Real-time flight tracking
on a 3D globe

Follow aircraft across an interactive globe with live ADS-B data, weather radar, turbulence overlays, and full flight plan search. Available as an app for MacOS, Windows and Linux.

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3D Flight Radar showing airports, weather overlays, and the selected airport panel

Features

Interactive 3D Globe

Pan, zoom, and tilt a full 3D globe. Switch between 2D and 3D views, multiple map layers including VFR/IFR charts, and auto-rotate mode.

Live Aircraft Tracking

Real-time ADS-B positions from the OpenSky Network with altitude-colored trails, velocity vectors, and data blocks showing callsign, altitude, and speed.

Weather Overlays

NEXRAD composite radar, GOES infrared satellite imagery, turbulence SIGMETs and AIRMETs as 3D volumes, PIREPs, and GTG turbulence forecast heatmaps.

Flight Plan Search

Search by flight number or natural language ("Delta from ATL to LAX today"). See filed routes, waypoints, flown tracks, and a timeline scrubber with weather forecasts. (FlightAware API key needed.)

Aviation Data

Airport markers with delay status, Class B/C/D airspace boundaries in 3D, VOR/NDB/DME navaids, and named waypoint fixes.

Fully Customizable

Dark and light themes with custom accent colors, adjustable font sizes, trail modes, altitude exaggeration, weather layer opacity, and cloud-synced settings.

Screenshots

See 3D Flight Radar in action.

Dark mode overview with aircraft tracking trails across the United States
Aviation charts with aircraft tracking
Weather overlays with turbulence AIRMET volumes displayed on the 3D globe
NEXRAD radar and turbulence AIRMET volumes
Flight plan route from Boston to Los Angeles with timeline scrubber and weather context
Show upcoming flight with route display and timeline scrubber showing turbulence predicted over the route
Natural language flight search results shown over the radar view
Natural language flight search (requires FlightAware API key)

Install

Linux (Snap)

Install the linux snap package.

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Latest Release

Download the newest packaged build from the GitHub releases page.

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Build from Source 

git clone https://github.com/birgefuller/flight-radar.git
cd flight-radar
npm install
npm run dev