01Live aircraft
Know what’s overhead.
Follow real aircraft in 3D or 2D. See their identities, distinctive fleet liveries, flight trails, and the airspace around them—including temporary flight restrictions.
Launch AirWatch
Los Angeles helicopter tracker & newsStreamTheSky
Find out who’s overhead. Follow the story below. Live helicopter tracking, local news, and the neighborhoods you call home.
LaunchAirWatch
Los Angeles from another angle
GTLA · Stream the sky
AIRWATCH / THE SIGNAL ABOVE THE NOISE
The Incident Desk
Below
the Buzz.
See what’s happening beneath LA’s helicopters—live, verified when possible, and replayable from the air.
Start with the lead scene, see what’s worth watching, or browse the briefing log. On quieter days, the sky board explains who’s flying and where.
Go to the Incident Desk Aircraft activity shows where something is happening. It does not, by itself, tell us why.Choose your view
Your way into GTLA.
From the aircraft overhead to the story on your block.
02Near you
Who’s hovering here?
Hear a helicopter? Find the aircraft near your location, see who operates it, and jump straight into tracking it on the map.
Identify an aircraft03Your neighborhood
Make it local.
Explore helicopter activity by neighborhood: what’s overhead now, recent visits, and the aircraft that keep coming back. Follow the places you care about.
Find your neighborhood04Film Room
Replay the story.
Revisit concluded scenes with 3D flight-track playback and archived station video when available. Open a Film Room replay from the Incident Desk’s briefing log.
Browse stories & replays05TV & radio
Tune in. Stay above.
Bring local TV or radio alongside the live map. Follow the aircraft while you watch available station coverage, all inside AirWatch.
Open AirWatch · choose TV or Radio06Personal alerts
Catch the moment.
Choose alerts for police chases and breaking scenes, or every news helicopter launch. Turn on the neighborhood you’re in with one tap, any other from its own page, and manage it all in one place.
Choose my alertsCloser to home
Start with your neighborhood.
Find local activity across Los Angeles and the surrounding Southern California communities.
Browse all neighborhoods Or find the aircraft near me
GTLA AirWatch / On your phone
The signal
never sleeps.
Take the map with you. Follow aircraft, open stories, and manage neighborhood alerts from the mobile AirWatch experience.
Set up AirWatch alertsOn iPhone or iPad, My alerts walks you through adding AirWatch to your Home Screen before enabling notifications.
