# What flew over my house? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 7, 2026, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flew-over-my-house/1028276 "2026-03-07T05:16:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flew-over-my-house/1028276/21 "2026-03-07T22:31:35Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > In the future, when you hear something like that, go to [FlightRadar24.com](http://FlightRadar24.com). Can a site like that show you past air traffic, such as from yesterday or this morning? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flew-over-my-house/1028276/22 "2026-03-07T22:48:12Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Can a site like that show you past air traffic, such as from yesterday or this morning? Yes, but it might be a paid-only feature. I’ve seen it used a lot in the (still active, and filled with crazy people) [New Jersey drones Reddit group](https://www.reddit.com/r/NJDrones/). Someone posts video of their scary alien spacecraft sighting, someone points out the exact airplane that was visible at their location and time. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flew-over-my-house/1028276/23 "2026-03-07T23:17:46Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Can a site like that show you past air traffic, such as from yesterday or this morning? The one I use is FlightAware, and yes, the free version has a limited history that may extend two weeks or so, or less depending on volume of data, and past flights include a route map and detailed flight log. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flew-over-my-house/1028276/24 "2026-03-07T23:18:24Z")
So one of those sites might work for the OP. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flew-over-my-house/1028276/25 "2026-03-07T23:32:03Z")
Except it’s not really organized to be used that way. You need to specify something like origin and destination airport (at least one, or both), or airline and flight number, and then you can search upcoming and past flights. If you specific only an origin airport, FlightAware provides much less information and only for the current day. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flew-over-my-house/1028276/26 "2026-03-07T23:55:27Z")
That would have to be the flight, I wonder why it was so loud [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flew-over-my-house/1028276.md?page=1)