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Contrail QGIS 4 compatibility
QGIS 4 ready Active
Yes — Contrail supports QGIS 4 (declared max version 4.99.0).
Watch live aircraft traffic (ADS-B) on your map — stream planes in your map view or a drawn area.
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Contrail streams live ADS-B aircraft positions into QGIS and shows them moving on the map — track your current map view or draw an area to watch. Choose a data source: adsb.lol, adsb.fi, or the OpenSky Network — all free and keyless, no account required. Aircraft are coloured by category and rotated to their track, with callsign, country, altitude, speed and squawk; busy areas cluster into counted badges, a toggle shows only airborne aircraft, and emergency squawks (7500/7600/7700) are highlighted. Built on a provider abstraction so other ADS-B sources can be added. Data is live only — Contrail does not replay history. It is the sky-side companion to Wake, which does the same for live marine vessel traffic.
| Author | Peter Cotroneo |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 180 |
| Latest version | 0.1.1 |
| Last updated | 2026-09-22 (23 days ago) |
| Min QGIS | 3.28.0 |
| Max QGIS | 4.99.0 |
| QGIS 4 ready | Yes |
| Maintenance | Active |
| Category | Network & routing |
| Tags | adsb, aircraft, aviation, flight, air traffic, live, traffic, opensky, realtime, tracking |
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