# What Plane Is Flying Over Your House? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 9, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230 "2014-03-09T00:26:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/21 "2014-03-09T16:21:40Z")
> [@longPath](#): > > I feed data to FlightRadar24. They wanted additional sites in my area and supplied me, at no charge, with a receiver and antenna. All I had to do was to install the antenna and connect the radio to the internet. > I typically “see” flights within 200 miles of my home. > > My radar ID is C-YAW1 That’s neat! How did they approach you? ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/22 "2014-03-09T16:56:50Z")
We have a huge gap of empty sky here in the Western Caribbean but I don’t think they have any coverage reporting from Cayman. There is a link at the top of the page that says " Increase Coverage" Click on that to get info about getting equipment to add to their data feed. Amazingly they sill are looking for more reporting stations in parts of the United States that I assume would be well covered. If it is [an area they really want](http://www.flightradar24.com/free-ads-b-equipment) then they will send you the equipment to install. Unfortunately they don’t say they want more Cayman coverage. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/23 "2014-03-09T17:10:56Z")
A similar site is [Maritime Traffic](http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/_:2ff7c8670b256f69c25d8be936252c50?_=980754245). The link should take you to the frankly alarming view of the English Channel 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/24 "2014-03-09T18:19:34Z")
Wow! So cool! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/25 "2014-03-09T22:51:08Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > A similar site is [Maritime Traffic](http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/_:2ff7c8670b256f69c25d8be936252c50?_=980754245). The link should take you to the frankly alarming view of the English Channel 😃 Boy, you weren’t kidding about the English Channel! Holy Shit! ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/26 "2014-03-09T23:32:32Z")
If I ever needed proof of why I should not be an air traffic controller, this was it. I was in a panic just looking at all of those planes…the thought of having to keep track and “do stuff” to keep them safe is enough for me to break out into a sweat. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/27 "2014-03-10T00:13:44Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > If I ever needed proof of why I should not be an air traffic controller, this was it. > > I was in a panic just looking at all of those planes…the thought of having to keep track and “do stuff” to keep them safe is enough for me to break out into a sweat. Yeah. If you look around LAX, NYC, Chicago, Singapore, Hong Kong, etc it looks _really_ hairy. ---
**Author:** ![Soulcatcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Soulcatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soulcatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/28 "2014-03-10T00:28:25Z")
Is there a version of this for cranks that will track the chem-trails over your house? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/29 "2014-03-10T00:47:25Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > A similar site is [Maritime Traffic](http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/_:2ff7c8670b256f69c25d8be936252c50?_=980754245). The link should take you to the frankly alarming view of the English Channel 😃 Wow. There’s a LOT of traffic on the rivers of Europe too. I was wondering where the traffic on the Great Lakes of North America was, but then I remembered that the Lakes are still mostly frozen over… ---
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/30 "2014-03-10T02:09:40Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > That’s neat! How did they approach you? I saw message in a radio hobbyist mail list. After I made the first cut, they requested pictures to gauge the sort of view of the horizon I had. They are keen to have multiple stations in some areas as they increase their [MLAT](http://www.multilateration.com/surveillance/multilateration.html)coverage. I am under a very busy airway on the south coast of Nova Scotia. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/31 "2014-03-10T02:59:20Z")
> [@longPath](#): > > I saw message in a radio hobbyist mail list. After I made the first cut, they requested pictures to gauge the sort of view of the horizon I had. > > They are keen to have multiple stations in some areas as they increase their [MLAT](http://www.multilateration.com/surveillance/multilateration.html)coverage. > > I am under a very busy airway on the south coast of Nova Scotia. I applied. Apparently they have a need for someone in my area. The antenna will be perfect out on my deck. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/32 "2014-03-10T04:10:50Z")
So I’m guessing they don’t show military planes? I’m thinking of moving to a city near an AFB, and I thought this site might help me avoid buying a house under a busy flight path. They show lots of planes around the city airport, but nothing around the base. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/33 "2014-03-10T13:39:30Z")
I live a few miles from Teterboro Airport. So many planes fly over my house I rarely even notice them. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/34 "2014-03-10T14:50:26Z")
Nothing at the moment, but that is not surprising. While there are certainly planes coming and going at the moment, the big airlines don’t depart until much later this evening. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/35 "2014-03-10T15:24:15Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > That’s neat! How did they approach you? Probably on an approach vector… You can also ask Siri what planes are above you at the moment. It’ll give you airline, flight number, altitude, angle, plane type and slant difference - along with a sky map. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/36 "2014-03-10T16:32:11Z")
Huh. I thought all those planes flying over my house were on Gatwick approach but apparently they’re mostly Heathrow and London City. Just got to watch some tiny plane toodle around and land at Biggin Hill, which was kind of cool too. ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/37 "2014-03-10T18:22:57Z")
Just what I needed. Something else more interesting than the web conference I am supposed to be participating in! (Seriously though, this is fascinating, thanks, **FoiGrasIsEvil.** ) ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/38 "2014-03-10T18:56:41Z")
I live in Northern Indiana and I’m roughly equidistant to 8 major airports. There are _ **always** _ planes flying over my house. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/39 "2014-03-10T20:37:28Z")
> [@nevadaexile](#): > > I live in Northern Indiana and I’m roughly equidistant to 8 major airports. There are _ **always** _ planes flying over my house. I live on the approach path for Cincinnati airport (CVG) which of course is in Northern Kentucky, and I am across the Ohio River from there in SE Indiana. At any given clear moment I can always see a half dozen planes overhead from my deck or front yard. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230/40 "2014-03-10T21:11:05Z")
I used to work under the western approach path for the northern runways at Pearson Airport in Toronto (YYZ). In the afternoon, if the sun angle was just right through the great western windows, plane shadows would pass over our desks. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plane-is-flying-over-your-house/683230.md?page=3)