ADS-B
Docs and Quickstarts
4_ENTRIES- ADS-B docker guide
Everything you want to know about ADS-B reception, decoding and sharing.
- ADS-B equipment guide
A excellent ADS-B hardware guide written by the community.
- PiAware ADS-B tutorial
FlightAware's ADS-B setup tutorial.
- ADSB-B transponders guide
A guide explaining the difference between 978 and 1090 MHz transponders.
Books and Articles
1_ENTRIES- The 1090 Megahertz Riddle - Junzi Sun
A Guide to Decoding Mode S and ADS-B Signals.
Open source orientated
3_ENTRIES- adsb.fi
A community-driven flight tracker with hundreds of feeders worldwide that provides open and unfiltered access to worldwide air traffic data.
- ADSB One
A one-stop resource for all aero-related information and a community-driven aggregator for aero-feed data legally dedicated to the public interest.
- ADSB.lol
A completely open-source and community-driven flight tracker that displays and provides ODbL-licensed data via a free API as well as free historical data.
Community driven
6_ENTRIES- ADSBHub.org
A service for real-time ADS-B data sharing and exchange between plane tracking enthusiasts, plane spotters, radio amateurs and professionals interested in developing ADS-B-related software.
- TheAirTraffic
A community-driven ADS-B aggregator dedicated to keeping the air-tracking data on their site open and unfiltered.
- PlaneSpotters.net
A civil aviation database and aggregator with a large collection of aircraft photos and information.
- Plane.watch
A community hosted flight tracker.
- www.live-military-mode-s.eu
A community driven flight tracker that is focused at tracking military aircraft.
- adsb.chaos-consulting.de
A non-commercial tracker for flights, ships, and radiosondes managed by enthusiasts. Focuses on the contributions of individual feeding stations.
Non-profits
1_ENTRIES- Opensky Network
The OpenSky Network is a non-profit association based in Switzerland that provides open access to flight tracking control data. It was set up as a research project by several universities and government entities to improve the security, reliability and efficiency of the airspace.
Commercial
7_ENTRIES[^1]: Adheres to the FAA's Aircraft Tail Number Blocking/Unblocking list list. Therefore, the data found on this platform is filtered and may not include all data found on other aggregators.
- FlightAware
[^1] - An American multinational technology company that provides real-time, historical, and predictive flight tracking data and products.
- FlightRadar24
[^1] - A Swedish internet-based service that shows real-time aircraft flight tracking information on a map.
- RadarBox
[^1] - A Tampa-based global flight tracking and data services company that offers worldwide commercial and general aviation flight tracking.
- ADS-B Exchange
A flight tracking company that offers high fidelity, stable, and secure flight tracking service. It was started by volunteers and flight enthusiasts but was recently acquired by JETNET.
- PlaneFinder.net
[^1] - A United Kingdom-based real-time flight tracking service shows global flight data like flight numbers, how fast an aircraft moves, elevation, and travel destination.
- AvDelphi
An aviation data and services company that shows airframes, registrations, types, airports and flights, radar and nav points, and owner and flight histories.
- RadarVirtuel
A flight data collector that offers premium features. Its primary focus is collecting information about traffic around smaller airports worldwide.
Other
2_ENTRIES- Airframes.io
Airframes is an aircraft-related aggregation service that receives ACARS, VDL, HFDL, and SATCOM data from volunteers worldwide. It collaborates closely with ADS-B aggregators and works with ADS-B data internally.
- gcmb.io
ADS-B data from ABSBHub.org published via the MQTT protocol.
General
6_ENTRIES- readsb
ADS-B decoder swiss knife.
- dump1090
A simple Mode S decoder for RTLSDR devices.
- flightmon
Simple command-line "GUI" for showing current dump1090/readsb data.
- sdr-enthusiasts/plane-alert-db
A list of exciting aircraft - Governments, Dictators, Military, Historical and just plain odd.
- junzis/pyModeS
A python decoder for Mode S and ADS-B signals.
- adsb_actions
Python tool to detect, act on, and visualize ADS-B traffic and events.
Feeding
3_ENTRIES- sdr-enthusiasts/docker-adsb-ultrafeeder
All-in-one ADSB container with readsb, tar1090, graphs1090, autogain, multi-feeder, and mlat-hub built in.
- adsbfi/adsb-fi-scripts
Easy to use feeder install script for feeding to adsb.fi.
- adsblol/feed
Easy to use, container-based MLAT/ADS-B/ACARS/VDL2 multi feed client. Powered by SDR-Enthusiasts images.
Visualisation
2_ENTRIES- wiedehopf/tar1090
A great way to view your ADS-B data.
- Grafana
Open source analytics and monitoring solution for every database.
Apps
1_ENTRIES- d4rken/adsb-meta-tracker
An android ADS-B Meta Tracker that shows metadata about ADS-B aggregators.
SBC
3_ENTRIES- Rasbpberry Pi
Small single-board computers developed in the United Kingdom.
- Orange Pi
Single-board computers created using OS cost-effective hardware.
- Banana Pi
Single-bard computers created by a Chinese open-source hardware community.
Receivers
3_ENTRIES- FlightAware ADS-B USB receivers
ADS-B USB receivers made by FlightAware.
- AirNav RadarBox ADS-B USB receivers
ADS-B USB receivers made by RadarBox.
- RTL-SDR DONGLES
A premium RTL-SDR dongle provider focused on maintaining fair retail pricing.
Filters
1_ENTRIES- FlightAware Signal filters
Different signal filters made by FlightAware.
Antennas
2_ENTRIES- Vinnant antennas
Specialized premium antennas made in Slovakia.
- DPD antennas
High-quality antennas for various radio services produced in the USA.
Social
2_ENTRIESA little tool that can be used to log, display and tweet the aircraft that come within range of your receiver (i.e. the fence).
Notify if a selected plane has taken off or landed using OpenSky or ADS-B Exchange data.