Fort Collins, Colorado, United States · live ADS-B
Planes over Fort Collins right now
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7 aircraft over Fort Collins right now; nothing unusual Within 25 km of the city centre, ADS-B at 10:58 local (16:58 UTC).
Every aircraft broadcasting its position over Fort Collins: 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
- 26
- Helicopters
- 0 within 60 km
- Military
- 0 flagged military airframes
- Low (< 3,000 ft) away from airports
- 0
- Circling or loitering
- 1 last 20 min
- Nearest major airport
- DEN · 88 km Denver International
- Next visible CSS pass
- 19:37 local time
Planes over Fort Collins right now
At 10:58 local (16:58 UTC), 26 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Fort Collins, Colorado, United States, 7 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is N8174F (C150), 5 km W at 5,425 ft.
By height: 4 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 22 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 is arriving at or departing from airports around Fort Collins.
| Flight | Airline | Type | Altitude | Where | Heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N8174F | — | C150 | 5,425 ft | 4.9 km W | 334° NNW |
| N342GB | — | GB1 | 5,800 ft | 12.7 km S | 132° SE |
| N8732X | — | C182 | 4,700 ft | 16.8 km SSE | 243° WSW |
| N692CF | — | PA44 | 9,800 ft | 20.6 km S | 41° NE |
| UAL574 | United Airlines | B39M | 36,000 ft | 21.1 km ENE | 259° W |
| N765SA | — | — | 8,700 ft | 21.7 km NE | 191° SSW |
| RTY484 | — | P28A | 5,850 ft | 24.8 km SSE | 225° SW |
Helicopters, military and low planes over Fort Collins
No helicopters are broadcasting their position within 60 km of Fort Collins 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 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 Fort Collins?
N810KK (C172, aircraft) is 48 km S at 5,025 ft. Over the last 18 minutes it has stayed within about 2.8 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 Fort Collins?
With 7 aircraft within 25 km, Fort Collins is busier than 1 of 2 nearby large cities right now. The busiest nearby sky is over Longmont with 9 aircraft within 25 km.
Most low traffic around here is linked to Denver International (DEN), 88 km from the city centre; its live arrivals and departures are on the airport page.
- Planes over Longmont 9 aircraft now
- Planes over Cheyenne 2 aircraft now
ISS and bright satellites over Fort Collins tonight
2 visible passes of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 19:37 local time in the WSW, peaks 67° above the SE horizon and lasts about 6 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.
- CSS (TIANHE) · 19:37 local visible, peak 67° SE, 6 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 05:35 local visible, peak 13° N, 3 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 18:01 local not visible, peak 18° SE, 4 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 21:14 local not visible, peak 70° NNW, 6 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 22:50 local not visible, peak 57° SSW, 6 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 00:28 local not visible, peak 14° SSW, 3 min
What plane is flying over me?
This page uses the centre of Fort Collins. 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).