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Overflight report · Illinois
What's flying over Chicago right now?
Position data from (14:29 UTC, 15 November 2026)
The lowest is AAL613 at 476 ft, 13 miles north-northwest of Chicago. The highest is SWA4864 at 37,001 ft. From the middle of town, look south and about 22° up for the one highest in the sky.
Daylight now: bright satellites show from dusk.
Satellites you can see
- SL-3 R/B · in 9 hrises SSE · peaks 20° · 7 min
- THOR AGENA D R/B · in 9 hrises ESE · peaks 24° · 8 min
- ISS · in 9 hrises W · peaks 42° · 6 min
- ATLAS CENTAUR 2 · in 10 hrises SW · peaks 15° · 5 min
The next naked-eye passes of the space stations and the brightest satellites, in the next 24 hours.
Nearest first
- ENY3656 Envoy Air ENE · 5° up 4,524 ft 9.0 mi
- SKW6215 SkyWest Airlines WNW · 7° up 7,224 ft 11 mi
- KAL037 Korean Air NE · 4° up 4,377 ft 11 mi
- ENY3590 Envoy Air NNW · on the horizon 1,375 ft 11 mi
- EDV4712 Endeavor Air SSE · on the horizon 2,051 ft 12 mi
- AAL613 American Airlines NNW · on the horizon 476 ft 13 mi
- SKW4983 SkyWest Airlines NNE · 2° up 2,526 ft 13 mi
- SWA4864 Southwest Airlines S · 22° up 37,001 ft 17 mi
- GJS4194 Aircraft NE · 4° up 7,024 ft 18 mi
- DAL1810 Delta Air Lines NNE · on the horizon 3,550 ft 19 mi
- SKW5432 SkyWest Airlines NNW · 4° up 6,549 ft 19 mi
- SWA2223 Southwest Airlines SE · on the horizon 3,524 ft 19 mi
- SWA4169 Southwest Airlines SE · on the horizon 3,524 ft 24 mi
- ENY3496 Envoy Air ENE · 3° up 6,526 ft 25 mi
- RPA4780 Republic Airways NNE · 6° up 13,950 ft 26 mi
- ENY4129 Envoy Air WSW · 4° up 10,551 ft 27 mi
- EDV4925 Endeavor Air NE · on the horizon 4,524 ft 31 mi
- KFS88 Aircraft SE · on the horizon 4,449 ft 32 mi
- ENY3437 Envoy Air ENE · 5° up 17,749 ft 34 mi
- RPA4483 Republic Airways ENE · 6° up 20,276 ft 36 mi
- RPA4608 Republic Airways WSW · 3° up 10,551 ft 37 mi
- SKW5963 SkyWest Airlines SSE · 5° up 17,175 ft 37 mi
- EDV5058 Endeavor Air NW · 10° up 33,999 ft 37 mi
Who's flying over Chicago
Counted from callsigns in the air right now. Routes are not in the live feed, so this is who, not where to.
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How to read this
Direction
The compass point is where to face from the middle of the place, and the degrees say how far to look up: 0° is the horizon, 90° is straight overhead.
Who counts
Aircraft whose transponders reach a volunteer receiver. Coverage is good over cities and thin in remote places. Military and government aircraft are listed when they broadcast; private aircraft whose owners opted out of public display (FAA LADD, PIA) are not.
What you can't see here
There is no schedule data, so there are no routes, gates or delays. Tap a row for that aircraft's live position, or open the map to follow it.
Live data can be late, incomplete or wrong. Not for navigation or safety decisions.
Satellite orbits: CelesTrak · Map and place names: Natural Earth (public domain) · Flight positions: ADSBHub and the receivers that share data with it. All data sources.