Flight Tracking

Flight tracking is one of those categories that can be as simple or as deep as you want it to be. If you’re just curious about what’s overhead, Stowaway turns the sky above your location into a browser-based viewer, blending aircraft and satellites with lighting, terrain, weather, and celestial bodies — even letting you follow a selected object from an onboard-style camera view. For more everyday travel needs, FlightAware covers the practical side with real-time flight status, airport delays, live maps, and aviation data tools for teams that need more than a quick lookup.

This subcategory also has a strong community-data backbone. Airplanes.live, ADSB.lol, TheAirTraffic, and ADS-B Exchange all center on live aircraft data from ADS-B, Mode S, MLAT, or volunteer receiver networks, with interfaces ranging from dense aviation maps and playback history to feeder tools, network stats, and access to current or historical traffic. Some listings focus on narrower public-interest tracking: Celebplanes and Tactical Air Watch follow publicly visible private aircraft tied to prominent people or organizations, pairing live positions and flight histories with details like airport pages, owner profiles, co-arrival analytics, and estimated emissions. Together, these sites offer a clear window into the movement of aircraft — whether you’re checking a flight, studying the airspace, or simply wondering what just crossed the sky.