Overhead Flight Tracker
Closest aircraft overhead
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Built by Barrett in NorCal. Identifies overhead flying objects from public and paid data sources. For support, open an issue on GitHub. Follow @exploreml on X.
Available settings
Observation point
Search for a city, address, or postal code, or enter latitude,longitude.
Example: 37.7749,-122.4194
Location label
Short label shown on the display.
Example: Home
Search radius
Maximum horizontal distance in nautical miles.
Example: 20
Map-up bearing
True compass bearing shown at the top of the radar scope.
Example: 0
Maximum position age
Ignore stale aircraft positions older than this many minutes.
Example: 5
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Provider preference
Paid providers are tried when their credentials are present; ADSB.lol is always the final fallback.
Flightradar24 API token
Optional paid FR24 API token. Enables live positions and route lookups for the selected flight, including ADSB.lol contacts. Required even if you have an FR24 website subscription.
Example: Optional
FlightAware AeroAPI key
Optional AeroAPI v4 key used when FR24 is unavailable or not preferred.
Example: Optional
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