Planes over Aurora, IL right now

Planes over Aurora, IL right now

At 13:19 local (18:19 UTC), 76 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Aurora, Illinois, United States, 12 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is N12441 (C172), 5 km WNW at 1,575 ft.

By height: 10 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 27 between 3,000 and 20,000 ft (typically climbing out or descending into a nearby airport) and 39 below 3,000 ft. Most of the traffic is arriving at or departing from airports around Aurora, IL.

Helicopters, military and low planes over Aurora, IL

2 helicopters are flying within 60 km. The nearest, N537JB (R66), is 57 km E at 1,000 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.

19 aircraft are below 3,000 ft and not next to an airport: N12441 5 km WNW at 1,575 ft; N661SF 12 km WSW at 1,700 ft; N5520C 14 km NW at 2,100 ft; N1563E 18 km WSW at 2,750 ft; N365SP 24 km SSW at 2,600 ft. Low flying away from runways is usually helicopters, survey or banner flights, or traffic approaching a smaller airfield.

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

• N537JB · R66 helicopter, 57 km E, 1,000 ft
• N911ZQ · B407 helicopter, 59 km ENE, 1,600 ft

Is a plane circling over Aurora, IL?

N174HA (C172, aircraft) is 31 km NE at 700 ft. Over the last 15 minutes it has stayed within about 1.3 km of one spot.

~270225 is 33 km W at 1,500 ft. Over the last 14 minutes it has stayed within about 3.3 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.

ISS and bright satellites over Aurora, IL tonight

3 visible passes of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 19:03 local time in the SW, peaks 39° above the S horizon and lasts about 6 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.

• CSS (TIANHE) · 19:03 local visible, peak 39° S, 6 min
• ISS (ZARYA) · 05:00 local visible, peak 15° N, 4 min
• ISS (ZARYA) · 06:37 local visible, peak 22° NNE, 5 min
• CSS (TIANHE) · 20:40 local not visible, peak 82° ESE, 6 min
• CSS (TIANHE) · 22:17 local not visible, peak 59° SW, 6 min
• HST · 22:30 local not visible, peak 10° S, 1 min

What plane is flying over me?

This page uses the centre of Aurora, IL. 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.

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