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▸ Frequently Asked Questions
How does this live flight radar work?
It fetches live ADS-B aircraft positions from the airplanes.live community network for the area around your chosen location, plots each plane on a world map, and refreshes every 10 seconds. ADS-B is the system aircraft use to broadcast their position; thousands of volunteer ground receivers collect these signals and share them openly.
Why are some planes missing?
The radar only shows aircraft that broadcast their position over ADS-B and are picked up by a nearby community receiver. Most airliners appear, but some military, private or older aircraft may not, and coverage is strongest over Europe and North America where receiver density is highest.
What do the plane colours mean?
Planes are coloured by altitude: grey on the ground, cyan below 10,000 ft, green at climb altitudes, yellow/orange in typical jet cruise bands (30,000–40,000 ft) and purple above 40,000 ft. Each symbol points in the aircraft's direction of travel.
Is the data real time?
It is near real time — positions are typically a few seconds old and the map refreshes every 10 seconds. This is community ADS-B data for general interest and plane spotting; it is not official air-traffic-control data and must never be used for navigation or operational decisions.
How do I see planes near me?
Click 📍 Near me to share your location, or pick any major airport from the dropdown. Use the radius slider to widen or narrow the area, then click any aircraft on the map or in the list for its callsign, altitude, speed, heading, registration and type.
Is this flight radar free?
Yes, completely free — no account, no ads, no data collection. It runs entirely in your browser and is one of many free tools at
jasperbernaers.com.
Live flight radar in your browser
This live flight radar shows you which aircraft are in the sky around you right now. It is built on open ADS-B data from the airplanes.live community network — the same kind of crowd-sourced signal data that powers popular flight-tracking sites — and renders everything client-side on a lightweight vector map, so there is nothing to install and no account to create. Pick your nearest airport or tap "Near me" to centre the radar on your own position, then watch planes update live every ten seconds.
Each aircraft marker is coloured by altitude and points in its direction of travel, so you can read the traffic flow at a glance. Click any plane — on the map or in the sortable list — to open a detail panel with its callsign, registration, aircraft type, barometric altitude, ground speed, heading, vertical rate, transponder squawk and distance from your chosen centre, plus quick links to look the flight up on FlightAware, Flightradar24 and ADS-B Exchange.
Coverage depends on volunteer receivers, so it is strongest over Europe and North America and thinner over oceans and remote regions. Positions are near real time and intended for curiosity and plane spotting only — never for navigation. Enjoy watching the world's air traffic unfold above you.