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Search finds aircraft that airplanes.live is tracking right now. Type into the search field and tap Search.

What you can search for

You type	It finds
`DLH400`	a callsign
`D-AIBL`	a registration
`3C6589`	a hex code (the aircraft’s ICAO 24-bit address)
`A320`	an aircraft type
`7700`	a squawk (transponder) code
`FR5769`	the aircraft flying a passenger flight number
`FR EIN FAO`	flights by airline, departure and arrival airport

Words narrow each other down: DLH A320 finds Lufthansa A320s. Separate alternatives with commas: 7500, 7600, 7700 finds all three squawk codes.

Many airlines broadcast a different code than the flight number on your ticket. If a flight number finds nothing, try the route from your boarding pass, like FR EIN FAO. Flight numbers and routes work as a term of their own; combine them with other words or Nearby and they won’t match.

Filters

Military: only military aircraft.
Privacy: only aircraft in the LADD and PIA privacy programs.
Nearby: aircraft around a place instead of a search term. It starts at My location. Tap Change to search near a place name like “Berlin, Germany”. Some devices can’t look up place names; then only My location works.

Military and Privacy narrow the search down. Nearby looks around a place.

Results

If you allow location access, results are sorted by their distance from you. Results marked Cached come from earlier searches and may be outdated. Tap a result to see its details. Long-press results to select several, then show them together on the map.

Limits

On the free tier, a search returns a capped number of results (“Showing X of Y matches”) and there is a daily search allowance (“X of Y searches left today”). Pro removes the cap and raises the allowance a lot. See Free and Pro.