MODE 1090: Plane Spotting

About this app

What's flying over you right now? MODE 1090 turns the sky above you into a live radar and into a collection you build one real sighting at a time. WATCH YOUR SKY LIVE • A calm, ATC-style radar centered on your location • Live positions with altitude, speed, heading, vertical rate and photos of the real aircraft • Three radar views: aircraft silhouettes, ATC data blocks or minimal dots • Airspaces, runways, wind and the likely operating direction at nearby airports • Choose your traffic: airliners, business jets, light aircraft, gliders, helicopters POINT AT THE SKY, GET THE ANSWER See a plane and want to know what it is? Point your iPhone at it. MODE 1090 combines compass, motion sensors and live positions to identify the aircraft you're looking at. No photo is taken, nothing is uploaded. COLLECT WHAT YOU'VE REALLY SEEN Every confirmed sighting goes into your collection: manufacturers, families, variants, airlines, registrations and special encounters, from long-haul heavies to rare classics. • Scan history with first sightings and encounter counters • Aircraft photos unlock with your first real sighting • Free sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac (optional account) • Your data stays yours: export everything as JSON MONITOR MODE Turn any iPhone or iPad into an ambient sky monitor: full-screen radar, pure black for OLED, no clutter. ONE APP, YOUR WHOLE SKY • iPhone & iPad: radar, sky scanner and collection • Apple Watch: an independent radar on your wrist, turn the Digital Crown to change the range, glance at what's approaching, hand off to your iPhone • Apple TV: a native ATC-style radar for the living room • Mac: your sky and your collection on the desk MODE 1090 PREMIUM Optional extras for enthusiasts: routes on every flight, spoken traffic callouts (generated entirely on your device, in your language), an always-on monitor, radar colors and alternate app icons. Premium keeps MODE 1090 independent and ad-free. HONEST BY DESIGN • Powered by community ADS-B networks: thousands of volunteer-run receivers around the world • Not every aircraft transmits ADS-B, and coverage varies, especially close to the ground • For observation and spotting: not for navigation or flight operations • No ads, no tracking. Location, camera and motion data never leave your device. Data sources: open ADS-B receiver network and are supplemented by commercial data providers to improve coverage and completeness · routes via adsbdb & hexdb.io · photos via Planespotters.net, Airport-Data.com & Wikimedia Commons · airports & runways via OurAirports · weather via NOAA & DWD · airspaces © openAIP Questions or ideas? support@mode1090.com or vote on the public roadmap: mode1090.com/roadmap ***MODE 1090 Pro*** A subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period via your iTunes account. For more details, please refer to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. • Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://mode1090.com/privacy/ • Website: https://mode1090.com

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1. First observed Aug 19, 2026 · 7:28 AM Free