# ADS-B Exchange

8 Hacker News commenters recommended ADS-B Exchange and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Shows live aircraft with more data and less filtering than commercial trackers. Critics say it lacks departure and destination airports and some data lags.

## Why people recommend it

- Free, reliable, less filtered data (2 comments): "you would almost certainly get better data with higher reliability and no effort and no money spent" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46820378)) "less filtered and outright better" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49368050))
- More data than other trackers (2 comments): "is an alternative to FlightRadar24 with more data" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47207131)) "adsbexchange is better in every way" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45790999))

## What people warn about

- Lacks departure and destination airports (2 comments): "one thing other flight tracking apps are better at is displaying departure and destination airports of commercial flights" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45794152)) "does not allow you to see the source/destination of flights" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47208080))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Flighty](https://hackerapproved.com/p/flighty.md): 42 recommend
- [Flightradar24](https://hackerapproved.com/p/flightradar24.md): 6 recommend
- [Flight-Viz](https://hackerapproved.com/p/flight-viz.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.adsbexchange.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "ADS-B Exchange", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ads-b-exchange/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).