ADS-B 3D - Unified Viewer

Version 2.0.0

Created by hook-365

Real-time and historical 3D visualization of ADS-B aircraft data. View live aircraft, replay historical tracks, and explore flight patterns in an immersive 3D environment with accurate airport and runway overlays.

Live Mode

• Real-time 3D aircraft visualization
• Altitude-based color gradient (red→orange→green→magenta)
• Flight path trails with recent history (1-30 min)
• Advanced aircraft type filtering
• Interactive aircraft selection & follow mode
• Live statistics dashboard

Historical Mode

• Time travel: replay historical flight data
• Quick presets: 1, 4, 8, 12, 24 hours or custom range
• Post-load filters: aircraft type, altitude, track length, speed
• MLAT altitude smoothing (fixes zero-altitude glitches)
• Optimized rendering (instanced endpoints)
• Same altitude colors as live mode

Common Features

• Airport & runway overlays (2000+ airports)
• Keyboard shortcuts (R, T, L, A, H)
• Distance rings & home location marker
• Smooth mode switching with fade transitions
• Responsive design (desktop & mobile)

Data Sources

Live ADS-B Data:
Any tar1090-compatible ADS-B receiver (Ultrafeeder, readsb, dump1090, etc.)

Historical Data:
Custom Track API with TimescaleDB

Aircraft Type Database:
tar1090-db (Mictronics) - Comprehensive aircraft type identification

Airport & Runway Data:
OurAirports - Open data for 2000+ airports and runways worldwide

Flight Information:
pyflightdata - Flight route and airline information

Aircraft Photos:
Planespotters.net - Aviation photography community

Map Tiles:
CartoDB Dark Matter - Dark-themed basemap by CARTO

3D Graphics:
• Three.js - WebGL 3D rendering library

Note: Ground plane uses flat 2D map tiles - no 3D elevation data.