Radar contact

You’re not flying this alone.

“Radar contact” is what a controller says when they have found you and are watching over you. This scope shows live traffic around the airline airport nearest you, drawn the way a controller sees it.

Behind every target are a crew and a controller keeping it safe. The Cory Lee Campbell Foundation works for them and for their families, so that asking for help never costs anyone their career.

Acquiring traffic

Range NM

Tap an airline flight to see its route and aircraft.

SWA1234Airline flight number. Private aircraft are shown without an identity.
080 25Altitude in hundreds of feet, ground speed in tens of knots
RingsDistance from the airport. The spacing is shown at the bottom of the scope.
Below 180Like an approach control scope, it shows aircraft below 18,000 feet. Data blocks move to stay clear of each other.
MapRunways in white, highways in gray, lakes and rivers in blue

Your approximate location comes from your internet connection and is used only to pick the airport. It is not stored. Live traffic data from adsb.lol. Map data from OurAirports and Natural Earth. Routes from the Virtual Radar Server community database. Aircraft photos from Planespotters.net, credited to each photographer.