Merrillville, Indiana, United States · live ADS-B
Planes over Merrillville right now
Updated
6 aircraft over Merrillville right now; nothing unusual Within 25 km of the city centre, ADS-B at 19:55 local (01:55 UTC).
Planes over Merrillville right now
At 19:55 local (01:55 UTC), 36 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Merrillville, Indiana, United States, 6 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is SWA2052 (B38M), 11 km NNW at 4,575 ft.
By height: 5 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 29 between 3,000 and 20,000 ft (typically climbing out or descending into a nearby airport) and 2 below 3,000 ft. Most of the traffic is arriving at or departing from airports around Merrillville.
| Flight | Airline | Type | Altitude | Where | Heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWA2052 | Southwest Airlines | B38M | 4,575 ft | 10.6 km NNW | 301° WNW |
| SWA1946 | Southwest Airlines | B737 | 4,925 ft | 13.7 km NE | 289° WNW |
| LXJ576 | — | CL35 | 7,750 ft | 20.9 km E | 299° WNW |
| SKW5729 | — | — | 8,300 ft | 21.7 km NW | 326° NW |
| ENY3648 | — | E75L | 18,025 ft | 22.7 km WSW | 172° S |
| SWA3292 | Southwest Airlines | B737 | 3,025 ft | 23.9 km WNW | 52° NE |
Every aircraft broadcasting its position over Merrillville: airliners, helicopters, military and private planes, with how high and which way they are flying.
- Aircraft within 25 km
- 6 airborne, ADS-B
- Aircraft within 60 km
- 36
- Helicopters
- 0 within 60 km
- Military
- 0 flagged military airframes
- Low (< 3,000 ft) away from airports
- 1
- Circling or loitering
- 0 watching started just now
- Nearest major airport
- ORD · 73 km Chicago O'Hare
- Next visible CSS pass
- 17:23 local time
Helicopters, military and low planes over Merrillville
No helicopters are broadcasting their position within 60 km of Merrillville 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.
1 aircraft is below 3,000 ft and not next to an airport: N420FG 38 km NW at 2,400 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 Merrillville?
No aircraft is circling over Merrillville right now. GodsView started watching for circling just now, so an orbit that began earlier may not show yet.
How busy is the sky over Merrillville?
With 6 aircraft within 25 km, Merrillville is busier than 1 of 2 nearby large cities right now. The busiest nearby sky is over Tinley Park with 8 aircraft within 25 km.
Most low traffic around here is linked to Chicago O'Hare (ORD), 73 km from the city centre; its live arrivals and departures are on the airport page.
- Planes over Gary 6 aircraft now
- Planes over Tinley Park 8 aircraft now
ISS and bright satellites over Merrillville tonight
1 visible pass of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 17:23 local time in the WSW, peaks 17° above the SW horizon and lasts about 4 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.
- CSS (TIANHE) · 17:23 local visible, peak 17° SW, 4 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 20:51 local not visible, peak 78° ENE, 7 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 22:29 local not visible, peak 21° NNW, 5 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 00:08 local not visible, peak 15° N, 4 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 01:44 local not visible, peak 28° NNE, 6 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 03:21 local not visible, peak 47° SSW, 7 min
What plane is flying over me?
This page uses the centre of Merrillville. 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).