Live map · on your phone and in the browser
Track YOUR sky. Not the entire world.
We spot the interesting aircraft above YOUR location — military transports, warbirds, rare types. The alert arrives before the flyover. You just run outside.
The alert arrives 10 to 30 minutes ahead, depending on how long you need. Three minutes before the flyover, one more: go outside.
14 days of full Pro to try — no card. Then Free, which lasts forever.
Three steps, sixty seconds.
- 1
Set location and radius
Home, your favourite spot by the fence, or wherever you are right now. Free up to 30 NM, Pro up to 150 NM.
- 2
Choose what counts as a catch
17 categories in four sections — military transports, fighters, rare airliners, warbirds, bizjets. Up to twenty types on your wishlist.
- 3
Wait for the alert
Telegram, Discord, email or push. You pick the channel, we handle delivery.
1,000+ spotters 204 airports 17 aircraft categories data every ~15 s
Flight trackers are great. Just not for spotters.
Local, not global
You care about YOUR sky. One location, smart filters, zero clutter. Watching the whole world is what other tools are great at — this is something else.
Alerts that matter
A C-17 overhead beats a thousand A320s on a map. We filter, you shoot.
Fair price
14 days of Pro to try, then Free forever — no card, no tricks. Pro at €4.99/mo: the price of two coffees, built for spotters.
Everything you need for a perfect catch
Global maps show everything. Spotterra does one thing: it tells you what to run outside for right now.
Cards with the Pro badge are part of the subscription. Everything else is in the Free account too.
Smart categories
17 aircraft categories in 4 sections — military transports, fighters, rare airliners, vintage, bizjets and more. You choose what counts as a catch.
Inbound alerts with ETA
An A380 250 NM out and heading your way? You get the exact overhead time precisely 10–30 minutes ahead — you pick the lead. And 3 minutes before: go outside.
Wishlist — dream catches
Pick up to 20 dream types (B-52, Beluga, A380…). Pro radar tracks them continent-wide and warns you up to 2 hours before they pass your sky.
Multi-channel notifications
Telegram, Discord, email or browser push — zero setup, we deliver everything for you. In your language.
Logbook & badges
Every catch logged automatically with aircraft photos, heatmaps and stats. Earn badges for milestones and rare finds.
Spotting Assistant
Active runway prediction from live weather, METAR/TAF, golden hour times and curated spotting locations.
Radar pings you for everything. Spotter only for what you'll see.
A 90 NM circle reports an aircraft 150 km away that will never pass over you. Spotter mode computes the closest point of approach, height above the horizon, slant range and daylight — and speaks up only when going outside is worth it.
You'll see it: in ~6 min, 44° above the horizon, southwest.
Closest point of approach
From track and speed we compute where the aircraft passes closest — not where it is now. A descending arrival or a climbing departure uses its altitude at that point.
Above the horizon, not behind it
Elevation with Earth curvature and the terrain under you. An aircraft 10° above the horizon sits in the haze — Spotter lets it through only from a height you can actually photograph.
Two messages and a cancel
A heads-up ~10 minutes ahead, then “go outside”. If the aircraft turns away, you get a cancellation instead of silence. One tap in Alerts to switch.
Spotter is new and we're tuning the thresholds on real passes. Radar stays the default — nothing changes for anyone until they switch.
The A380 will fly over your house at 15:42. You will know at 15:22.
Spotterra tracks interesting aircraft up to 250 NM out, validates their route and smooths the ETA from live fixes. The alert lands exactly in your lead window — 10 to 30 minutes before the flyover, your choice. Three minutes before overhead, one more ping: go outside.
Sun and Moon transits
An airliner across the Moon. At 22:24:07.
The hardest shot in planespotting comes down to seconds and metres. Spotterra works out both for your exact spot.
See today's transits →
Honesty first: positions come from live ADS-B with a ±120 m uncertainty band. This is a hunt, not a delivery service — the band is where your odds peak.
Satellites above you
ISS over Prague at 21:10. Push ten minutes ahead.
Earth as a globe with 16,000 satellites at their real altitude. And passes computed for your spot — the ones you will actually see.
Without your location we cannot tell which passes are yours. Nothing is stored — the coordinates are rounded to about 25 km.
Honestly: orbits come from CelesTrak (TLE) and drift, so we refresh them daily. Passes below 20° above the horizon are not sent — you would not see them from a city anyway.
For venues
Live Station — your sky on your screen
A live aviation board for spotting terraces, hotels and cafés near the airport. Guests ask what's flying over — the screen answers with a name, photo and route. No antenna, no installation, from €39 a month.
Watch the live demo →204 airport guides, one live map
From Heathrow to Maho Beach — where to stand, what flies and when to go. Every guide opens the live sky over that airport.
Browse all airport guides →
See what's flying — right now
Live traffic and the daily rhythm of the world's best spotting airports. Tap one to open its live sky.
Special liveries
Retro, anniversary and alliance liveries
A hundred airframes worldwide that don't look like the rest. Spotterra knows them by registration and tells you when one flies by.
Curated by hand from public sources. A repainted airframe drops off the list; its history stays.
Pricing
Free
Free forever
- Live map with your own location
- Radius up to 30 NM
- Browser push notifications
- Logbook (last 100 catches)
Pro
€4.99/mo · €39/yr
- Global Radar: watch any registration or rare type anywhere in the world — an echo at take-off
- Inbound alerts up to 30 min ahead (250 NM) and a wishlist watched across the continent
- Radius up to 150 NM
- Telegram, Discord & email alerts
- Sun/Moon transit radar, AI morning briefing, unlimited logbook
- Special liveries: a ping when a retro or anniversary airframe is in range — and at a watched airport, whether it took off or landed
You can try full Pro for 14 days — no card, no commitment. After that the account returns to Free on its own, and you turn Pro back on when 30 NM feels tight.
Start with 14 days of ProYearly saves 35%. Cancel anytime.
Free did not get worse when Pro appeared — nothing that was in it moved behind the paywall. A dash in the table marks the edge of the plan, not a feature taken away. Full Free vs Pro table →
FAQ
Where does the data come from?
From the adsb.lol community ADS-B network (open data). No hardware needed on your side.
Is it really free?
Yes. Every account can try full Pro once for 14 days without a card; after that it moves to Free on its own, and Free lasts forever. Nothing is charged and your data stays.
How fast are the alerts?
Data refreshes every ~15 seconds. Alerts fire when an interesting aircraft enters your radius, and Pro inbound alerts warn you up to 30 minutes before it is overhead.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes, the map and alerts are mobile-first. And since August 2026 there are native mobile apps too — in your phone’s store.
Does it replace FlightRadar24?
It doesn't — and doesn't try to. Global trackers are great for watching the whole world and we love them too. Spotterra does the one thing they don't: it watches YOUR sky and tells you when to go outside — smart categories, inbound ETA, wishlist, a logbook with photos. Many spotters use both.
Your next rare catch is already airborne.
Set your location in 60 seconds and never miss it again.
Spotterra keeps working in the browser too — the app is comfort, not a requirement.