Planes over Sterling Heights right now

Planes over Sterling Heights right now

At 20:00 local (00:00 UTC), 22 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Sterling Heights, Michigan, United States, 2 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is ASA389 (B739), 8 km ESE at 32,000 ft.

By height: 8 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 10 below 3,000 ft. Most of the traffic is arriving at or departing from airports around Sterling Heights.

Helicopters, military and low planes over Sterling Heights

1 helicopter is flying within 60 km. The nearest, C6543 (AS65), is 24 km NNE at 875 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: C6543 (AS65) 24 km NNE at 875 ft. Many military flights switch their transponders off or hide their identity, so this is a minimum.

2 aircraft are below 3,000 ft and not next to an airport: ~2B4525 46 km SE at 2,000 ft; CGOMA 58 km ESE at 2,200 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.

• C6543 · AS65 helicopter, 24 km NNE, 875 ft

Is a plane circling over Sterling Heights?

No aircraft is circling over Sterling Heights right now. GodsView checks every low aircraft near the city once a minute for a full turn or for staying within a few kilometres of one spot.

How busy is the sky over Sterling Heights?

With 2 aircraft within 25 km, Sterling Heights is quieter than every nearby large city right now. The busiest nearby sky is over Warren with 4 aircraft within 25 km.

Most low traffic around here is linked to Detroit Metropolitan (DTW), 49 km from the city centre; its live arrivals and departures are on the airport page.

• Planes over Warren 4 aircraft now

ISS and bright satellites over Sterling Heights tonight

3 visible passes of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 20:04 local time in the SW, peaks 42° above the SSE horizon and lasts about 6 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.

• CSS (TIANHE) · 20:04 local visible, peak 42° SSE, 6 min
• ISS (ZARYA) · 06:00 local visible, peak 17° N, 5 min
• CSS (TIANHE) · 19:05 local visible, peak 30° SSE, 5 min
• CSS (TIANHE) · 21:41 local not visible, peak 74° S, 6 min
• CSS (TIANHE) · 23:18 local not visible, peak 41° SSW, 6 min
• CSS (TIANHE) · 00:56 local not visible, peak 12° SSW, 2 min

What plane is flying over me?

This page uses the centre of Sterling Heights. 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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• Planes over Warren

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