Brookings, South Dakota, United States · live ADS-B

Planes over Brookings right now

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No aircraft directly over Brookings right now; 2 aircraft within 60 km Within 25 km of the city centre, ADS-B at 19:26 local (00:26 UTC).

Every aircraft broadcasting its position over Brookings: airliners, helicopters, military and private planes, with how high and which way they are flying.

Aircraft within 25 km
0 airborne, ADS-B
Aircraft within 60 km
2
Helicopters
0 within 60 km
Military
0 flagged military airframes
Low (< 3,000 ft) away from airports
0
Circling or loitering
0 last 20 min
Next visible CSS pass
19:39 local time

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Planes over Brookings right now

At 19:26 local (00:26 UTC), 2 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Brookings, South Dakota, United States, 0 of them within 25 km of the city centre.

By height: 2 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 0 between 3,000 and 20,000 ft (typically climbing out or descending into a nearby airport) and 0 below 3,000 ft. Most of the traffic above Brookings right now is overflying rather than landing nearby.

Helicopters, military and low planes over Brookings

No helicopters are broadcasting their position within 60 km of Brookings right now. If you can hear one, it may be a police or military helicopter that does not transmit ADS-B, or one outside receiver range at low altitude.

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

Is a plane circling over Brookings?

No aircraft is circling over Brookings right now. GodsView checks every low aircraft near the city once a minute for a full turn or for staying within a few kilometres of one spot.

How busy is the sky over Brookings?

Brookings is quieter than every nearby large cities right now. The busiest nearby sky is over Minnetonka with 2 aircraft within 25 km.

There is no major hub airport within 150 km, so most aircraft here are overflights or regional and private flights.

ISS and bright satellites over Brookings tonight

3 visible passes of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 19:39 local time in the SW, peaks 34° above the S horizon and lasts about 6 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.

  • CSS (TIANHE) · 19:39 local visible, peak 34° S, 6 min
  • ISS (ZARYA) · 05:48 local visible, peak 23° N, 5 min
  • ISS (ZARYA) · 07:24 local visible, peak 49° NE, 7 min
  • CSS (TIANHE) · 21:16 local not visible, peak 49° SSW, 6 min
  • CSS (TIANHE) · 22:52 local not visible, peak 27° SSW, 6 min
  • ISS (ZARYA) · 02:33 local not visible, peak 69° SE, 6 min

What plane is flying over me?

This page uses the centre of Brookings. 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.

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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Data: ADS-B Exchange community feeders via adsb.lol (ODbL), OurAirports, CelesTrak (satellite orbits).