Planes over Providence right now

Planes over Providence right now

At 14:08 local (18:08 UTC), 65 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 11 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is N470U (C72R), 5 km ESE at 1,275 ft.

By height: 5 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 27 between 3,000 and 20,000 ft (typically climbing out or descending into a nearby airport) and 33 below 3,000 ft. Most of the traffic is arriving at or departing from airports around Providence.

Helicopters, military and low planes over Providence

3 helicopters are flying within 60 km. The nearest, N247NE (EC45), is 43 km N at 950 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: C6031 (H60) 59 km ESE at 550 ft. Many military flights switch their transponders off or hide their identity, so this is a minimum.

18 aircraft are below 3,000 ft and not next to an airport: N470U 5 km ESE at 1,275 ft; N189TB 18 km NNW at 2,650 ft; N831PM 19 km NNE at 1,950 ft; N30015 19 km SE at 1,100 ft; N9024W 27 km ENE at 1,175 ft. Low flying away from runways is usually helicopters, survey or banner flights, or traffic approaching a smaller airfield.

2 aircraft nearby use a privacy programme (PIA or LADD), so the owner asked for the identity to be hidden; the position is still shown.

• N247NE · EC45 helicopter, 43 km N, 950 ft
• N774CB · H500 helicopter, 45 km NNE, under 100 ft
• C6031 · H60 helicopter, 59 km ESE, 550 ft

Is a plane circling over Providence?

N5497B (C182, aircraft) is 11 km NNW at 6,000 ft. Over the last 8 minutes it has stayed within about 3 km of one spot.

N53569 (C172, aircraft) is 26 km S at 300 ft. Over the last 12 minutes it has stayed within about 1.6 km of one spot.

CAP1929 (C172, aircraft) is 46 km NE at 1,000 ft. Over the last 12 minutes it has stayed within about 0.6 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 Providence tonight

3 visible passes of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 18:30 local time in the SSW, peaks 28° above the SSE horizon and lasts about 5 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.

• CSS (TIANHE) · 18:30 local visible, peak 28° SSE, 5 min
• CSS (TIANHE) · 20:06 local visible, peak 76° S, 6 min
• ISS (ZARYA) · 06:03 local visible, peak 18° NNE, 5 min
• CSS (TIANHE) · 21:43 local not visible, peak 72° SSE, 6 min
• HST · 21:55 local not visible, peak 10° S, 1 min
• CSS (TIANHE) · 23:20 local not visible, peak 26° SSW, 5 min

What plane is flying over me?

This page uses the centre of Providence. 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.

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