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Military aircraft over Scotland right now

At 01:47 UTC, no military aircraft are broadcasting over Scotland right now. 28 were seen broadcasting here in the last 12 hours.

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

Military traffic over Scotland · 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 Scotland earlier today

134 checks in the last 12 hours · last 2 min ago
28military aircraft seen broadcasting over Scotland in the last 12 hours
CallsignTypeLast seenLowest altitude
RRR2891A3321 h 22 min ago100 ft
RRR842C172 h 8 min ago1,175 ft
RANGR92C30J3 h 53 min ago2,300 ft
RANGR91C30J4 h 42 min ago2,700 ft
RFR7049P84 h 48 min ago350 ft
BRK50C177 h 18 min ago30,000 ft
TARTN38A3327 h 43 min ago3,350 ft
MONTY49B3508 h 23 min ago12,000 ft
SCARB57B3508 h 23 min ago15,000 ft
SARAB32HAWK8 h 27 min ago2,175 ft
RCH4970C178 h 53 min ago9,675 ft
RRR880A4008 h 58 min ago325 ft
JIGSAW98A4009 h 7 min ago775 ft
FANG0012EUFI9 h 7 min ago1,725 ft
FANG0013EUFI9 h 7 min ago2,650 ft
FANG0011EUFI9 h 7 min ago1,125 ft
UAI02G1159 h 43 min ago300 ft
VENOM011EUFI9 h 48 min ago5,275 ft
NIGHTM41EUFI9 h 48 min ago24,000 ft
UKN1163A3199 h 58 min ago35,125 ft
UAA99G11510 h 3 min ago300 ft
UAI03G11510 h 8 min ago675 ft
DAF4421CL6011 h 2 min ago33,700 ft
SYS42EC3511 h 18 min ago150 ft
UAA117G11511 h 18 min ago475 ft

and 3 more.

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 Scotland today?

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