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Getting location…
Aircraft map loading…
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Getting location…
Aircraft map loading…
Updates the current location to the centre of the map.
Noise key
Close/loud
Audible
Quiet/high
Missing height
Aircraft key
Jet / airliner
Light
Helicopter
Unknown
Aircraft map will appear after location and data load.
Next noisy aircraft
Likely audible in
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Audible sensitivity
Adjusts how easily jet aircraft are marked as distant/audible. It does not change close/loud, light aircraft, or helicopter ranges.
100%
Less sensitive
Normal
More sensitive
Next quiet period
Quiet period starts in
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3 min
Looking for a quiet gap.
Upcoming aircraft
No data yet.
Nearby aviation sources
Airport context will appear after location and data load.
Location
Trying to set a starting location. You can refine it with search, GPS, or manual latitude/longitude.
Search uses OpenStreetMap/Nominatim and then fills latitude/longitude below.
GPS needs HTTPS on most phones. You can also search for a place or enter lat/lon manually.
Noise settings
Distance boundaries
Orange is close/loud. Green is distant/audible.
Jet close/loud
Jet audible
Light aircraft
Helicopter
Use the sliders to adjust the distance rings.
Advanced settings
Defaults: 60nm scan, jet 3nm close / 6nm audible, light 3nm, heli 3nm, height 27500ft.
Privacy status
This notice explains how this aircraft-noise tool uses location, browser storage and aircraft data. It is a layered summary for this page.
What location is used for
- Your latitude/longitude is used to request aircraft near your chosen position.
- Your location is sent to this website's API while the page updates.
- The aircraft data provider may receive the requested map area so it can return nearby aircraft.
- Location search sends the typed search term to OpenStreetMap/Nominatim so it can return matching places.
- On first visit, this website may request a rough IP-based location from a geolocation service so the map has a useful starting point. This rough location is saved only in your browser settings, not as GPS server data.
- Your location is not used for advertising or analytics.
Stored on this device
- Your chosen location.
- Noise settings, global sensitivity and distance boundaries.
- Map zoom/position and collapsed panel state.
- A browser ID may be stored so settings remain consistent on this device.
Stored on the server
- Aircraft route, metadata, airport context and photo cache.
- Temporary API/cache data needed to return nearby aircraft and aircraft details.
Not saved on the server
- Your GPS latitude/longitude.
- Your exact current location.
- Advertising, analytics or marketing tracking data.
Cookies and browser storage
- This tool uses browser storage so the aircraft map, saved location and settings work properly.
- No analytics cookies, advertising cookies, tracking pixels or marketing cookies are used by this tool.
External services
- Live aircraft data comes from the selected ADS-B data provider.
- Aircraft photos may be looked up from aircraft photo/metadata sources.
- Nearby airport and runway context may be looked up from cached OurAirports public-domain data.
- OpenStreetMap/OpenLayers map tiles are loaded to display the map.
Nerd panel
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