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Military aircraft over Massachusetts right now

At 01:49 UTC, no military aircraft are broadcasting over Massachusetts right now. 16 were seen broadcasting here in the last 12 hours.

Live military traffic in and around Massachusetts today, from community ADS-B data, re-checked every minute. The area is a bounding box around Massachusetts rather than its exact border, so aircraft just outside the line can appear.

Military traffic over Massachusetts · checked within the last minute
0military aircraft airborne

Nothing airborne and broadcasting in this area at the moment. Military aircraft often fly with the transponder off, so a quiet page is not proof of a quiet sky.

Military aircraft seen over Massachusetts earlier today

134 checks in the last 12 hours · last 4 min ago
16military aircraft seen broadcasting over Massachusetts in the last 12 hours
CallsignTypeLast seenLowest altitude
BRK50C171 h 9 min ago30,350 ft
CNV4412B7372 h 24 min ago2,750 ft
N43128P28A3 h 14 min ago200 ft
BRK98C174 h 5 min ago14,375 ft
6031H604 h 59 min ago950 ft
N3021CP28A5 h 9 min ago1,000 ft
WING96BE206 h 25 min ago19,100 ft
KIW808C30J6 h 39 min ago27,000 ft
58-0074K35R6 h 44 min ago31,950 ft
EGY1122C1307 h 10 min ago42,700 ft
2309CN357 h 40 min ago4,700 ft
KAF3203C178 h 5 min ago30,000 ft
RHODY33C30J9 h 9 min ago1,050 ft
UAF1234C179 h 19 min ago32,000 ft
R27540H6011 h 20 min ago2,450 ft
RCH5003C1711 h 50 min ago31,000 ft

This log checks every 5 minutes and keeps 12 hours, so an aircraft that crossed in under 5 minutes can be missed, and one flying with its transponder off never appears. “Lowest altitude” is the lowest it was seen at during those checks.

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Why are military jets flying over Massachusetts today?

Nothing an aircraft broadcasts says what its flight is for, so this page can’t tell you why a particular jet is over Massachusetts. Routine reasons include training flights, transits between bases, tanker and transport runs, and flyovers for public events. What it can show is which military aircraft are broadcasting a position here right now, with type, altitude and speed. A low, loud jet you just heard may not be listed: many military aircraft fly with the transponder off.

What you can and can’t see

Everything on this page comes from transponder broadcasts picked up by volunteer receivers. Military aircraft frequently operate with the transponder off, and some broadcast anonymised identifiers, so an empty page is never proof that nothing is flying. What is here is real; what is missing may simply be silent.

Other states

Live positions come from volunteer-run ADS-B receivers, shared as open data under the ODbL licence. An aircraft is visible here only if its transponder is broadcasting and a receiver hears it, so coverage is dense over North America and Europe and thin over oceans, deserts and mountains. Not for navigation or operational use. More about our data.

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