aviation and weather
Flight tracking, weather derived from aviation data, and flying through storms.
value Adventure›Fascinations
subject How we live together›Earth & what we build on it›Built world
created 2026/07/21 modified 2026/09/19
- Flying into the eye of Hurricane Melissa
- Building a weather model from airplane data broadcasts: ADS-B messages broadcast every plane's position, heading, and speed — comparing ground speed/track to air speed/heading lets you infer wind speed, and with enough planes you can model real wind conditions accurately
- FlightRadar24: live air traffic tracking — highways in the sky, from trans-Atlantic flights to the three lanes queuing to land at O'Hare
- SkyCards: app for tracking flights to all the airports
- Chill ATC: my app combining chill music with live air traffic control radio for a focus soundtrack — currently broken for other users, since Spotify's developer API no longer allowed adding other users
- Delving into "Aeroese," the international language of pilots and the skies — from the poetic "mountain waves" and "angels" to acronyms like ASDA and BOBCAT — Aeon
- A very cool wind/weather map, Ventusky