Planes over Blackburn right now

Planes over Blackburn right now

At 01:11 local (01:11 UTC), 6 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Blackburn, England, United Kingdom, 0 of them within 25 km of the city centre.

By height: 1 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 3 between 3,000 and 20,000 ft (typically climbing out or descending into a nearby airport) and 2 below 3,000 ft. Most of the traffic is arriving at or departing from airports around Blackburn.

Helicopters, military and low planes over Blackburn

1 helicopter is flying within 60 km. The nearest, UKP151 (EC35), is 37 km SE at 1,500 ft and has been circling. 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.

1 aircraft is below 3,000 ft and not next to an airport: UKP151 37 km SE at 1,500 ft. Low flying away from runways is usually helicopters, survey or banner flights, or traffic approaching a smaller airfield.

• UKP151 · EC35 helicopter, 37 km SE, 1,500 ft, circling

Is a plane circling over Blackburn?

UKP151 (EC35, helicopter) is 37 km SE at 1,500 ft. Over the last 12 minutes it has stayed within about 0.6 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 Blackburn?

Blackburn is busier than every nearby large cities right now.

Most low traffic around here is linked to Manchester (MAN), 46 km from the city centre; its live arrivals and departures are on the airport page.

• Planes over Preston 0 aircraft now
• Planes over Wigan 0 aircraft now

ISS and bright satellites over Blackburn tonight

2 visible passes of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 03:46 local time in the WSW, peaks 54° above the SSE horizon and lasts about 6 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.

• ISS (ZARYA) · 03:46 local visible, peak 54° SSE, 6 min
• ISS (ZARYA) · 05:23 local visible, peak 54° SSW, 6 min
• ISS (ZARYA) · 02:10 local not visible, peak 23° SSE, 5 min
• ISS (ZARYA) · 07:00 local not visible, peak 24° SSW, 5 min

What plane is flying over me?

This page uses the centre of Blackburn. 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 Preston
• Planes over Wigan

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