Airplanes.live
Live uncensored plane tracking
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
See every aircraft in the sky — unfiltered.
Airplanes.live is a live flight tracker powered by the community-run airplanes.live receiver network. Unlike other trackers, it shows you everything the network sees: airliners, general aviation, helicopters, and the military and privacy-flagged traffic that other apps remove.
THE MAP
• Live aircraft colored by altitude, with type-specific silhouettes
• Tap any aircraft for photos, route, altitude, speed, and registered owner
• Flight trails, search by callsign / registration / hex
• Light and dark maps, all served from our own infrastructure
WEATHER
• Live NOAA/NWS radar overlay, animated or latest-frame
• See the weather traffic is flying around, in real time
ATC SCOPE MODE
• A radar-scope view with data blocks — callsign, flight level, speed, type
• Convergence alerts between converging aircraft
• Emergency squawk (7500/7600/7700) highlighting
PRO
• Weather radar, advanced filters, unlimited watchlist, and alerts
• Feed data to airplanes.live? Pro is free for feeders.
Aircraft positions come from publicly broadcast ADS-B signals received by a volunteer community. For informational and educational use — not for navigation, separation, or safety-of-life purposes.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Terms of Service: https://airplanes.hughesit.us/terms
Privacy Policy: https://airplanes.hughesit.us/privacy
Ratings & Reviews
Airports on the map
Tap an airport for what is actually happening there. Traffic descending toward the field right now, takeoffs and landings a receiver watched happen, with the time it saw them, and the callsigns whose history says they usually fly the route. There are no scheduled times, gates or delays, because we do not have them and would rather say so.
View in AR
Point your phone at the sky and find a specific aircraft. Open it from any plane that is high enough and close enough to pick out, and a circle marks where it is while an arrow points the way when it drifts out of frame. The card tells you where to look before you even open the camera.
Sectional charts
VFR sectionals join the IFR enroute charts in the map layers.
See only your own receiver
If you feed the network, you can now show just the aircraft your own antenna hears.
Emergency alerts, narrowed
Emergency squawk alerts can now be limited to what is near your saved places, or over countries you choose, instead of every one worldwide.
Fixes
A flight no longer shows the wrong direction after passing its origin. Airports on the map are ranked by runway rather than by category, so busy towered fields appear at the zoom levels where you would expect them. Radar now says when the feed has been paused rather than showing you a picture that is no longer true.
The developer, Blake Hughes, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Identifiers
- Other Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Blake Hughes
- Size
- 7.5 MB
- Category
- Travel
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Pro Monthly $2.99
- Pro Yearly $19.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Blake Hughes
