Waltham, Massachusetts, United States · live ADS-B
Planes over Waltham right now
Updated
19 aircraft over Waltham right now; 1 aircraft circling 20 km SSE at 550 ft Within 25 km of the city centre, ADS-B at 15:14 local (19:14 UTC).
Every aircraft broadcasting its position over Waltham: airliners, helicopters, military and private planes, with how high and which way they are flying.
- Aircraft within 25 km
- 19 airborne, ADS-B
- Aircraft within 60 km
- 68
- Helicopters
- 2 within 60 km
- Military
- 1 flagged military airframes
- Low (< 3,000 ft) away from airports
- 7
- Circling or loitering
- 4 last 20 min
- Nearest major airport
- BOS · 19 km Boston Logan
- Next visible CSS pass
- 18:30 local time
Planes over Waltham right now
At 15:14 local (19:14 UTC), 68 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Waltham, Massachusetts, United States, 19 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is N8137Q (P28A), 11 km NNW at under 100 ft.
By height: 7 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 26 between 3,000 and 20,000 ft (typically climbing out or descending into a nearby airport) and 35 below 3,000 ft. Most of the traffic is arriving at or departing from airports around Waltham.
| Flight | Airline | Type | Altitude | Where | Heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N8137Q | Military | P28A | under 100 ft | 10.7 km NNW | 277° W |
| N733LF | — | C172 | 700 ft | 12 km NW | 176° S |
| N27TJ | — | C172 | 500 ft | 12.7 km NNW | 354° N |
| N2462T | — | C72R | 2,300 ft | 15.5 km N | 13° NNE |
| DAL49 | Delta Air Lines | A339 | 36,000 ft | 17.5 km S | 199° SSW |
| UAL721 | United Airlines | B739 | 21,250 ft | 17.8 km SW | 264° W |
| CNS33 | — | PC12 | under 100 ft | 18.3 km E | 20° NNE |
| KAP5321 | — | P212 | under 100 ft | 18.3 km E | 20° NNE |
| ASA358 | Alaska Airlines | B39M | 725 ft | 18.5 km ESE | 19° NNE |
| UAL1232 | United Airlines | B739 | 8,075 ft | 18.6 km NNW | 94° E |
| RPA5739 | — | E75L | 1,575 ft | 18.7 km SE | 25° NNE |
| N9151N | — | P28A | 550 ft | 20.1 km SSE | 149° SSE |
| JBU1633 | JetBlue | BCS3 | 11,650 ft | 21.6 km ESE | 265° W |
| AAL1744 | American Airlines | A320 | 25,750 ft | 22.9 km ESE | 48° NE |
| N263ND | — | P28A | 1,800 ft | 23 km WNW | 261° W |
| N2459Y | — | C72R | under 100 ft | 23.1 km SSE | 335° NNW |
| CAP1929 | — | C172 | 1,500 ft | 23.7 km SSE | 317° NW |
| DAL225 | Delta Air Lines | A333 | 5,500 ft | 24 km ENE | 170° S |
| DAL2196 | Delta Air Lines | B738 | 2,075 ft | 24.6 km ENE | 64° ENE |
Helicopters, military and low planes over Waltham
2 helicopters are flying within 60 km. The nearest, N644RA (R44), is 32 km NW at 1,200 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: N8137Q (P28A) 11 km NNW at under 100 ft. Many military flights switch their transponders off or hide their identity, so this is a minimum.
7 aircraft are below 3,000 ft and not next to an airport: RPA5739 19 km SE at 1,575 ft; DAL2196 25 km ENE at 2,075 ft; N267ND 28 km SSW at 1,200 ft; JZA608 29 km SE at 2,475 ft; N644RA 32 km NW at 1,200 ft. Low flying away from runways is usually helicopters, survey or banner flights, or traffic approaching a smaller airfield.
3 aircraft nearby use a privacy programme (PIA or LADD), so the owner asked for the identity to be hidden; the position is still shown.
- N644RA · R44 helicopter, 32 km NW, 1,200 ft
- N774CB · H500 helicopter, 32 km WSW, 250 ft
- N8137Q · P28A military, 11 km NNW, under 100 ft
Is a plane circling over Waltham?
N9151N (P28A, aircraft) is 20 km SSE at 550 ft. Over the last 6 minutes it has stayed within about 2.9 km of one spot.
N9564H (C172, aircraft) is 25 km WNW at under 100 ft. Over the last 15 minutes it has stayed within about 2.7 km of one spot.
N8466X (C172, aircraft) is 40 km NNE at under 100 ft. Over the last 14 minutes it has stayed within about 1.9 km of one spot.
N727A (ST75, aircraft) is 50 km NNW at 700 ft. Over the last 18 minutes it has stayed within about 2.5 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 Waltham?
With 19 aircraft within 25 km, Waltham is busier than 1 of 2 nearby large cities right now. The busiest nearby sky is over Cambridge, MA with 22 aircraft within 25 km.
Most low traffic around here is linked to Boston Logan (BOS), 19 km from the city centre; its live arrivals and departures are on the airport page.
- Planes over Cambridge, MA 22 aircraft now
- Planes over Medford, MA 18 aircraft now
ISS and bright satellites over Waltham 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 25° 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 25° SSE, 5 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 20:06 local visible, peak 68° S, 6 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 06:03 local visible, peak 20° NNE, 5 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 21:43 local not visible, peak 63° SSE, 6 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 23:20 local not visible, peak 24° SSW, 5 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 01:11 local not visible, peak 23° SE, 5 min
What plane is flying over me?
This page uses the centre of Waltham. 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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