Planes over Olympia right now

Planes over Olympia right now

At 13:21 local (20:21 UTC), 11 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Olympia, Washington, United States, 4 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is DAL1714 (B738), 4 km NNW at 31,275 ft.

By height: 3 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 2 below 3,000 ft. Most of the traffic is arriving at or departing from airports around Olympia.

Helicopters, military and low planes over Olympia

No helicopters are broadcasting their position within 60 km of Olympia 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.

Every aircraft below 3,000 ft is close to an airport, which is normal approach or departure traffic.

Is a plane circling over Olympia?

N734FN (C172, aircraft) is 12 km SSW at 1,400 ft. Over the last 13 minutes it has stayed within about 3 km of one spot.

RFS607 (C162, aircraft) is 35 km NE at 1,300 ft. Over the last 19 minutes it has stayed within about 2.2 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 Olympia?

With 4 aircraft within 25 km, Olympia is quieter than every nearby large city right now. The busiest nearby sky is over Tacoma with 7 aircraft within 25 km.

Most low traffic around here is linked to Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 64 km from the city centre; its live arrivals and departures are on the airport page.

• Planes over Tacoma 7 aircraft now

ISS and bright satellites over Olympia tonight

2 visible passes of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 20:11 local time in the SW, peaks 24° above the SSE horizon and lasts about 5 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.

• CSS (TIANHE) · 20:11 local visible, peak 24° SSE, 5 min
• ISS (ZARYA) · 06:07 local visible, peak 39° N, 6 min
• CSS (TIANHE) · 21:47 local not visible, peak 28° S, 5 min
• CSS (TIANHE) · 23:24 local not visible, peak 15° SSW, 4 min
• ISS (ZARYA) · 02:53 local not visible, peak 55° SE, 7 min
• ISS (ZARYA) · 04:30 local not visible, peak 43° NNW, 6 min

What plane is flying over me?

This page uses the centre of Olympia. 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.

• What's flying over me (use my location)

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.

Planes over nearby cities

• Planes over Tacoma

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