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🌐 adsb.lol ~ live aircraft over any point (keyless ADS-B)

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Community ADS-B network: GET /v2/lat/{lat}/lon/{lon}/dist/{nm} returns every aircraft near a point right now ~ callsign, registration, altitude, speed, heading. Keyless JSON. Global, works for MY.

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curl 'https://api.adsb.lol/v2/lat/3.139/lon/101.687/dist/25'

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API: adsb.lol ~ live aircraft over any point (keyless ADS-B)
Provider: adsb.lol (community)
Endpoint: GET https://api.adsb.lol/v2/lat/3.139/lon/101.687/dist/25
It returns JSON (live data).

Source: adsb.lol (community) (https://api.adsb.lol/docs)
Source type: Official public feed
Endpoint type: Direct public JSON endpoint
Integration difficulty: Copy-paste ready
Last checked: 2026-07-03
Production caveat: Still handle downtime, changing fields, empty responses, and rate limits before shipping user-facing alerts.

Help me fetch this and build a simple page that displays it nicely. Include basic production safeguards for errors, empty responses, schema changes, caching, and rate limits.

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