OpenADSB1.6.14 - App Store

If you enjoy tracking aircraft using dump1090, tar1090 or Virtual Radar Server, then you'll enjoy OpenADSB. OpenADSB is a full featured high performance flight tracker display app that connects to a variety of backend air traffic sources. Enjoy OpenADSB's smooth native iOS experience instead of using the web interface.

PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING:
You purchasing a general purpose air traffic display app that connects to a variety of servers types. New traffic sources can be added under Settings (gear button) - Track Source. As a convenience, OpenADSB comes preconfigured to use ADS-B Exchange. Air traffic from ADS-B Exchange is the sole responsibility of ADSBexchange.com, LLC. Frequent users are encouraged to support ADS-B Exchange through donations (adsbexchange.com/donate).

Features:
. Connects to dump1090, tar1090 and Virtual Radar Server.
. Comes preconfigured using ADS-B Exchange (adsbexchange.com). Note that OpenADSB is not affiliated with ADSBexchange.com, LLC
. Smoothly displays thousands of aircraft
. Shows aircraft history trails
. Various aircraft and history trail color schemes and optional legend
. Fully configurable filtering, display only the aircrafts you want to see
. Configurable military, VFR and emergency highlights
. Long-press on an aircraft to perform a browser search engine search of its callsign and registration
. Tap on an aircraft to show more details
. Details are fully configurable and includes callsign, registration, ICAO hex code, altitude, speed, vertical speed, heading, aircraft type, squawk code, MLAT, latitude/longitude and more
. Display values in imperial or metric units
. Bookmark up to 5 favorite locations
. Mail track details feature, send an email containing an aircraft's details along with a map snapshot, fully configurable
. Optimized data fetching logic minimizes network, battery usage and server load
. Highly configurable
. Supports Dark Mode
. Supports Split View, Slide Over and multitasking on iPad
. Keyboard shortcuts for external keyboards

Limitations and Disclaimer
OpenADSB is a general air traffic visualizer for dump1090, tar1090 and Virtual Radar Server data sources. OpenADSB is not affiliated with ADSBexchange.com, LLC. As a convenience, OpenADSB comes preconfigured using ADSBexchange.com as the default data source. Air traffic data, its accuracy, and its validity, is the sole responsibility of the data provider. OpenADSB is for entertainment use only, and not for operational, flight, navigation, traffic avoidance or any mission critical use.

Version History • Bug fixes. 1.6.14 03/03/2025 • Bug fixes. 1.6.13 02/23/2025 • Bug fixes. 1.6.12 09/02/2024 • Bug fixes. 1.6.11 10/17/2023 • Bug fixes. 1.6.10 05/10/2021 • Bug fixes. 1.6.9 03/29/2021 • Bug fixes. 1.6.8 12/20/2020 • Bug fixes. 1.6.7 12/07/2020 • Minor bug fixes. 1.6.6 08/17/2020 • Bug fixes.

Note: ADS-B Exchange is phasing out its Virtual Radar Server support which is being replaced by tar1090. The new tar1090 ADS-B Exchange track source is currently available and can be selected by long-pressing the settings (gear) button. 1.6.5 07/16/2020 • Show country flags for dump1090.
• Add detailed aircraft type support for tar1090.
• Improved decoding of dump1090's transponder types (ADS-R and TIS-B).
• Allow settings button to be placed on the right. This is useful on iPad such that the settings menu doesn't cover up the selection dialog.
• Many other enhancements and bug fixes. 1.6.4 07/13/2020 • Add country property support for dump1090 and tar1090.
• Other enhancements and bug fixes.

Note: ADS-B Exchange is phasing out its Virtual Radar Server support which is being replaced by tar1090. The new tar1090 ADS-B Exchange track source is currently available and can be selected by long-pressing the settings (gear) button. 1.6.3 07/09/2020 • Put tar1090 ADS-B Exchange first in the list of data sources in preparation for phasing out ADS-B Exchange’s VRS interface.
• Add filter by dump1090 category. Allow dump1090 category in callouts.
• Other enhancements and bug fixes. 1.6.2 07/07/2020 • Add full history support for tar1090 ADS-B Exchange. Use the All/Recent History button to toggle between all or just recent history. The new tar1090 ADS-B Exchange track source can be selected by long-pressing the settings (gear) button.
• Other enhancements and bug fixes. 1.6.1 06/24/2020 • Initial ADS-B Exchange and general tar1090 support. Look for the new tar1090 ADS-B Exchange track source by long-pressing the settings (gear) button.
• New radio callsign property (based on the operator). New dump1090 category property (A2, A3, etc). Look for these in "Selection Properties" under Track Selection settings.
• On dump1090 infer the operator/airline based on the 3 letter prefix of the callsign.
• Improved and more performant history trails. The history trail is now colored by the aircraft’s altitude at its historical positions.
• Other enhancements and bug fixes. 1.6.0 06/15/2020 • Bug fixes. 1.5.3 06/04/2020 • Improved mouse and trackpad support.
• Other enhancements and bug fixes. 1.5.2 05/19/2020 • Allow the display appearance (Dark Mode) to be light, dark or use iOS' setting. Look for this in Settings (gear button) - Display Appearance. 1.5.1 03/25/2020 • iOS 13 support including Dark Mode.
• Redesigned toolbar buttons. Button text can be toggled off in Settings.
• Aircraft type works with tar1090.
• Other enhancements and bug fixes. 1.5.0 03/18/2020 • Use server side filtering when filtering for military or interesting tracks on VRS. This significantly reduces network traffic and server load. 1.4.20 01/16/2020 • New Mail Track Details feature. Send an email containing an aircraft's details along with a map snapshot. Long-press and select "Mail track details" to send. The detail properties (callsign, registration, altitude, speed, latitude/longitude, etc) and other options are fully configurable in "Send Mail" under Track Selection settings.
• New Virtual Radar Server properties - selected altitude and selected heading. Look for these in "Selection Properties" under Track Selection settings. 1.4.19 12/19/2019 • New dump1090 properties - selected altitude, selected heading, nav modes, and transponder version. Look for these new properties in "Selection Properties" under Track Selection settings.
• New dump1090 signal strength in callout properties. Useful to see all tracks' signal strength at a glance.
• Improved dump1090 network statistics (when enabled under Status Display). Shows response body size (compressed / uncompressed), compression method (gzip or br), and roundtrip time.
• Rename "heading" to "ground track".
• Other enhancements. 1.4.18 12/03/2019 • Infer missing heading feature. Tracks with a missing heading will have their heading computed from the current and last position and drawn accordingly. This is useful with dump1090 where the heading is sometimes missing.
• Bug fixes. 1.4.17 11/18/2019 • Long-press on the legend button (visible when the legend is hidden) to quickly change the coloring scheme.
• Other enhancements and bug fixes. 1.4.16 11/11/2019 • Improved error message when the server is down.
• Stability and other improvements. 1.4.15 11/04/2019