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Military aircraft over New York right now

At 01:49 UTC, no military aircraft are broadcasting over New York right now. 25 were seen broadcasting here in the last 12 hours.

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

Military traffic over New York · 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 New York earlier today

134 checks in the last 12 hours · last 4 min ago
25military aircraft seen broadcasting over New York in the last 12 hours
CallsignTypeLast seenLowest altitude
BRK50C171 h ago23,500 ft
6560AS652 h 4 min ago725 ft
CNV4412B7372 h 39 min ago18,175 ft
BRK98C174 h 5 min ago14,375 ft
HUSK02A3104 h 29 min ago2,300 ft
N43128P28A4 h 35 min ago2,100 ft
CFC2536C30J5 h 25 min ago12,100 ft
6031H605 h 25 min ago300 ft
R20838H605 h 25 min ago2,000 ft
SAM874GLF55 h 25 min ago10,775 ft
58-0074K35R5 h 54 min ago10,075 ft
WING96BE206 h 9 min ago16,025 ft
KIW808C30J6 h 39 min ago22,750 ft
EGY1122C1306 h 39 min ago41,300 ft
G20948H607 h ago225 ft
CFC670B3507 h 40 min ago8,675 ft
KAF3203C177 h 55 min ago26,325 ft
BRMA11C30J8 h 49 min ago975 ft
UAF1234C179 h 9 min ago32,000 ft
CFC3303A3109 h 9 min ago13,375 ft
BRMA51C30J9 h 49 min ago775 ft
G26617H609 h 54 min ago2,450 ft
PAT296BE2010 h 30 min ago2,975 ft
R27540H6010 h 30 min ago1,450 ft
RCH5003C1712 h 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 New York today?

Nothing an aircraft broadcasts says what its flight is for, so this page can’t tell you why a particular jet is over New York. 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.

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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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