Aireon

Aireon provides space-based ADS-B data for air traffic surveillance and aircraft tracking. Its receivers are hosted on the Iridium satellite constellation, so aircraft can be tracked over oceans, polar regions and other areas without ground radar. The company is based in McLean, Virginia.

Aireon was created in 2011 to provide real time global air traffic surveillance. The company says the aviation industry has trusted its dataset since 2019. Its coverage reaches areas that had no access to this information before, including mountains, jungles, deserts and conflicted airspace.

AireonSTREAM is a continuous feed of surveillance data combined with flight and airspace context. AireonFLOW supports traffic flow management and demand platforms. AireonINSIGHTS covers event-based information, including Aireon Locate for finding an aircraft, a safety dashboard, turbulence data and flight events.

AireonVECTOR detects GPS interference, such as jamming and spoofing, in real time. It creates a GPS independent truth position for each aircraft. AireonPORTAL gives users access to the data.

Customers include air navigation service providers, airlines, airport operators, aircraft manufacturers, aircraft finance companies and national security agencies. The company says about half of the world's airspace uses its space-based ADS-B data for aircraft surveillance.

For aircraft finance companies, the company offers tracking data that helps manage risk and asset value. It says its global coverage allows continuous monitoring of aircraft, which supports safety and operational efficiency.

Recent news on the site covers Iridium completing its acquisition of Aireon, and Africa's Roberts FIR selecting Aireon's space-based ADS-B surveillance. The company also announced work with SkySoft-ATM on a situational awareness system for air traffic control towers.

Services

• Global ATS surveillance
• AireonSTREAM
• AireonFLOW
• AireonINSIGHTS
• AireonVECTOR
• AireonPORTAL
• Aireon Locate
• Safety dashboard
• Turbulence data
• Flight events