Traffic Inbound

Traffic Inbound lets you see and hear, in your own real sky, the aircraft that a friend flies in a flight simulator. A friend flies in X-Plane 12 on a Mac. You open Traffic Inbound on your iPhone or iPad, and the aircraft appears on a radar and in augmented reality, exactly where it is relative to you, with the sound of its engines coming from its direction. SEE IT • Radar around you, heading up or north up, with the aircraft's altitude, speed and trail • AR camera: the aircraft is drawn in the real sky where it really is, turned like the real one, with an arrow that guides you to it • Six kinds of aircraft, each with its own silhouette and colour: fighter, airliner, light aircraft, twin-engine propeller, helicopter and glider HEAR IT • The engine of the aircraft, placed in 3D, best with headphones • The sound arrives with the delay it really needs (distance divided by the speed of sound) • Doppler shift as the aircraft approaches and leaves, and distant aircraft lose their high frequencies, as in the open air • For a supersonic aircraft: silence while it comes toward you, then the sonic boom when its shock wave reaches you TRY IT FREE No pilot at hand? Tap "Try the demo": a simulated aircraft flies around you, with your real position and compass, so in AR it is really in your sky. Choose the kind of aircraft; the fighter alternates a low pass with the afterburner and a supersonic pass with the boom. The demo is always free, with no limits. REAL FLIGHTS Connecting to a pilot is free for one session, so you can see how it feels with a friend who really flies. After that, Traffic Inbound Pro, a one-time purchase with no subscription, unlocks real flights without limits. HOW IT WORKS The pilot runs X-Plane 12 together with the free Traffic Inbound Gateway app on a Mac. The flight reaches your device through Apple's Game Center, wherever you are: no router setup, no extra account. You need a Game Center account. The Gateway only listens to the simulator and never changes anything in it. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account of ours, no server, no analytics, no ads. Your location stays on your device and is used only to draw the radar and the AR view. Best with headphones and a clear view of the sky. Turn off any VPN while connecting. Traffic Inbound is an independent, unofficial app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Laminar Research (the makers of X-Plane) or by the authors of any aircraft. X-Plane is a trademark of Laminar Research. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.