AI WEATHER AND AIS vessel and ADS-B aircraft traffic around your wind farm
Crew transfer vessels, service operation vessels, the helicopter on its way in, the Coast Guard, search and rescue and military aircraft — live, over your wind farm's own turbine layout, from the most premium AIS source available and an unfiltered aircraft feed.
The field, not the ocean
General ship trackers show every vessel on the ocean. The traffic view starts from the wind farm: the turbines and substations, the vessels and aircraft around them, and filters for vessels, helicopters, military and Coast Guard traffic, ports and airports.
Routes, arrival times and approach alarms
Plan a transit between turbines or between sites, see the arrival time at each waypoint, and set an alarm for a vessel approaching a position. Search any vessel or aircraft by name.
Traffic with the weather
Stack the traffic with the lightning map or the storm radar, so the vessel, the weather window it is using and the storm it may meet are on the same screen.
Coverage, stated plainly
Positions come from AIS and ADS-B receivers. Class A AIS reports every few seconds under way, Class B less often, and shore-based reception fades far offshore; helicopters flying low near the turbines can drop out of ADS-B coverage — a gap in coverage is not the same thing as an empty sea.
Questions
Which aircraft are shown?
Every aircraft the ADS-B network receives: helicopters, airliners and business aircraft, and, because the feed is unfiltered, the military, government, Coast Guard and search and rescue aircraft that filtered trackers leave off.
Which vessels are shown?
Every vessel transmitting AIS within range of the receivers: crew transfer and service operation vessels, supply and survey vessels, the Coast Guard and passing traffic, with filters to show only what you need.
Why does a helicopter sometimes disappear near the turbines?
ADS-B is line of sight. Flying low far offshore, a helicopter can be below the coverage of the nearest receivers until it climbs again.
Can I search for a vessel?
Yes, by name, among the live contacts in view.
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See the traffic on your own wind farm.
Tell us your sites and vessels and we will show you the console on your own wind farm.