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What would you like to find out?
Choose a goal for a short path through the site: what to do, what you can learn, and what the data cannot tell you. Go at your own pace—nothing advances automatically.
New here? Start with “What just flew overhead?” Each guide links to the tool you need. Sign-in and membership requirements still apply on those pages.
Goal 1 of 9
What just flew overhead?
Find an observed aircraft and understand what you are seeing.
What you’ll get
Identify an aircraft and its track, with a time you can refer back to.
Try this
- Open Flights and choose live traffic or today’s activity. Move the map to the area you heard or saw the aircraft.
- Select an aircraft or trail to inspect its time, altitude and available identity details.
- Keep the date, time and registration or aircraft identifier. Use Aircraft Search to look up the airframe.
Start with Flights; some live and detail tools depend on your account or membership.
Find a flight