Tap the button, allow location once, and we’ll list the aircraft broadcasting near you — nearest first.
Your location is used once, rounded to about 1 km before it leaves this page, and only to look up nearby aircraft. It isn’t saved to any account.
Don’t want to keep checking? Squawk for iPhone sends a push when military or widebody aircraft come near you — even with the app closed. One alert area is free, and there are no ads.
Match the direction it’s moving with the list above — the nearest aircraft heading the same way is almost always the one you’re looking at. Altitude helps too: a contrail usually means 25,000 ft or higher, while anything you can clearly hear is likely below 10,000 ft. More identification tips.
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.
Squawk is the live flight tracker for people who look up — free on iPhone, with alerts that reach your Lock Screen even when the app is closed.
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