Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · live ADS-B
Planes over Sydney right now
Updated
No aircraft tracked over Sydney right now Within 25 km of the city centre, ADS-B at 05:10 local (18:10 UTC).
Every aircraft broadcasting its position over Sydney: airliners, helicopters, military and private planes, with how high and which way they are flying.
- Aircraft within 25 km
- 0 airborne, ADS-B
- Aircraft within 60 km
- 0
- Helicopters
- 0 within 60 km
- Military
- 0 flagged military airframes
- Low (< 3,000 ft) away from airports
- 0
- Circling or loitering
- 0 last 20 min
- Nearest major airport
- SYD · 9 km Sydney Kingsford Smith
- Next visible ISS pass
- 20:23 local time
Planes over Sydney right now
No airborne aircraft are in the live ADS-B picture within 60 km of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia at 05:10 local (18:10 UTC). Aircraft have been seen here in the last few hours, so this is a quiet moment rather than a gap in coverage.
Helicopters, military and low planes over Sydney
No helicopters are broadcasting their position within 60 km of Sydney 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.
Is a plane circling over Sydney?
No aircraft is circling over Sydney 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 Sydney?
Sydney is busier than 3 of 4 nearby large cities right now. The busiest nearby sky is over Wollongong with 1 aircraft within 25 km.
Most low traffic around here is linked to Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 9 km from the city centre; its live arrivals and departures are on the airport page.
- Planes over Central Coast 0 aircraft now
- Planes over Wollongong 1 aircraft now
- Planes over Newcastle 0 aircraft now
- Planes over Canberra 0 aircraft now
ISS and bright satellites over Sydney tonight
3 visible passes of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 20:23 local time in the SSW, peaks 29° above the SE horizon and lasts about 6 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.
- ISS (ZARYA) · 20:23 local visible, peak 29° SE, 6 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 22:00 local visible, peak 21° NW, 5 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 04:37 local visible, peak 16° NE, 4 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 05:36 local not visible, peak 31° NNE, 5 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 07:12 local not visible, peak 40° S, 6 min
- HST · 07:16 local not visible, peak 12° NNE, 3 min
What plane is flying over me?
This page uses the centre of Sydney. 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).