Live ADS-B across the country, backed by supplemental surveillance coverage so the map doesn’t blink when a source does. Free to watch, no account required.
When something upstream blinks at 03:00 UTC, the map shouldn’t blink with it. Dense real-time ADS-B carries the everyday picture, and supplemental surveillance coverage fills in the transponder-equipped flights ADS-B can’t see, like oceanic legs, radar-only operators, and the long tail.
Dense, fast real-time ADS-B across the US. The default lens on the map.
Coverage is built so a hiccup anywhere upstream keeps the map moving. The user never sees the cutover.
Every aircraft is reconciled to a single, freshest position, so planes never jitter or show up twice.
For the ~10% of flights ADS-B can’t see (oceanic, opted-out, equipment issues), supplemental surveillance coverage fills in the gaps. Source-attributed on the chart so you always know what you’re looking at.
Search by callsign, ICAO24 hex, or tail number. The map recenters and the route snaps to current position. 90 days of history available on paid tiers — replay any flight by tail.
METAR / TAF / SIGMET / NEXRAD radar overlays. Active TFRs, NOTAMs, and PIREPs on the chart at scale. Class B/C/D, MOA, restricted, prohibited, alert airspace — same color vocabulary as the FAA sectional.
231453Z 25008KT 10SM FEW090 19/M02 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP17030 days of history on the free tier, 90 days on Enthusiast. Pick a tail, scrub the timeline, see altitude / speed / heading at any moment. Built on the same Mapbox GL renderer that draws the live map — 60fps with 12,000 aircraft in view.
“The plane that flew over my neighborhood at 11pm — it was N87012, a Mooney landing at Boeing Field. I read the tail off Fly Overhead in 12 seconds.”
Aviation-curious neighborWest Seattle
See what’s already in the pattern at your destination. Watch the IFR arrival flow into KSEA before you file. Track your friend’s tail home.
The map you keep open on the second monitor. ICAO24 search, real-time density heatmap, route arrival snap-to.
See which of the club’s airplanes are airborne. Spot the student who forgot to close the flight plan. Track training-area density.
The 11pm Mooney. The 6am medevac. The Cessna that’s been circling for twenty minutes. Look up the tail, find out where it came from.
Open the live map and start. Spotter ($1.99/mo) and Enthusiast ($4.99/mo) tiers add historical replay, alerts, and weather overlays — but the live tracking is, and always will be, free.