Your Airspace.
Know What's
In It.
See nearby aircraft in real time with a simple ADS-B receiver and mobile app designed for drone pilots. LAANC, TFRs, weather radar and obstacles — all in one place.
Drone pilots' number one challenge is full awareness of approaching aircraft.
Drone Pilot ADS-B calls out the direction, distance, and altitude of approaching aircraft*.
Only traffic flying toward you or your flight area is announced. You hear the warnings that matter and none of the ones that don't.
Your controller's callouts come too late to act on.
You set the alert rules for the airspace you're actually standing in.
“Traffic, 3 o'clock, 2.9 miles, 600 feet.”
*An ADS-B receiver can only receive aircraft that are transmitting ADS-B. A very small percentage of aircraft do not output ADS-B data.
Watch a live callout as an aircraft approaches. Sound on.
Watch a storm cell tracked as it moves toward you. Sound on.
A storm builds behind you while your eyes are on the drone.
Drone Pilot ADS-B calls out the storm's distance, direction, and speed.
You hear how far out it is, which way it is tracking and how fast it is moving — early enough to decide, not late enough to scramble.
Radar overlays and wind forecasts can be switched on and off as you need them.
The alert comes to you. You don't have to remember to look.
“Storm Cell, 15 miles, at 10 o'clock, moving toward you at 14 miles per hour.”
Don't Be Tomorrow's Headline.
Every day, drone pilots share airspace with planes and helicopters they never see coming. One near-miss is all it takes to end your flying career — and make the evening news. The Drone Pilot ADS-B app puts every ADS-B equipped aircraft in your area right on your screen, in real time, before it ever becomes a problem. Not every aircraft transmits ADS-B Out — but the ones that do will never catch you off guard again.
An alarm that goes off constantly becomes background noise — and background noise gets ignored. That's why Drone Pilot ADS-B lets you customize your alert rules to match your exact flying environment. Flying near a busy airport? Tighten your rules. Out in open rural airspace? Relax them. The right alert at the right moment is what actually keeps you safe — not a screen full of warnings you've learned to tune out.
400+
FAA drone incidents reported annually
60s
Setup time from box to live traffic
$0
Cost of the one-month free trial
Current and upcoming TFRs on the same screen. Sound on.
A TFR can go active after you plan the job — and you're responsible either way.
Drone Pilot ADS-B shows you every active TFR the moment you open the app.
TFRs are refreshed each time you open the app, so you are looking at what is active now — not what was active when you planned the job.
They are drawn straight onto the map, alongside LAANC zones and your own imported flight boundary.
No second app to open. No separate briefing to pull.
Everything You Need.
Nothing You Don't.
Built from the ground up for drone pilots — not repurposed from manned aircraft software.
Live ADS-B Traffic
See every ADS-B equipped aircraft within range on your map in real time. Altitude, speed, direction, and distance — all at a glance.
LAANC Zones
Color-coded LAANC authorization grids overlaid directly on your map. Know your altitude limits before you ever take off.
Live TFR Alerts
Temporary flight restrictions displayed and alerted in real time. Never accidentally enter a TFR again.
Weather Radar
Live precipitation radar overlay so you can see exactly what's heading your way and make smart go/no-go decisions.
Towers & Obstacles
Cell towers, transmission lines, water towers, and pipelines all on one map. Know what's in your flight path before you launch.
Bluetooth + WiFi
Connect via Bluetooth and keep your phone on cellular for live maps and weather. Or use WiFi for maximum data throughput.
It's hard to tell whether a tower is inside your flight area when it's half a mile away.
Drone Pilot ADS-B maps every tower, with its height, against your own flight boundary.
Import your flight area as a KML and see at a glance whether a tower falls inside your boundary or outside it.
Every tower carries its height, so you know what you are dealing with before you launch — not after.
A 300-foot tower a mile out and a 150-foot tower close in look identical from where you are standing. On the map they don't.
Towers and their heights, against your imported flight boundary. Sound on.
Up and Running
in Three Steps.
No complicated setup. No technical knowledge required. If you can plug in a USB cable and install an app, you're good to go.
Get Your Receiver
Order a PilotADSB receiver — or flash our free firmware onto your own Raspberry Pi. Every unit ships pre-configured and tested. Your 1-year app subscription is included.
Power On & Connect
Plug in your receiver, wait 60–120 seconds for it to boot, then connect via Bluetooth or WiFi from the Drone Pilot ADS-B app on your Android device. Takes less than 2 minutes.
Fly With Awareness
Your map populates with live aircraft, LAANC zones, TFRs, weather, and obstacles in real time. You'll never want to fly without it again.
Already Have a Receiver?
Use It.
You don't have to buy your hardware from us. Build your own Raspberry Pi receiver, pick up a used one, or buy a Stratux somewhere else — flash our free pilotADSBos image and it works with the Drone Pilot ADS-B app exactly like ours does. Same traffic, same LAANC, TFRs, weather, obstacles, same Bluetooth auto-connect.
Buying a PilotADSB receiver just saves you the work — it arrives pre-flashed, bench-tested, and includes a full year of the app. BYOD takes a bit more effort up front, and that's completely fine by us.
What You'll Need
A Raspberry Pi 3B+ or Pi 4 with an RTL-SDR dongle — yours, used, or bought anywhere
Our free pilotADSBos image, flashed to an 8GB or larger microSD card
The Drone Pilot ADS-B app on Android or iOS — one-month free trial, then $9.99/mo or $99.99/yr
About 15 minutes and a computer to flash the card