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Radar, aircraft, Meshtastic, satellites and space weather over the Canaries.

Map: satellite, radar, calima, aircraft

Switch layers with the buttons. Slider: last 2 hours, every 10 minutes. Clouds: Meteosat MTG (EUMETSAT), infrared at night. Dust from the satellite: pink or magenta. Rain: RainViewer. Calima: CAMS model. Aircraft: ADS-B. Meshtastic: meshmap.net. Calima in the next 3 days, peak: 40 µg/m³, no calima.

36 µg/m³40 µg/m³33 µg/m³TVF45DA B738 40000 ft4952a2 A339 41000 ftTFL6HT B38M 36000 ftNOZ1758 B38M 23275 ftTUI7YH B38M 27675 ftEXS44KD B738 36000 ftTAM8070 B77W 36000 ftRSC23FE AT76 8000 ftCNA11 P208 2700 ftEWG8NX A321 35025 ftVLG8VY A320 ground ftRSC123 AT76 2650 ftTVF21YB B738 10675 ftCFG5AL A21N 33000 ftVLG5CN A320 18000 ftTAM8084 B77W 34000 ftRYR76MR B38M 37000 ftRYR27XQ A320 31000 ftJEI161 LJ55 29450 ftVLG30YY A320 18925 ft7777XCAN TWR ground ftIBE0126 A359 40000 ftEWG3HM A321 2225 ftCNA10 PIVI 200 ftNSZ6HE B38M 925 ftRYR722C B38M 4125 ftEWG9548 A321 13325 ftEWG4GX A320 6600 ftCFG9EX A321 19725 ftTUI6BL B38M 35000 ftEZY65DY A20N 36975 ftVLG5KK A320 19375 ftRAM1423 27800 ftVKG218 A321 31000 ftNAY2YA AT76 7975 ftCAT711 B738 37000 ftRYR6KP B38M 21725 ftRYR15YV B738 29950 ftMBU3WL A20N 37000 ftVLG82RA A21N 31050 ftNAY90HD AT76 10125 ftAZU8751 35000 ftAZOR46 C295 5650 ftIBE0170 A359 40000 ftRYR85UZ A320 31800 ftCNF806 AT75 4100 ftRYR63RW B38M 7750 ftRYR26FU B38M 3025 ftRYR7RY B38M 500 ftRYR196P B738 ground ftRYR4RV B738 250 ftTVF62UC A20N 38000 ftTVF63NB B738 38000 ftIBB8WQ E295 6275 ftTRA6J A21N 10600 ftEZS58FN A20N 29300 ftCATMIRA 8250 ftEZY18UQ A20N 9050 ftEJU58WP A21N 12375 ftANE2553 AT76 18975 ftAEA9161 B38M 38000 ftSWT180 B738 35000 ftLanzarote MQTT CDC0 FPR 🇮🇨🗼Lanzarote Landing Zone 1 🗼 La TiñosaLanzarote 2 🗼
25-50 µg/m³50-100 light calima100-200 calima200+ strong

Timelapse: El Médano

The last 24 hours in under a minute: sky and mountains over El Médano, one frame about every 30 s. Frames showing people are left out.

1330 frames10.11.2026, 02:41-14:09

Aircraft now (ADS-B)

62 aircraft in range. Data from our SDR panel (adsb.lol, ODbL licence), refreshed every 20 s. Squawks 7500, 7600, 7700 are shown in red.

FlightTypeAltitudeSpeedTFS
TVF21YBB73810675 ft316.1 kt18 NM
RSC23FEAT768000 ft265.5 kt26 NM
CNA11P2082700 ft85.4 kt27 NM
VLG8VYA320ground ft23.5 kt29 NM
RSC123AT762650 ft176.6 kt29 NM
TAM8070B77W36000 ft515.0 kt41 NM
VLG5CNA32018000 ft391.6 kt46 NM
VLG30YYA32018925 ft396.6 kt50 NM
7777XCANTWRground ft152.5 kt53 NM
IBE0126A35940000 ft539.5 kt55 NM
NOZ1758B38M23275 ft415.3 kt58 NM
TUI7YHB38M27675 ft392.5 kt59 NM

Meshtastic network

5 nodes around the Canaries that publish their position via MQTT. Data: meshmap.net, refreshed every 30 min. Bright dot: node seen within 24 h.

NodeHardwareRoleSeen
Lanzarote MQTT 🏠 LZMQSEEED_XIAO_S3client_base44 min ago
CDC0 FPR 🇮🇨🗼 CDC0RAK4631client_base2 h ago
Lanzarote Landing Zone 1 LZ1RAK4631router2 h ago
🗼 La Tiñosa IslaHELTEC_V4client3 h ago
Lanzarote 2 🗼 LZ2RAK4631router5 h ago

Satellite passes over Tenerife

Next 36 hours, only passes higher than 20° above the horizon. The ISS transmits APRS on 145.825 MHz; the Meteor-M2 satellites send LRPT images in the 137 MHz band. Orbits: CelesTrak, calculations: PyEphem.

SatelliteStartMaxDirectionDuration
Meteor-M2 4Sat 14.11 15:2787°SSE → NNW16 min
ISSSat 14.11 18:1223°WSW → NNE11 min
Meteor-M2 3Sat 14.11 21:0936°SE → N15 min
ISSSun 15.11 02:2340°NW → SSE11 min
Meteor-M2 4Sun 15.11 03:5163°NNE → S16 min
Meteor-M2 3Sun 15.11 09:3226°NNE → SSE14 min
Meteor-M2 3Sun 15.11 11:1228°N → SW14 min
Meteor-M2 4Sun 15.11 15:0651°SSE → N15 min
ISSSun 15.11 17:2443°SW → NE11 min
Meteor-M2 3Sun 15.11 20:4621°SE → N14 min
Meteor-M2 3Sun 15.11 22:2634°S → NNW15 min

Space weather

Kp index now
Kp 1.0
24 h max: 1.0, quiet: good HF conditions

Data: NOAA SWPC. Kp 5 or more is a geomagnetic storm (G scale).

TFS airband watch (SDR)

Our SDR receiver on Tenerife listens to the 118-137 MHz airband and ADS-B transponders. It looks for unusual situations (mayday, pan-pan, emergency squawks). We do not publish the audio itself.

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