Live radar showing real aircraft around you, updated every 5 seconds. No sign-up needed.
1 Tap any aircraft
See its callsign, route, altitude, speed, airline and a photo. The flight path trail appears on the map.
2 Toolbar — bottom of screen
- Traffic — list of all aircraft, nearest first. Tap one to jump to it.
- Overhead — your 5 closest aircraft right now, with route and distance.
- Locate — centers the map on your GPS position.
- Comms — one-tap ATC audio, no hardware needed (see below).
- Setup — set your location name, change radar range.
- Stats — live numbers: total traffic, altitude spread, active runways.
3 Colors & symbols
- Icon color = altitude — cyan (low) · green · amber · violet · red (high)
- Cyan lines = runways. Zoom in for full airport detail.
- Amber pulsing runway = actively in use right now.
- Amber dot = your radar center. Label = your location name.
4 Listen to ATC — no hardware needed
Tap an aircraft, then tap its 🎧 badge — Comms opens with the nearest airport already filled in, and a hint tells you whether it's an arrival or departure feed to look for. Near Schiphol (EHAM), real ATC audio (Approach, Radar, Dutch Mil) plays instantly, right in the app. Anywhere else, a guaranteed Listen on LiveATC.net link opens the stream in your browser.
Found a working stream URL yourself for another airport? Paste it under "paste a direct stream URL" and tap 💾 Save — it's remembered on your device and shows up automatically every time you open that airport's Comms again.
Have your own RTL-SDR dongle? Open the collapsed Advanced: RTL-SDR section in Comms — full tuner, squelch, and frequency presets, no different than before.
Full instructions are in SkyWatch Guide.md inside the app folder — RTL-SDR setup, sharing with friends, and more.