Observed arrival · 2026-11-01

Akashlipi turns radio-heard aircraft into a sky log

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A Linux app that turns aircraft received by an RTL-SDR dongle into detailed flight logs, with routes, weather, operator information and decoded messages.

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For: Linux users monitoring aircraft with RTL-SDR
Worth noticing: Indian VT-registered aircraft are matched against offline DGCA registers refreshed every 30 days.

Field notes

The app combines aircraft broadcasts with local reference data: the page names tar1090-db for aircraft matching, OurAirports for route information and aviationweather.gov for METAR reports. Fuel and CO₂ are estimated locally using OpenAP from TU Delft. The setup guide covers installing a .deb, .rpm or AppImage, configuring the receiver and checking the installation.

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