Aircraft Tracking. Keep track of arrivals and departures at your local airport. Follow the aircraft movements on your computer screen. Take your spotting to new heights never available before.
The new possibility to track your local aircraft makes spotting a lot more interesting. Finally you can see 80 miles out which aircraft is heading for your approach.
The most popular live aircraft radar is the real-time virtual radar by Kinetec SBS-1.
The SBS-1 is a portable low-cost Mode-S/ADS-B Receiving Station designed for the aviation enthusiast and allows you to track ADS-B aircraft on the radar screen and identifies and displays Mode-S equipped aircraft.
What is Mode-S ?
Mode S is a Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) technique with a selective interrogation of aircraft with its unique 24-bit worldwide address. This enables a unique identification of aircraft removing the risk of confusion due to overlapping signals
Mode-S employs airborne transponders to provide altitude and identification data, with ADS-B adding global navigation data typically obtained from a GPS receiver
To view some online radars, you must run a software called VNC Public Viewer. It's a free software available for immediate download and easy to run.
Simply run the program, enter the radar name in the server field and click OK. That's it. Very easy and quick.
The online radars that require VCN Viewer are marked in the list. The rest is fully available with a normal web browser, such as Firefox or Internet Explorer.
SpottersRadar is a free portal for aviation enthusiasts who want to track live air traffic. It's a part of the Spotters network supplied by Viking Slides Aviation Photo.