OpenATC is best viewed with Google Earth.
Truly Worldwide Flight Tracking
openATC (Open Air Traffic Control) is a worldwide network of ADS-B receiver stations, permitting anyone to see where airplanes were located 5 minutes ago. Look at it as Air Traffic gone Open Source!
This system can be used to visualize both in 2D and 3D the flight paths of any flight we ever recorded. Applications range from flight training to air traffic control training, positional awareness for dispatchers and last but not least, the enthusiast that wants to track flights.
To view traffic, select either the Google Earth or Google Maps interface from the menus. To find a specific flight, enter either its flight number or any part of the 3 letter ICAO airline code in the search box on the top of this page. You can also enter the full callsign.
If you own an SBS-1, share your data! Click here to find out how easy it is to share your data!
Each airplane currently being tracked in the system is drawn with a yellow dot:
28 FEB 09 News: THY1951 track of crash is online
The track of Turkish flight 1951 which crashed yesterday at Amsterdam Schipol is now available online. Click here to view
The openATC system is running off donated hardware, software and time. If you feel this project is worthwhile, please consider supporting it not only by feeding air traffic data but also by
- purchasing books from our Amazon links
- donating (working) hardware
- donating your programming expertise and time to help the project advance
Some screenshots and animations
| Screenshots | Animations (require Quicktime 6 or later to play) |
 Click here for a screenshot |
 Bird's eye european air traffic as the night falls (11 MB)  Heathrow traffic (1.7MB) |
OpenATC is best viewed with Google Earth.
