Estero, Florida, United States · live ADS-B
Planes over Estero right now
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7 aircraft over Estero right now; 1 aircraft circling 12 km NNE at 1,050 ft Within 25 km of the city centre, ADS-B at 20:45 local (01:45 UTC).
Planes over Estero right now
At 20:45 local (01:45 UTC), 16 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Estero, Florida, United States, 7 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is N1472W (TWEN), 2 km NE at 4,025 ft.
By height: 3 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 Estero.
| Flight | Airline | Type | Altitude | Where | Heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N1472W | — | TWEN | 4,025 ft | 1.8 km NE | 318° NW |
| AAL1368 | American Airlines | B38M | 31,325 ft | 7.6 km W | 155° SSE |
| CXK370 | — | P28A | 1,050 ft | 12.2 km NNE | 236° WSW |
| N978AC | — | P28A | 3,400 ft | 15.3 km WSW | 142° SE |
| N345Y | — | P28A | 650 ft | 16.2 km NNW | 49° NE |
| N724DW | — | P28A | 175 ft | 16.8 km NNW | 46° NE |
| N974AC | — | P28A | 2,800 ft | 19 km SSW | 160° SSE |
Every aircraft broadcasting its position over Estero: airliners, helicopters, military and private planes, with how high and which way they are flying.
- Aircraft within 25 km
- 7 airborne, ADS-B
- Aircraft within 60 km
- 16
- Helicopters
- 0 within 60 km
- Military
- 0 flagged military airframes
- Low (< 3,000 ft) away from airports
- 2
- Circling or loitering
- 3 last 20 min
- Next visible ISS pass
- 04:25 local time
Helicopters, military and low planes over Estero
No helicopters are broadcasting their position within 60 km of Estero 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.
2 aircraft are below 3,000 ft and not next to an airport: N974AC 19 km SSW at 2,800 ft; N568E 48 km NNE at 1,825 ft. Low flying away from runways is usually helicopters, survey or banner flights, or traffic approaching a smaller airfield.
1 aircraft nearby uses 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 Estero?
CXK370 (P28A, aircraft) is 12 km NNE at 1,050 ft. Over the last 8 minutes it has stayed within about 1.8 km of one spot.
N724DW (P28A, aircraft) is 17 km NNW at 175 ft. Over the last 11 minutes it has stayed within about 2.9 km of one spot.
N50HF (P28A, aircraft) is 42 km NW at 3,000 ft. Over the last 11 minutes it has turned through about 512°.
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 Estero?
With 7 aircraft within 25 km, Estero is busier than every nearby large cities right now. The busiest nearby sky is over Fort Myers with 7 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 Fort Myers 7 aircraft now
- Planes over Port Charlotte 3 aircraft now
ISS and bright satellites over Estero tonight
5 visible passes of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 04:25 local time in the NNW, peaks 35° above the NE horizon and lasts about 6 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.
- ISS (ZARYA) · 04:25 local visible, peak 35° NE, 6 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 06:03 local visible, peak 12° SW, 3 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 18:25 local visible, peak 58° NNE, 6 min
- HST · 19:10 local visible, peak 22° SSW, 6 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 19:25 local visible, peak 48° SE, 6 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 10:19 local not visible, peak 17° SE, 4 min
What plane is flying over me?
This page uses the centre of Estero. 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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