About Flight Tracker
From ModrinthLive real-world aircraft tracking inside Minecraft
✈️ Minecraft Flight Tracker
A real-time aircraft tracking mod for Minecraft (Forge 1.20.1) powered by OpenSky Network.
⚠️ Beta Notice
This is a beta release! The mod is stable and functional, but some bugs and quirks may still appear:
- Plane headings may be slightly off during fast changes
- Multiplayer support is experimental (client-side info overlays may not show for all players)
- Aircraft occasionally jitter when position updates rapidly
- API rate limits from OpenSky may cause brief delays in auto-refresh
Please share your feedback, this will help share the final release!
📦 Features
- Live tracking of real-world aircraft
- Accurate heading, location, and altitude
- Color-coded altitude and direction arrows
- Works in singleplayer or multiplayer (experimental)
- Powered by OpenSky API (no account required)
🔧 Commands
/ft location <lat> <lon> <radius>– Set the reference point for tracking/ft fetchplanes– Fetch and render visible aircraft/ft toggle– Start/stop auto-tracking/ft erase– Remove all visible aircraft
🧭 Dependencies
- Minecraft Forge 1.20.1
- Java 17+
🛫 Data Source
Aircraft data provided by OpenSky Network.
📁 Installation
Drop the .jar file into your Minecraft mods/ folder and launch with Forge.
🌍 License
MIT License – see LICENSE.
🛠 Building from Source
./gradlew buildHighlights
From source dataGame versions
Built for Minecraft 1.20.1.
Loaders
Runs on Forge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Flight Tracker on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Forge
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 0.1.0 (beta), released 2025-07-31
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Forge | 1.20.1 | 1.20.1 |
From 1 recorded build of Flight Tracker.
Run Flight Tracker on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogVehicles & ships
Cars, boats, aircraft, ships and other things to drive or fly.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Flight Tracker as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- Forge
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.20.1
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-03Open ↗
- ✓Authorminecraftvote77, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree












