Features

Everything adsb-decode can do — from real-time tracking to historical intelligence.

Visualization

Live Aircraft Map

Real-time Leaflet map with altitude-colored trails, heading indicators, and automatic position updates. 5 map styles: dark, satellite, topo, streets, dark matter.

3D Globe View

CesiumJS globe with aircraft rendered at true altitudes, altitude stalks, flight level labels, and synchronized mode switching between 2D and 3D.

Density Heatmaps

Aggregate aircraft positions into color-coded density heatmaps with adjustable time sliders. See traffic patterns at a glance.

Ghost Aircraft

Historical aircraft that have stopped transmitting appear as faded markers, showing where traffic was in the recent past.

Detection & Alerting

Military Detection

Automatic military transponder identification. Military aircraft are highlighted in red across the map, table, and event log.

Emergency Squawks

Instant alerting on squawk codes 7500 (hijack), 7600 (radio failure), and 7700 (general emergency).

Geofence Alerts

Define geographic zones on the map and get alerts when aircraft enter or exit. Click the map to place a fence with custom radius.

Unusual Activity

Detects unusual altitude patterns: fast, low-altitude aircraft far from airports. Configurable filter engine with 8 filter types.

Intelligence

Natural Language Query

Ask questions in plain English: "show me military jets above FL300" or "fastest aircraft right now." Powered by LLM integration.

4D Replay

Select a time range and replay historical flights on the map. Watch traffic patterns unfold in accelerated time.

Aircraft Enrichment

Automatic lookups for aircraft type, operator, registration, and photos via hexdb.io and Planespotters API.

Route Prediction

Extrapolate future aircraft positions from heading, ground speed, and historical trail data.

Network & Data

Multi-Receiver Network

Distributed receiver stations feed a central server. Self-service registration, per-receiver UUID authentication, automatic frame deduplication.

Maritime AIS

Track ships and vessels alongside aircraft on the same map. AIS protocol support for ferries, cargo ships, and marine traffic.

REST API

Full JSON API: positions, trails, events, vessels, airports, statistics, and registration. Build your own integrations and dashboards.

TimescaleDB Backend

Time-series database with hypertable compression, retention policies, and efficient queries for millions of position records.

Quality

269 Tests

Comprehensive test coverage across 3 Rust crates: core decoder (153), feeder (13), and server (90). Plus 394 Python reference tests.

Cross-Validated

296-frame capture decoded by both Rust and Python implementations, compared field-by-field. 100% match. Runs in CI on every commit.

Security Audited

XSS prevention, SSRF validation, request body limits, cache caps, rate limiting, input validation, and tightened CORS across all endpoints.

3,642 Airports

OurAirports dataset embedded at compile time. Major, medium, and small airports shown on the map with ICAO codes.

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