# airplanes.live

6 Hacker News commenters recommended airplanes.live and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free live map of nearby aircraft with an open API that can be polled once per second, fed by volunteer receivers.

## Why people recommend it

- Good live service and a place to start (2 comments): "Airplanes.live is a good place to start." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46122384)) "That is a great live service." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46122727))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Airloom](https://hackerapproved.com/p/airloom-3d-flight-tracker.md): 34 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://airplanes.live/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "airplanes.live", https://hackerapproved.com/p/airplanes-live/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).