Overflight
Overflight transforms your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV into a live radar scope that identifies every aircraft visible in your sky. By combining real-time ADS-B data with advanced visibility modeling, the app reveals complete flight details—airline, flight number, route, aircraft type, altitude, speed, and precise directional guidance—without requiring any account or subscription to get started.
Product Highlights
- Live ADS-B Radar: Polls real-time transponder signals from a worldwide volunteer receiver network to track aircraft positions as they happen.
- Intelligent Visibility Model: Calculates true slant range based on your elevation and terrain, showing only aircraft you can actually see rather than everything within a flat radius.
- Amber Alert System: Automatically detects interesting inbound traffic—military and unusual aircraft—pausing the carousel and counting down to overhead when something compelling approaches.
- Multi-Platform Experience: Native apps for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV with seamless cross-device functionality, including QR code pairing for precise positioning.
- Spoken Traffic Callouts: Optional ATC-style audio announcements and full VoiceOver support, making the sky accessible to visually impaired users.
- Zero-Friction Onboarding: No account creation, no login, no personal data collection—just download and point at the sky.
Use Cases
- Aviation Enthusiasts: Track specific aircraft types, monitor airline routes, and catch rare military traffic with automatic alerts for unusual inbound flights.
- Outdoor Observers: Hikers, photographers, and stargazers identify overhead planes during mountain excursions or coastal visits with elevation-aware visibility calculations.
- Home Ambient Display: Apple TV users transform their living room or FBO lounge into a continuous aviation monitor with automatic aircraft tracking and optional voice announcements.
- Accessibility Users: Visually impaired individuals explore nearby air traffic through detailed spoken callouts with precise directional, distance, and altitude information.
Target Audience
Overflight serves aviation hobbyists, plane spotters, outdoor adventurers, and accessibility-minded users who want instant, detailed aircraft identification without friction—whether casually curious about a passing jet or systematically tracking every movement in their visible sky.