LIVE FLIGHT TRACKER
ADS-B live sky map, callsign search, and NOAA weather briefs for the selected route. Educational only — not for operational flight planning or dispatch.
Driving instead? Open Travel Hub →About the aviation weather tracker
This page puts live traffic and live weather on the same screen. The sky map plots aircraft from ADS-B broadcasts in near real time; click one, or search a callsign, to see its identity, altitude, ground speed, track, and resolved route, then read a weather brief for the origin and destination airports.
Underneath sits the meteorology a flight actually runs into. The hub board scores major airports from their current METAR observations and in-flight advisories, and the detail console opens SIGMETs, AIRMETs, turbulence built from pilot reports, and raw METARs along a route you enter. It is a good way to see why a delay is happening long before an airline explains it.
Everything here is educational, not operational. For weather on the ground instead of in the air, try live radar, the warning desk, or the travel hub if you are driving instead.
Aviation weather FAQ
- What is a METAR and how do I read one?
- A METAR is the routine surface observation an airport files roughly every hour: wind, visibility, cloud layers, temperature, dew point, and altimeter setting in a fixed order. Flight categories summarise it — VFR, MVFR, IFR, and LIFR — from the ceiling and visibility in that report.
- What is the difference between a SIGMET and an AIRMET?
- Both are in-flight advisories. A SIGMET covers weather hazardous to all aircraft, such as severe turbulence, severe icing, volcanic ash, or thunderstorm areas. An AIRMET covers less extreme conditions that still matter to smaller or lighter aircraft, such as moderate turbulence, moderate icing, and low ceilings.
- Where does the live aircraft map get its data?
- Aircraft positions come from community ADS-B receivers, so coverage is best over populated areas and can thin out over oceans and remote terrain. Weather layers come from NOAA Aviation Weather Center products and the National Weather Service.
- Can I use this for flight planning?
- No. Everything here is educational and illustrative, including the airport misery scores. Use official sources and an approved briefing service for dispatch, flight planning, and any operational decision.