See current aircraft near a place with callsign, distance, bearing, altitude and speed — useful when a strange light is happening now.
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A busy area can have dozens of aircraft within 100 nautical miles. The useful question is whether any of them lie in the sector where the observer saw the light. A candidate farther away in the correct direction can matter more than a closer aircraft behind the observer.
High-altitude traffic can look like a steady point. A head-on aircraft can remain nearly stationary in angular position, and landing lights can be much brighter than expected. Altitude and distance help explain why a normal aircraft may look unusual.
The site uses the feed to create a local evidence view and attributes aircraft data to ADSB.lol. It does not attempt to infer private passenger information or identify people on an aircraft.
