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Point your phone at the sky and see which aircraft are up there: callsign, type, route, altitude and distance, pinned to the plane itself.

Allow camera, motion and location when asked.
Hold the phone upright and sweep it slowly in a figure-eight once to settle the compass.
If a label sits beside its plane instead of on it, tap Calibrate, tap the label, then tap the real plane.

Live data: community ADS-B feeds (adsb.lol, airplanes.live, adsb.fi). Routes and aircraft details: adsbdb.com. Demo traffic is simulated around you, or around Auckland if location is off. On a laptop, drag to look around.

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Range 40 km

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Camera field of view: 66° Across the long side of the camera picture. If planes drift apart as they move from the centre to the edge of the screen, adjust this.

Compass correction

0.0° heading · 0.0° tilt

Your position If your GPS is rough, long-press your exact spot on the map and choose "Set my position here". Catching pauses while you do.

Magnetic declination (° east) Leave blank for the automatic estimate. Flight data source Camera view Detailed gives full labels to rare planes and the one in the ring, short labels to other catchable planes, and just a tick to planes too far away to see. Show mini radar (tap it to enlarge) Show OpenStreetMap in the radar Difficulty All levels need a precise location (±50 m), so you have to be outside. Parked or taxiing aircraft score half and must be within 3 km with the transponder on; on Hard and Extreme a recognition model has to spot an aeroplane in the picture. Testing: skip the sighting check (catches score 0) Show sighting-check readings in the ring Aircraft colour on the map Flight path on the map Fading tails start from when the app first sees each plane. Tail length Show horizon line and compass tape

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