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Military aircraft over Virginia right now

At 01:49 UTC, no military aircraft are broadcasting over Virginia right now. 35 were seen broadcasting here in the last 12 hours.

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

Military traffic over Virginia · 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 Virginia earlier today

134 checks in the last 12 hours · last 4 min ago
35military aircraft seen broadcasting over Virginia in the last 12 hours
CallsignTypeLast seenLowest altitude
FORGE63GLF514 min ago900 ft
BRK50C1729 min ago2,125 ft
TDNT615H601 h 14 min ago75 ft
TRDT615H601 h 14 min ago125 ft
N2250EC1721 h 34 min ago425 ft
ASH3996E1702 h 15 min ago19,225 ft
BISON64V222 h 50 min ago525 ft
CNV4116B7374 h 29 min ago625 ft
GRYHK05E24 h 35 min ago200 ft
MUSLB2124 h 35 min ago300 ft
SAM874GLF54 h 39 min ago475 ft
WING96BE204 h 54 min ago16,825 ft
BRK98C174 h 54 min ago35,000 ft
SAM804B7374 h 54 min ago4,950 ft
MUSLB2124 h 59 min ago400 ft
MUSLB2125 h 9 min ago600 ft
86-0017C5M5 h 40 min ago1,200 ft
EGY1122C1305 h 45 min ago9,450 ft
CNV4248B7375 h 49 min ago2,800 ft
R27540H605 h 59 min ago250 ft
G21225H606 h 9 min ago1,300 ft
TEDDY36C176 h 9 min ago950 ft
CFC670B3506 h 19 min ago26,000 ft
N99273C1726 h 30 min ago75 ft
MAXX151GLF56 h 30 min ago2,350 ft

and 10 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 Virginia today?

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