Meads, Kentucky, United States · live ADS-B
Planes over Meads right now
Updated
2 aircraft over Meads right now; nothing unusual Within 25 km of the city centre, ADS-B at 14:09 local (18:09 UTC).
Every aircraft broadcasting its position over Meads: airliners, helicopters, military and private planes, with how high and which way they are flying.
- Aircraft within 25 km
- 2 airborne, ADS-B
- Aircraft within 60 km
- 14
- Helicopters
- 0 within 60 km
- Military
- 1 flagged military airframes
- Low (< 3,000 ft) away from airports
- 0
- Circling or loitering
- 0 last 20 min
- Next visible CSS pass
- 20:04 local time
Planes over Meads right now
At 14:09 local (18:09 UTC), 14 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Meads, Kentucky, United States, 2 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is SWA137 (B38M), 23 km W at 36,000 ft.
By height: 8 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 6 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 above Meads right now is overflying rather than landing nearby.
| Flight | Airline | Type | Altitude | Where | Heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWA137 | Southwest Airlines | B38M | 36,000 ft | 22.5 km W | 244° WSW |
| KFS88 | — | CL60 | 38,000 ft | 23.5 km WSW | 174° S |
Helicopters, military and low planes over Meads
No helicopters are broadcasting their position within 60 km of Meads 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.
1 military aircraft is visible nearby: TEDDY31 (C17) 40 km SW at 39,000 ft. Many military flights switch their transponders off or hide their identity, so this is a minimum.
- TEDDY31 · C17 military, 40 km SW, 39,000 ft
Is a plane circling over Meads?
No aircraft is circling over Meads right now. GodsView checks every low aircraft near the city once a minute for a full turn or for staying within a few kilometres of one spot.
How busy is the sky over Meads?
With 2 aircraft within 25 km, Meads is quieter than every nearby large cities right now. The busiest nearby sky is over Lexington-Fayette with 6 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 Lexington-Fayette 6 aircraft now
- Planes over Lexington 5 aircraft now
ISS and bright satellites over Meads tonight
1 visible pass of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 20:04 local time in the WSW, peaks 76° above the NNE horizon and lasts about 6 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.
- CSS (TIANHE) · 20:04 local visible, peak 76° NNE, 6 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 18:28 local not visible, peak 23° SE, 5 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 21:41 local not visible, peak 45° N, 6 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 23:18 local not visible, peak 83° ENE, 6 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 00:56 local not visible, peak 20° SSW, 4 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 01:10 local not visible, peak 13° SE, 3 min
What plane is flying over me?
This page uses the centre of Meads. 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).