Planes over Durham right now

Planes over Durham right now

At 18:43 local (22:43 UTC), 18 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Durham, North Carolina, United States, 5 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is N36395 (P28A), 16 km NNW at 2,575 ft.

By height: 5 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 7 between 3,000 and 20,000 ft (typically climbing out or descending into a nearby airport) and 6 below 3,000 ft. Most of the traffic is arriving at or departing from airports around Durham.

Helicopters, military and low planes over Durham

No helicopters are broadcasting their position within 60 km of Durham 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.

3 aircraft are below 3,000 ft and not next to an airport: N36395 16 km NNW at 2,575 ft; CNS1231 21 km SSW at 2,550 ft; N1725W 32 km WSW at 2,525 ft. Low flying away from runways is usually helicopters, survey or banner flights, or traffic approaching a smaller airfield.

2 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 Durham?

CAP3261 (C82T, aircraft) is 54 km W at 550 ft. Over the last 11 minutes it has stayed within about 3.9 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 Durham?

With 5 aircraft within 25 km, Durham is busier than every nearby large cities right now. The busiest nearby sky is over Raleigh with 3 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 3 aircraft now
• Planes over Burlington, NC 3 aircraft now
• Planes over Greensboro 2 aircraft now

ISS and bright satellites over Durham 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 40° 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 40° N, 6 min
• HST · 20:13 local visible, peak 13° SSE, 3 min
• CSS (TIANHE) · 21:42 local not visible, peak 29° N, 6 min
• HST · 21:51 local not visible, peak 24° S, 6 min
• CSS (TIANHE) · 23:19 local not visible, peak 63° NE, 6 min
• HST · 23:30 local not visible, peak 23° S, 6 min

What plane is flying over me?

This page uses the centre of Durham. 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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