Norfolk, Virginia, United States · live ADS-B
Planes over Norfolk right now
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7 aircraft over Norfolk right now; military AS65 25 km SSW at 925 ft Within 25 km of the city centre, ADS-B at 12:55 local (16:55 UTC).
Every aircraft broadcasting its position over Norfolk: 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
- 20
- Helicopters
- 1 within 60 km
- Military
- 1 flagged military airframes
- Low (< 3,000 ft) away from airports
- 1
- Circling or loitering
- 1 last 20 min
- Next visible CSS pass
- 20:06 local time
Planes over Norfolk right now
At 12:55 local (16:55 UTC), 20 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 7 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is AAL1333 (A319), 10 km WSW at 29,000 ft.
By height: 10 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 4 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 Norfolk.
| Flight | Airline | Type | Altitude | Where | Heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAL1333 | American Airlines | A319 | 29,000 ft | 9.7 km WSW | 31° NNE |
| DAL1359 | Delta Air Lines | B712 | 2,200 ft | 15.2 km NNE | 274° W |
| JBU270 | JetBlue | A321 | 35,000 ft | 16.7 km ENE | 23° NNE |
| N4932L | — | RV7 | 425 ft | 17.4 km WSW | 285° WNW |
| N74275 | — | AA5 | 500 ft | 17.7 km S | 284° WNW |
| C6547 | Military | AS65 | 925 ft | 24.6 km SSW | 20° NNE |
| FFT3856 | Frontier Airlines | A21N | 29,025 ft | 24.8 km NNE | 32° NNE |
Helicopters, military and low planes over Norfolk
1 helicopter is flying within 60 km. The nearest, C6547 (AS65), is 25 km SSW at 925 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.
1 military aircraft is visible nearby: C6547 (AS65) 25 km SSW at 925 ft. Many military flights switch their transponders off or hide their identity, so this is a minimum.
1 aircraft is below 3,000 ft and not next to an airport: C6547 25 km SSW at 925 ft. Low flying away from runways is usually helicopters, survey or banner flights, or traffic approaching a smaller airfield.
- C6547 · AS65 helicopter, 25 km SSW, 925 ft
Is a plane circling over Norfolk?
N65HF (C172, aircraft) is 33 km SSW at 3,925 ft. Over the last 13 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 Norfolk?
With 7 aircraft within 25 km, Norfolk is busier than 2 of 3 nearby large cities right now. The busiest nearby sky is over Suffolk with 8 aircraft within 25 km.
There is no major hub airport within 150 km, so most aircraft here are overflights or regional and private flights.
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ISS and bright satellites over Norfolk tonight
1 visible pass of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 20:06 local time in the W, peaks 43° above the NNW horizon and lasts about 6 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.
- CSS (TIANHE) · 20:06 local visible, peak 43° NNW, 6 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 18:29 local not visible, peak 46° SSE, 6 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 21:43 local not visible, peak 34° NNE, 6 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 23:20 local not visible, peak 80° ESE, 6 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 00:57 local not visible, peak 15° SSW, 4 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 01:09 local not visible, peak 27° SE, 6 min
What plane is flying over me?
This page uses the centre of Norfolk. 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).