About this app

Do you have an Android device that you would like to put to use? You can now set up and run your own mobile ADS-B ground station that can be used anywhere and receive real-time data directly from airplanes on your Android device.

It receives ADS-B data directly from airplane transponders via a small antenna connected to your Android device. This app then makes the real-time data available to view on your Android's screen, or optionally to any user on your local network if they point their web browser to your Android device's IP address.

Your mobile ADS-B station can run this Android app to track flights within 50-300 miles (line of sight, range depending on antenna).


This app was formerly known as the FlightAware FlightFeeder for Android, however has been renamed to simply ADS-B Flight Scanner and released as Open Source. Additionally, the functionality to upload data to FlightAware servers has unfortunately had to be removed.


Do not download or rate this app unless you have the necessary receiver hardware, since this app has no functionality without the ability to capture data.

ADS-B Flight Scanner requires you to purchase an ADS-B (DVB-T) Receiver USB Dongle with Antenna, and a USB On-The-Go (OTG) cable compatible with your Android device.


List of supported USB RTL-SDR dongles:
Generic RTL2832U
Generic RTL2832U OEM
DigitalNow Quad DVB-T PCI-E card
Leadtek WinFast DTV Dongle mini D
Genius TVGo DVB-T03 USB dongle (Ver. B)
Terratec Cinergy T Stick Black (rev 1)
Terratec NOXON DAB/DAB+ USB dongle (rev 1)
Terratec Deutschlandradio DAB Stick
Terratec NOXON DAB Stick - Radio Energy
Terratec Media Broadcast DAB Stick
Terratec BR DAB Stick
Terratec WDR DAB Stick
Terratec MuellerVerlag DAB Stick
Terratec Fraunhofer DAB Stick
Terratec Cinergy T Stick RC (Rev.3)
Terratec T Stick PLUS
Terratec NOXON DAB/DAB+ USB dongle (rev 2)
PixelView PV-DT235U(RN)
Astrometa DVB-T/DVB-T2
Compro Videomate U620F
Compro Videomate U650F
Compro Videomate U680F
GIGABYTE GT-U7300
DIKOM USB-DVBT HD
Peak 102569AGPK
KWorld KW-UB450-T USB DVB-T Pico TV
Zaapa ZT-MINDVBZP
SVEON STV20 DVB-T USB & FM
Twintech UT-40
ASUS U3100MINI_PLUS_V2
SVEON STV27 DVB-T USB & FM
SVEON STV21 DVB-T USB & FM
Dexatek DK DVB-T Dongle (Logilink VG0002A)
Dexatek DK DVB-T Dongle (MSI DigiVox mini II V3.0)
Dexatek Technology Ltd. DK 5217 DVB-T Dongle
MSI DigiVox Micro HD
Sweex DVB-T USB
GTek T803
Lifeview LV5TDeluxe
MyGica TD312
PROlectrix DV107669



For full hardware requirements and installation instructions and the Open Source source code, please see https://github.com/flightaware/adsb-flight-scanner-android

New features

Thank you to all of our loyal Android FlightFeeder users since we started this app nearly 2 years ago!

Unfortunately, as announced on our forums, we have decided to discontinue development and stop accepting data from our FlightFeeder app. See https://discussions.flightaware.com/ads-b-flight-tracking-f21/flightfeeder-android-update-t37736.html

* Official release as Open Source on GitHub. https://github.com/flightaware/adsb-flight-scanner-android

* Disable feeding info to FlightAware

App Permissions

Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.