ADS-B Radar
macOS / Utilitaires
Turn your Mac into a live aircraft radar — right from your menu bar.
ADS-B Radar visualizer gives you instant, real-time tracking of aircraft within range of your own ADS-B receiver.
•Menu bar: See how many aircraft are in range instantly
•Dedicated Apple Maps interface: Smooth & Crisp graphics, Dark or Light Mode, all Map types supported
•Appearance Control: Set colours for aircraft, trails, ATC boxes, text and contrast/brightness control for the Map
•Detailed flight info: Callsign, altitude, speed, track, vertical rate, category, route, country of registration, and more
•Custom alerts: Get notified based on callsign, type, altitude, squawk, speed, or distance — with optional wildcard matching
•Share & Search: Instantly take a snapshot and share the radar view, or search by callsign, ICAO, registration, or type
•Map Record: Record all Map movements and share a time-lapse movie, compress hours to minutes
•Historic data: Log flights locally to your own SQLite database for analysis and interesting stats
•Custom overlays: Free Aeronautical charts from openAIP.net and weather maps from OpenWeatherMap
•Popular API support: adsbdb.com + airplanes.live for extended info & 250nm radar range
•Track Specific Aircraft: With airplanes.live highlight military, interesting or special aircraft
•Multi-station support: Expand your coverage by reading multiple ADS-B receivers
Why pilots & enthusiasts love ADS-B Radar:
•Plug & play setup
•Low CPU & energy usage
•Runs entirely private if preferred - no internet needed
•Use your data the way you want !
•Optional Radar Sweep Effect
•From macOS 12.4+, give an old Mac a second life as a radar station
•Super stable
Requirements: Your own ADS-B hardware receiver with JSON output, such as:
•Raspberry Pi + RTL-SDR running dump1090(fa)
•Jetvision Radarcape / Air!Squitter
•macOS + RTL-SDR running dump1090(fa)
Visit adsb-radar.com for setup guides, details and more screenshots.
Quoi de neuf dans la dernière version ?
- Demo Settings - Quick Setup
- Retro Radar Sweep option (under Map configuration)
- Bug fixes & Improvements