the airline, airport, or aviation authority.
- Respect aircraft owners' privacy choices (FAA LADD/PIA): those modes exist for transparency research, not for unmasking private identities.