Transport

Name

Description

Cost

Tool Review and Guide

ADS-B Exchange

Live flight tracker (including many miltiary aircraft). Live data available for the past month. Historical data available for purchase by request.

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/

Airfleets

Database for aircraft details.

Free

_{Guide not available}

http://airfleets.net/home

Airframes

A database of aircraft details

Free

_{Guide not available}

http://www.airframes.org/

AirNav RadarBox

Live flight tracker.

Free

_{Guide not available}

http://radarbox24.com/

Aviation Safety Network

Aircraft incident database; can be searched by country, registration, year, etc.

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://aviation-safety.net/

Carnet.AI

"API which is capable of recognizing the Make, Model and Generation of most cars built since 1995, with 97+% accuracy."

Free

_{Guide not available}

http://carnet.ai/

Chronotrains

Chronotrains is a free interactive map designed to explore the reach of Europe’s extensive rail network. Enter a starting point and travel time to see reachable destinations by train.

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/chronotrains

Equasis

Equasis provides vessel ownership and safety records, as well as shipping company fleet information.

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/equasis

Federal Aviation Administration

Nationwide Plane Registry. Search by N-Number (a.k.a. callsign). Comprehensive list of privately owned planes in the US.

Free

_{Guide not available}

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_inquiry.aspx

FlightAware

FlightAware is a global flight-tracking platform that provides real-time data on aircraft movements. It offers live tracking, historical data, and predictive analytics via its website and apps.

Partially Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/flightaware

Flightradar24

Flightradar24 is a real-time flight tracking service that provides detailed information about aircraft positions, flight numbers, origins, destinations, historical data, and aircraft information.

Partially Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/flightradar24

GPSJam

GPSJam.org is a daily map that visualizes the GPS/GNSS disruptions on aircraft worldwide. It collects and presents 24-hour data showing areas experiencing interference.

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/gpsjam

Icarus Flights

Flight tracking platform with 2 years free historical data; highly customizable search parameters

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://app.icarus.flights/

Illegal, unreported, unregular fishing Vessels List

A combined list of known illegal, unreported, unregular fishing vessels

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://iuu-vessels.org/Home/Search

IMO Registry

Ship/shipping-related information from the IMO

Free

_{Guide not available}

http://webaccounts.imo.org/

License Plate Maps

Collection of tools and maps for discerning license plates by country

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/license-plate-maps

Live ATC

Audio from air traffic control towers in the United States. Aircraft have to identify themselves to ATC towers, so in cases where aircraft are trying to obscure their information from other sites, it might be another way to grab tail numbers or just generally track flights. More complicated to use than e.g. Flightradar24.

Free

_{Guide not available}

http://liveatc.net/

MarineTraffic

An open, community-based project, providing (near) real-time information on the movements of ships and their locations in harbours and ports.

Partially Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/marinetraffic

OpenRailwayMap

a detailed online map of the world's railway infrastructure

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenRailwayMap