Live Air, Maritime and Space Traffic Map.
Follow aircraft, vessels and orbiting satellites in real time. Select any object to see its details, photo, track history and route, or use the controls below to filter the picture.
Using the Map Controls
The buttons along the top and side of the map change what you see and how it behaves.
Top bar
Show or hide air traffic
Show or hide maritime traffic
Show or hide space trafficSide bar
Open map settings
Replay recorded aircraft movements. Live vessels and satellites pause while a replay runs and resume when it closesSelecting an Object
Click or tap any aircraft, vessel or satellite to open its details. The map follows it automatically, keeping it centred in the part of the map that is still visible.
On a computer
Details open in the sidebar on the left: the country flag and identity at the top, then a photo, type, position, speed and track. The map centres the selection in the space beside the sidebar.
On a phone
Details slide up from the bottom of the screen. The header always shows the flag, identity, key facts and, where known, the route or destination, for example Newcastle → Paris. Drag the header up for the full details or down to see more map. Tap something on the map and it opens minimised; pick it from the table or a search and it opens half way. Once you drag it, it remembers your choice. Pinch or double-tap to zoom.
Photos
Aircraft photos come from community photo sites and are credited to each photographer. Vessel and satellite images come from open sources such as Wikimedia Commons. Where no photo exists, an outline of the object type is shown instead.
Satellite Details
Selecting a satellite shows its category (space station, visually bright, military and others), its owner's flag, live altitude and speed, and its catalogue record: object type, operational status, launch date and site, international designator and radar cross-section.
Orbit
A one-line summary of the whole orbit, for example LEO · 413 × 420 km · 51.6° · 92.9 min: orbit class, lowest and highest altitude (perigee × apogee), inclination and period, worked out from the current orbital elements.
Orbit class
Low Earth Orbit, Medium Earth Orbit, Geostationary, Geosynchronous, Highly Elliptical or High Earth Orbit. The class describes the whole orbit, so a satellite on a long elliptical path keeps one label all the way round.
TLE age
How old the orbital elements behind the plotted position are. Positions drift as elements age, so anything over seven days old is flagged as stale. Objects docked to another, such as visiting craft at a space station, are marked Docked.
Telemetry provided by a network of volunteer contributors, augmented with data from public sources. Data: AISHub contributors, airplanes.live, CelesTrak. For personal, non-commercial situational awareness only, supplied “as-is” without warranty. No scraping, resale or redistribution of the data or service. Privacy Policy.
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