Cary, North Carolina, United States · live ADS-B
Planes over Cary right now
Updated
9 aircraft over Cary right now; 1 aircraft low (2,150 ft) 16 km WNW Within 25 km of the city centre, ADS-B at 18:22 local (22:22 UTC).
Every aircraft broadcasting its position over Cary: airliners, helicopters, military and private planes, with how high and which way they are flying.
- Aircraft within 25 km
- 9 airborne, ADS-B
- Aircraft within 60 km
- 22
- Helicopters
- 0 within 60 km
- Military
- 0 flagged military airframes
- Low (< 3,000 ft) away from airports
- 1
- Circling or loitering
- 1 last 20 min
- Next visible CSS pass
- 20:05 local time
Planes over Cary right now
At 18:22 local (22:22 UTC), 22 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Cary, North Carolina, United States, 9 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is SWA698 (B737), 1 km SSE at 31,450 ft.
By height: 8 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 9 between 3,000 and 20,000 ft (typically climbing out or descending into a nearby airport) and 5 below 3,000 ft. Most of the traffic is arriving at or departing from airports around Cary.
| Flight | Airline | Type | Altitude | Where | Heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWA698 | Southwest Airlines | B737 | 31,450 ft | 1.3 km SSE | 35° NE |
| IBE0304 | Iberia | A359 | 39,000 ft | 7.8 km ENE | 62° ENE |
| EDV5150 | — | CRJ9 | under 100 ft | 9.1 km NNW | 32° NNE |
| N711DZ | — | SR20 | 6,550 ft | 13.9 km NNE | 37° NE |
| JRE751 | — | C25B | 2,150 ft | 15.6 km WNW | 143° SE |
| AAL897 | American Airlines | A321 | 35,000 ft | 16.2 km ENE | 30° NNE |
| XFL539 | — | GLF5 | 41,000 ft | 17.1 km SW | 33° NNE |
| N7947P | — | PA24 | under 100 ft | 21.4 km SSE | 46° NE |
| YEL51 | — | E55P | 7,550 ft | 24 km NE | 214° SSW |
Helicopters, military and low planes over Cary
No helicopters are broadcasting their position within 60 km of Cary 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.
1 aircraft is below 3,000 ft and not next to an airport: JRE751 16 km WNW at 2,150 ft. Low flying away from runways is usually helicopters, survey or banner flights, or traffic approaching a smaller airfield.
3 aircraft nearby use a privacy programme (PIA or LADD), so the owner asked for the identity to be hidden; the position is still shown.
Is a plane circling over Cary?
CXK179 (P28A, aircraft) is 59 km NNW at 1,375 ft. Over the last 16 minutes it has stayed within about 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.
How busy is the sky over Cary?
With 9 aircraft within 25 km, Cary is busier than every nearby large cities right now. The busiest nearby sky is over Raleigh with 8 aircraft within 25 km.
There is no major hub airport within 150 km, so most aircraft here are overflights or regional and private flights.
- Planes over Raleigh 8 aircraft now
- Planes over Durham 5 aircraft now
- Planes over Burlington, NC 1 aircraft now
- Planes over Fayetteville 3 aircraft now
ISS and bright satellites over Cary tonight
2 visible passes of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 20:05 local time in the W, peaks 37° above the N horizon and lasts about 6 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.
- CSS (TIANHE) · 20:05 local visible, peak 37° N, 6 min
- HST · 20:13 local visible, peak 14° SSE, 4 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 18:28 local not visible, peak 47° SE, 6 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 21:42 local not visible, peak 28° N, 5 min
- HST · 21:51 local not visible, peak 24° S, 6 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 23:19 local not visible, peak 60° N, 6 min
What plane is flying over me?
This page uses the centre of Cary. 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).