TailSpotter: Plane Spotting

Dima Vinogradov

About this app

TailSpotter is the plane spotting app for aviation fans. Photograph aircraft, see live flights overhead, look up any plane by its tail number, and compete to become the top spotter at your favorite airports.

Whether you're an avgeek at the airport fence, an aviation photographer, a pilot or just curious about the plane flying over your house, TailSpotter turns every sighting into a spot you can log, share and collect.

SPOT AND SHARE PLANES
• Snap aircraft with your camera or import photos from your library
• Add several photos or a short video to each spot
• Tag the location and nearest airport
• Share your best plane photos with a community of spotters

LIVE FLIGHTS NEARBY
• See live air traffic around you or around any airport you pick
• Follow an aircraft's track on the map
• Go from a plane overhead to logging it in a couple of taps

AIRCRAFT LOOKUP BY TAIL NUMBER
• Search any registration (tail number or N-number) to see the aircraft type, manufacturer, model and airline
• Browse every spot of that aircraft from the community
• Be the first to spot a registration and earn a Discovery badge

CHALLENGES AND LEADERBOARDS
• Earn XP for every spot, like and comment
• Level up and unlock achievement badges for aircraft types, airports and more
• Win weekly Airport Dominance titles for the airports you spot most
• Climb the leaderboards

A SOCIAL FEED FOR AVGEEKS
• Follow spotters, airports and aircraft you care about
• Like and comment on other spotters' finds
• Build your spotter profile and logbook of every plane you've seen

From airliners and widebodies to business jets, general aviation and warbirds, every aircraft counts.

Built by a pilot for the aviation community. No ads inside the app, and we never sell your data.

What’s new

• Pick your home airport when you sign up, so the Friday Flyby can tell you what's due there each weekend
• "Set your home airport" in the Friday Flyby now opens the airport picker
• Fixes and improvements