Cam 01 · cruise · FL370 · VT-RHN
LIVE · ADS-B--:--
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acquiring traffic
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Live flight intelligence · Indian airspace

400 aircraftabove india. now.

BlackRhino is a radar for the whole subcontinent. Every airliner, freighter and business jet, tracked live, on a map, in 3D, and on your phone at 35,000 ft.

Open the radar Fly 3D India
↓ Scroll
20.59°N 78.96°E

rhinos don't fly. ours does, over every runway, every city and every cloud in india. quietly. constantly. live.

BRH · MANIFESTO
REV 01 · 2026
03 · Primary radar

the scope is live.
so is everything on it.

Each blip is a real aircraft from community ADS-B receivers, painted as the sweep passes and moved in between fixes. Hover to identify. Click to follow it on the radar.

RNG 1800 KM · SWEEP 6 S
Airborne
over indian airspace
Highest
 
Fastest
 
Busiest
 
04 · The livery

black for the rhino.
sky for everything else.

BLACKRHINO · DATA PLATE

CALLSIGN
RHINO
REG
VT-RHN
TYPE
BR-1 · live radar, all airframes
RANGE
66°E–98°E · 6°N–36°N
SENSORS
adsb.fi · adsb.lol · OpenSky · Meteosat
BASE
blackrhino.in
Cam 02 · tail · VT-RHN
05 · Instruments

two displays.
one sky.

A fast, quiet 2D radar for following traffic, and a 3D India with real terrain, a real sun and tonight's satellite clouds. Same live data, both screens.

TRKALTFIRWXAPT
+−◎
⌖★⎚
BlackRhino 2D live radar map of India, aircraft coloured by altitude
MFD 1NDPLAN

radar map

Altitude colours, trails, flight search, FIR boundaries, airport boards.

/map ↗
CHASECOCKPITORBITDAY
▲▼◎
☁☀⎚
BlackRhino 3D India with terrain, live clouds and aircraft
MFD 23DSVS

3d india

Terrain, sun and Meteosat clouds. Ride along in chase, cockpit or orbit.

/3d ↗
06 · Strip bay

everything else,
on strips.

Controllers keep every flight on a paper strip. We kept the idea for the features.

BRD01
feature
airport boards
route
150+ APTS · ARR/DEP
ALL
Tap any airport for what's inbound, what just left and what's on the stand, built from live positions, not a stale timetable.
WX02
feature
live clouds
source
METEOSAT IR · 15 MIN
IR
Tonight's real satellite weather, draped over the radar map and the 3D sky.
ILS03
feature
landing estimates
method
3° GLIDE · METAR WIND
3°
Low over an airport, receivers go quiet. We pick the runway from live wind and fly the aircraft down the glide path.
SHR04
feature
share my flight
mode
OFFLINE · AIRPLANE MODE
GPS
Your phone logs GPS in the air and uploads on landing. Family follow one link.
APP05
feature
install it
store
NONE NEEDED · PWA
0 MB
Add to home screen. Opens instantly and caches maps for patchy networks.
NEW06
feature
near me
where
ON YOUR DEVICE ONLY
GPS
Allow location and see which aircraft is above you right now: where to look, how high, and when the next one passes. Your position stays in your browser. On a phone the view turns with the compass, like a maps app.
NEW07
feature
sky view
view
FIRST PERSON · 3D
3D
Stand where you are and look up: aircraft drawn where they really are in the sky, with a callsign. Switch to the 2D map or a chase view of the same flight in one tap.
NEW08
feature
ask in words
runs
IN YOUR BROWSER
ASK
Type "hyd to blr" or "indigo above 30k ft", even with a spelling slip. A small language model, trained from scratch for this and running on your device, turns it into a filter. The map then frames the matching flights.
NEW09
feature
tilted 3d map
layer
TERRAIN · BUILDINGS
TLT
Tilt the radar map to see terrain, buildings and aircraft at their altitude. Smoother landing and taxi animations, and a steadier connection when the network is weak.
blackrhinoBOARDING PASS
GNDthe ground
SKYevery flight over india
PASSENGERYOU
FLIGHTBRH 001
GATE/MAP
SEATWINDOW
BOARDINGNOW
FARE
₹0
no sign-up · no app store
Board now
Cam 04 · climb · runway heading
07 · Questions

flight radar,
answered.

The short answers about the live flight radar for India. More on the airport pages, the radar map and the 3D map.

Is BlackRhino a free live flight radar for India?

Yes. It is a free educational project: no sign-up, no ads, no subscription. You can watch every aircraft over India on a 2D radar map or a 3D map.

Where does the flight data come from?

From community ADS-B receiver networks (adsb.fi, adsb.lol and OpenSky) plus public aircraft and route databases. See the credits page for the full list.

How live is it?

Positions refresh about every 15 seconds. Between updates the position is estimated from the aircraft's speed and heading, and near airports where receivers go quiet, landing positions are modelled.

Can I see which plane is flying above me?

Yes. Near me uses your device's location, only inside your browser, to show which aircraft is overhead, where to look, and when the next one passes. On a phone the view turns with the compass.

Can I search in plain words?

Yes. Type something like "hyd to blr" or "indigo above 30k ft", even with a spelling slip. A small language model running in your browser turns it into a filter and the map frames the matching flights.

Can I use it for navigation or commercially?

No. Positions can be late or wrong, so never use them for flying or safety decisions. BlackRhino is for learning and curiosity, and commercial use of the site or its data is not permitted.

Does it show military flights?

No. Military-flagged and blocked aircraft are not shown.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. Open blackrhino.in on any phone, or add it to your home screen to use it like an app.

08 · About this project

made to learn,
not to sell.

BlackRhino is a free educational project: a place to explore aviation data, maps and small machine-learning models. It is not a business and has no commercial purpose.

Educational

Built for learning and curiosity. It shows what open ADS-B data, open maps and a small model trained from scratch can do together.

Non-commercial

No ads, no subscriptions, no sale of data, no accounts. Using the site or its data for commercial purposes is not permitted, and this project does not do so either.

Private by design

Near me and the ask-in-words search run inside your browser. Your location is never sent to us. See the privacy page.

Not for navigation

Positions come from community receivers and can be late or wrong. Never use them for flying, operations or safety decisions. Not affiliated with any airline, airport or data provider.