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ADS-B Exchange

ADS-B Exchange

Airplane / FlightFlight Tracking
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Community-fed flight tracking with unfiltered real-time aircraft data.

ADS-B Exchange is a global flight-tracking network built from contributed ADS-B, Mode S, and MLAT receiver data. It provides live aircraft maps for individual users and subscription data feeds for organizations that need real-time or historical aviation visibility.

Why it stands out

  • Large independent receiver network, with the site citing more than 25,000 active receivers.
  • Emphasis on displaying aircraft broadcasts as received rather than heavily filtering the public map.
  • Combines hobbyist map access with production data products for business and research workflows.
  • Offers both low-latency live positions and daily completed-flight datasets.

Good to know

  • Coverage still depends on where community and business receivers are operating, so sparse regions may have gaps.
  • Enterprise-grade data feeds are subscription products rather than purely free public downloads.
  • The camera-based app experience is described as coming soon, not as a fully available product on the page.
  • ADS-B-derived tracking reflects aircraft broadcasts and network reception, not an official air traffic control record.

Under the radar: Don’t stop at the main map: the site’s “Interesting Map Activity,” “Most Watched,” “Close Calls,” and “Unmanned Aircraft” views surface pre-filtered activity that can reveal unusual traffic faster than manual searching.

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