Planes over Abbotsford right now

Planes over Abbotsford right now

At 17:22 local (00:22 UTC), 9 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, 2 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is CGAQD (C172), 10 km E at 1,900 ft.

By height: 0 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 2 between 3,000 and 20,000 ft (typically climbing out or descending into a nearby airport) and 7 below 3,000 ft. Most of the traffic is arriving at or departing from airports around Abbotsford.

Helicopters, military and low planes over Abbotsford

1 helicopter is flying within 60 km. The nearest, CFHKS (H60), is 12 km WSW at 550 ft. Police, air-ambulance, news and tour helicopters often fly low and slow over cities; ADS-B does not say which role a helicopter has, but the registration on the flight page usually tells you the operator.

No military aircraft are showing within 60 km. Military jets often fly without broadcasting, so "none visible" does not mean none flying.

2 aircraft are below 3,000 ft and not next to an airport: CGAQD 10 km E at 1,900 ft; CGZAA 37 km WSW at 2,500 ft. Low flying away from runways is usually helicopters, survey or banner flights, or traffic approaching a smaller airfield.

1 aircraft nearby uses a privacy programme (PIA or LADD), so the owner asked for the identity to be hidden; the position is still shown.

• CFHKS · H60 helicopter, 12 km WSW, 550 ft

Is a plane circling over Abbotsford?

CGOOV (C172, aircraft) is 57 km W at 500 ft. Over the last 15 minutes it has stayed within about 2.4 km of one spot.

Aircraft circle for many ordinary reasons: police or news helicopters watching an incident, holding patterns while waiting to land, aerial survey, flight training or photography.

How busy is the sky over Abbotsford?

With 2 aircraft within 25 km, Abbotsford is quieter than every nearby large cities right now. The busiest nearby sky is over Surrey with 5 aircraft within 25 km.

Most low traffic around here is linked to Vancouver (YVR), 69 km from the city centre; its live arrivals and departures are on the airport page.

• Planes over Langley 4 aircraft now
• Planes over Surrey 5 aircraft now

ISS and bright satellites over Abbotsford tonight

2 visible passes of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 20:11 local time in the SSW, peaks 18° above the SSE horizon and lasts about 4 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.

• CSS (TIANHE) · 20:11 local visible, peak 18° SSE, 4 min
• ISS (ZARYA) · 06:07 local visible, peak 58° N, 6 min
• CSS (TIANHE) · 21:47 local not visible, peak 20° S, 4 min
• CSS (TIANHE) · 23:25 local not visible, peak 10° SSW, 1 min
• ISS (ZARYA) · 02:53 local not visible, peak 41° SSE, 6 min
• ISS (ZARYA) · 04:30 local not visible, peak 63° N, 6 min

What plane is flying over me?

This page uses the centre of Abbotsford. For the exact aircraft above your street, open "What's overhead" and share your location: it lists every aircraft near you with the direction and angle to look.

Aircraft broadcast their position by ADS-B and volunteer receivers relay it. Small drones, most military aircraft on missions and some police aircraft do not broadcast, so they never appear on any public tracker. Drone sightings cannot be checked here.

• What's flying over me (use my location)

Coverage: ADS-B from volunteer receivers. Within 60 km of a big city coverage is usually good above a few thousand feet; low helicopters can drop out between receivers. Circling detection uses positions sampled once a minute over the last 20 minutes.

Planes over nearby cities

• Planes over Langley
• Planes over Surrey

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