What plane is flying over my house? Tinfoil Pigeons is a live radar scope: enter your postcode and see the flights overhead right now, then tap one to find out what it is.
Hi Product Hunt. I built this because every flight tracker is a Google map, and I wanted the romance of a real radar, the sweep, the phosphor glow, the blips fading between passes. Type your postcode and you are the dot in the middle. Tap anything overhead to find out what it is.
It is a non commercial side project built on Astro and Cloudflare, with positions from the community ADS-B network. Would love your feedback, and your weirdest local sighting.
The postcode-first approach is what makes this click. Instead of opening a full flight tracker, you get a simple answer to what’s above you right now, which feels much more casual and fun.
@chris_ward9 Excellent work on this. Every time I spotted a plane flying above, I would always say to myself - "Wish I could know what flight that is." I can do that now.
So ive opened it in the background, will it ping me or send me a notification when a plane travels above me? BTW nice one.
Sending this to my friend who always wanted to be a pilot and nerds over this. Thanks for building!
The retro radar aesthetic is a perfect fit for this. Way more fun than a boring list of flights.
Love this. As a pilot, history buff, and aviation geek, I totally nerd out on this kind of stuff. Very cool UX.
About Tinfoil Pigeons on Product Hunt
“See the aircraft flying over you on a retro radar scope”
Tinfoil Pigeons launched on Product Hunt on June 15th, 2026 and earned 98 upvotes and 12 comments, placing #12 on the daily leaderboard. What plane is flying over my house? Tinfoil Pigeons is a live radar scope: enter your postcode and see the flights overhead right now, then tap one to find out what it is.
Tinfoil Pigeons was featured in Travel (42.3k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 11.5k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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Tinfoil Pigeons was hunted by Chris Ward. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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