Show HN: Planes.fyi – 3D aircraft and airport visualizations (planes.fyi)

8 points by ryry 6mo ago ↗ HN

Hey HN!

A long time ago I built a map of trains at trains.fyi, and then realized nobody had bought planes.fyi - so this is my new map project.

It's a bunch of things, but mostly, a 3D map of aircraft around given airports, as well as the weather, ATIS, and other data sources visualized in 3D and unique ways.

Like most of the stuff I build, it's got no real use, but I think it's neat. If you like planes, check out the CYYZ/KJFK map, weather, and runway tabs - I put the most work into that.

Also any feature requests, questions, comments, etc are always appreciated!

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wooben 6mo ago ↗

Very cool. I remember liking trains.fyi when it went around HN a while back, keep up the good work and thank you for sharing such cool projects!

My antiquated (2016 xeon quad-core) PC chugged for a while running this in Firefox (snap) on Ubuntu, and it eventually crashed while I was angling the map close to the ground. CPU cranked up to 80% on each core.

A few questions: - While angling around, it was easy to go under the map, could you set a boundary so the camera cannot go below the horizon? - Would you be able to add the ability to enter an address, so I can get a view that would be comparable to what I'd see if I stood in that same place outside? Maybe you could even add an AR element similar to the SkyMap app on Android.