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Notes on regional airports, ADS-B and the people who feed the network.

Published May 27, 2026ADS-B flight tracking alerts: Spotter, built for the people who look upEvery spotter knows the one that got away. Spotter sends an alert when the aircraft you are waiting for shows up on the Dataero radar.
Published May 16, 2026Edinburgh on a Saturday: a quiet thank-you to whoever's running the antenna in ScotlandA Saturday in Edinburgh, a jet climbing north-west, the trace crisp on the Dataero radar, because somewhere in Scotland a feeder is doing its quiet work.
Published May 14, 2026Calm passengers spend. Operations decide whether they're calm.How smooth operations at a regional airport lift non-aeronautical revenue, and what airport managers can do about it.
Published May 2, 2026How I built my first ADS-B receiver, on a Sunday, in BrusselsA Sunday walkthrough of building a Raspberry Pi 5 ADS-B receiver with a USB dongle and an indoor antenna. No prior Pi experience required.
Published May 2, 2026Built from rooftops: why aviation enthusiasts are essential to DataeroThe Dataero network is not a fleet of corporate receivers. It is built from rooftops, windowsills and gardens, by people who love aviation.
Published January 27, 2026Why We Are Betting Big on Regional AirportsAviation may be the only industry where the stakes are identical whatever the scale. Why Dataero builds for regional airports first.
Published January 25, 2026Regional Airports: The Devil You Know vs. The Data You Need"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" echoes through many regional airport offices. What it costs to keep the familiar tools, and what changes with better data.
Published January 24, 2026The "Excel House of Cards": Why Regional Airports Deserve BetterWe all have that file on the shared drive, with too many macros and a name ending in FINAL. Why regional airports deserve better than spreadsheet reporting.