PlanePin
A live map of aircraft sightings shared by aviation spotters on X.
PlanePin plots aircraft spotting posts on an interactive world map, turning X posts into location-based sightings. Visitors can browse pins to see the original post, aircraft details, and nearby airports, or submit their own sighting by pasting an X post URL.
Why it stands out
- Every pin links back to the original X post, keeping attribution with the spotter.
- Submission is lightweight: a post URL is enough to create a mapped sighting.
- AI extraction can prefill aircraft and airport details while still allowing manual correction.
- Combines a social spotting layer with map browsing, filters, and leaderboards rather than acting as a generic flight tracker.
Good to know
- Coverage depends on users submitting X posts, so locations and aircraft types may be uneven by region.
- Sightings are community-reported and should not be treated as official aviation data.
- Adding a pin requires an X post URL, which limits contributions from other platforms.
- AI-detected aircraft or airport details may need manual review before posting.
Under the radar: If detection does not pick up the aircraft or airport from the URL alone, paste the post caption into the optional text field before dropping the pin.
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Aviation spotters who share sightings on X can turn their posts into mapped, attributable records. Browse recent aircraft sightings by location, airport, or aircraft type. Find spotting activity near a specific airport before planning a visit. Track your own contributed pins by entering your X handle. Compare activity across the top spotters leaderboard for the week, month, or all time.
Interactive aircraft-sighting map, X post-based pin submissions, aircraft type and airport filters, nearby-airport context, “My spots” highlighting by X handle, top spotter leaderboards, and AI-assisted detection of aircraft type and airport from post text.
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