Rochester, New York, United States · live ADS-B
Planes over Rochester right now
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4 aircraft over Rochester right now; 1 aircraft circling 23 km S at 4,600 ft Within 25 km of the city centre, ADS-B at 15:14 local (19:14 UTC).
Every aircraft broadcasting its position over Rochester: airliners, helicopters, military and private planes, with how high and which way they are flying.
- Aircraft within 25 km
- 4 airborne, ADS-B
- Aircraft within 60 km
- 15
- Helicopters
- 0 within 60 km
- Military
- 0 flagged military airframes
- Low (< 3,000 ft) away from airports
- 2
- Circling or loitering
- 2 last 20 min
- Next visible CSS pass
- 20:06 local time
Planes over Rochester right now
At 15:14 local (19:14 UTC), 15 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Rochester, New York, United States, 4 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is N7005N (BE33), 16 km W at 5,900 ft.
By height: 5 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 7 between 3,000 and 20,000 ft (typically climbing out or descending into a nearby airport) and 3 below 3,000 ft. Most of the traffic is arriving at or departing from airports around Rochester.
| Flight | Airline | Type | Altitude | Where | Heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N7005N | — | BE33 | 5,900 ft | 16.4 km W | 255° WSW |
| ENY3401 | — | E75L | 12,275 ft | 20.4 km W | 273° W |
| UCA4860 | — | E45X | 5,375 ft | 22.5 km SSW | 189° S |
| N904RA | — | C172 | 4,600 ft | 23.3 km S | 241° WSW |
Helicopters, military and low planes over Rochester
No helicopters are broadcasting their position within 60 km of Rochester 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.
2 aircraft are below 3,000 ft and not next to an airport: N214RA 31 km SSW at 2,650 ft; N177PK 44 km W at 1,525 ft. Low flying away from runways is usually helicopters, survey or banner flights, or traffic approaching a smaller airfield.
Is a plane circling over Rochester?
N904RA (C172, aircraft) is 23 km S at 4,600 ft. Over the last 12 minutes it has stayed within about 3.8 km of one spot.
N177PK (C77R, aircraft) is 44 km W at 1,525 ft. Over the last 12 minutes it has stayed within about 3.1 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 Rochester?
With 4 aircraft within 25 km, Rochester is busier than every nearby large cities right now. The busiest nearby sky is over Clay with 1 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 Buffalo 0 aircraft now
- Planes over Clay 1 aircraft now
ISS and bright satellites over Rochester tonight
2 visible passes of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 20:06 local time in the WSW, peaks 47° above the S 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 47° S, 6 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 06:02 local visible, peak 20° NNE, 5 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 18:30 local not visible, peak 16° SSE, 4 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 21:42 local not visible, peak 61° SSE, 6 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 23:19 local not visible, peak 29° SSW, 5 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 01:12 local not visible, peak 13° SE, 3 min
What plane is flying over me?
This page uses the centre of Rochester. 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).