ADS-B network
Dataero's own receiver network: live aircraft positions from community feeders, partner sites and airport SmartBoxes.
Most aircraft broadcast their identity, position, altitude and speed several times per second (ADS-B). A small receiver with a good antenna hears them up to a few hundred kilometres away.
Dataero collects these signals from receivers run by aviation enthusiasts, partner networks and airports, and merges them into one live picture. Because the network listens to the aircraft themselves, it also sees the flights that never file a flight plan: general aviation, training, local hops.
What it brings
Independent of declarations
Movements are observed, not declared. What the aircraft broadcast is what the apps see.
Multilateration
Where several receivers hear the same aircraft, its position can be computed even when it does not broadcast one.
Flight-plan data on top
Where a flight plan exists, it is reconciled with the observed track: planned and actual side by side.
Hosted in the EU
Ingest, storage and processing run in the European Union.
Apps built on it
Airport operationsEvery movement on and around your airport in one picture, including the aircraft that never filed a flight plan. Airport billingLanding, parking and passenger charges calculated from the movements you actually recorded, ready to invoice. Drone authorisationsDrone flight requests near your airport received, checked and answered in the same place as manned traffic. Capacity planningSee the stand and handling load coming at your airport days ahead, and plan staff and space for it. National oversightOne live view of activity at every airport and airfield in the country, down to the smallest grass strip. Live radarLive flight tracking on radar.dataero.eu, free to watch and built by the people who feed it.
Questions
Who runs the receivers?
Volunteers at home, partner networks that exchange data with Dataero, and airports with a SmartBox. Feeders get free access to the radar in return.
Can I add a receiver?
Yes. See the contributors page: a Raspberry Pi, a USB receiver and an antenna are enough to start.
See it with your own data
Tell us about your airport, authority or fleet and we will show you what the network already sees there.