Foster City, California, United States · live ADS-B
Planes over Foster City right now
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18 aircraft over Foster City right now; 1 aircraft circling 18 km NE at 200 ft Within 25 km of the city centre, ADS-B at 17:52 local (01:52 UTC).
Planes over Foster City right now
At 17:52 local (01:52 UTC), 44 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Foster City, California, United States, 18 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is AAL597 (A321), 11 km NW at 225 ft.
By height: 0 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 21 between 3,000 and 20,000 ft (typically climbing out or descending into a nearby airport) and 23 below 3,000 ft. Most of the traffic is arriving at or departing from airports around Foster City.
| Flight | Airline | Type | Altitude | Where | Heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAL597 | American Airlines | A321 | 225 ft | 11.4 km NW | 29° NNE |
| AAL491 | American Airlines | A321 | 3,900 ft | 15.8 km N | 57° ENE |
| ~743E69 | — | — | 1,100 ft | 16.3 km ESE | 223° SW |
| 743E69 | — | — | 1,100 ft | 16.6 km ESE | 217° SW |
| N9526H | — | C172 | 200 ft | 18 km NE | 299° WNW |
| N955KC | — | GYRO | under 100 ft | 18 km SE | 0° N |
| N89AH | — | — | 400 ft | 18.2 km NE | 279° W |
| DAL2267 | Delta Air Lines | B738 | 13,175 ft | 18.4 km S | 135° SE |
| N553TP | — | P28A | 700 ft | 18.5 km NE | 119° ESE |
| PCM7679 | — | C208 | 850 ft | 19.4 km NE | 293° WNW |
| N280CP | — | SR22 | 725 ft | 19.6 km ENE | 302° WNW |
| SWA3237 | Southwest Airlines | B738 | 15,450 ft | 20.4 km WSW | 190° S |
| EJA824 | — | C700 | 2,275 ft | 21.3 km N | 309° NW |
| N52275 | — | C172 | 1,150 ft | 21.9 km NE | 77° ENE |
| KING66 | Military | C30J | 375 ft | 21.9 km ESE | 2° N |
| FFT3382 | Frontier Airlines | A320 | 5,375 ft | 22.5 km NW | 251° WSW |
| SWA2131 | Southwest Airlines | B737 | 3,050 ft | 22.7 km ENE | 265° W |
| LXJ448 | — | E545 | 5,300 ft | 23.4 km SE | 24° NNE |
Every aircraft broadcasting its position over Foster City: airliners, helicopters, military and private planes, with how high and which way they are flying.
- Aircraft within 25 km
- 18 airborne, ADS-B
- Aircraft within 60 km
- 44
- Helicopters
- 5 within 60 km
- Military
- 2 flagged military airframes
- Low (< 3,000 ft) away from airports
- 5
- Circling or loitering
- 1 last 20 min
- Nearest major airport
- SFO · 12 km San Francisco International
- Next visible CSS pass
- 17:53 local time
Helicopters, military and low planes over Foster City
5 helicopters are flying within 60 km. The nearest, N89AH, is 18 km NE at 400 ft. Police, air-ambulance, news and tour helicopters often fly low and slow over cities; ADS-B does not say which role a helicopter has, but the registration on the flight page usually tells you the operator.
2 military aircraft are visible nearby: KING66 (C30J) 22 km ESE at 375 ft; C6525 (AS65) 34 km NNW at 775 ft. Many military flights switch their transponders off or hide their identity, so this is a minimum.
5 aircraft are below 3,000 ft and not next to an airport: N280CP 20 km ENE at 725 ft; N562AC 31 km NNW at 1,100 ft; C6525 34 km NNW at 775 ft; N4040 44 km SSE at 1,600 ft; N307SH 49 km ENE at 1,575 ft. Low flying away from runways is usually helicopters, survey or banner flights, or traffic approaching a smaller airfield.
6 aircraft nearby use a privacy programme (PIA or LADD), so the owner asked for the identity to be hidden; the position is still shown.
- N89AH helicopter, 18 km NE, 400 ft
- C6525 · AS65 helicopter, 34 km NNW, 775 ft
- N4040 · R44 helicopter, 44 km SSE, 1,600 ft
- N408PD · AS50 helicopter, 45 km SE, 1,050 ft
- N307SH · R44 helicopter, 49 km ENE, 1,575 ft
- KING66 · C30J military, 22 km ESE, 375 ft
Is a plane circling over Foster City?
N9526H (C172, aircraft) is 18 km NE at 200 ft. Over the last 16 minutes it has stayed within about 0.9 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.
ISS and bright satellites over Foster City tonight
2 visible passes of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 17:53 local time in the W, peaks 40° above the SW horizon and lasts about 5 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.
- CSS (TIANHE) · 17:53 local visible, peak 40° SW, 5 min
- HST · 17:42 local visible, peak 10° SSW, 1 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 20:22 local not visible, peak 51° ESE, 6 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 22:00 local not visible, peak 20° NNW, 5 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 02:53 local not visible, peak 33° NE, 6 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 04:30 local not visible, peak 24° SW, 5 min
What plane is flying over me?
This page uses the centre of Foster City. 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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