LARA - Live Flight Radar & Plane Spotter
· v1.0.0
About
WARNING: The app is intended only as an in-flight aid and should not be used as a primary information source. If the app contains a barometric altimeter, it will not function in a pressurized aircraft and should not be used in a pressurized aircraft.
Look up. Now you know what it is.
LARA (Live Airspace Radar Assistant) turns your watch into a plane-spotter's radar scope. Aircraft around your location appear as type-specific silhouettes — airliners, light aircraft, and helicopters each drawn distinctly — rotated to their real heading, on an animated sweep display that rotates to match the direction you're facing.
FEATURES
• Live traffic within 8 nm, auto-refreshing every 15 seconds
• Type identification in plain English: "737 MAX 8", "Cirrus SR22T", "C-17" — the full ICAO registry of ~2,700 aircraft types built in
• Route lookup for airline flights: see origin and destination at a glance
• Rare catches highlighted: military traffic in purple, emergency squawks flashing red, helicopters tagged
• Overhead-pass countdown: LARA extrapolates tracks and tells you when something will pass nearly overhead — before it does
• Aircraft list: one button opens a scrollable list of everything on the scope, sorted nearest first
• Compass track-up display with motion trails, range zoom, and altitude-coded colors (low traffic amber, mid cyan, cruisers dimmed)
• Configurable alerts: buzz for military and emergency aircraft, quiet for everything else
• Glance shows traffic count and nearest aircraft without opening the app
CONTROLS
• START or tap — aircraft list
• UP / DOWN — step through aircraft
• Hold MENU — zoom between 8, 4, and 2 nm
DATA
Traffic data comes from the adsb.lol community ADS-B network; routes from adsbdb.com. LARA needs your phone nearby for connectivity and GPS for your position. Coverage reflects the community receiver network and includes only aircraft broadcasting ADS-B.
IMPORTANT
LARA displays internet-relayed ADS-B data with inherent delays and gaps. It is for entertainment and plane spotting only, and must never be used for navigation, traffic separation, or collision avoidance.