UE Flight Tracker
An Unreal Engine app that visualizes active commercial flights on a world-scale map with live flight data and interactive camera controls.
Technology Stack
Unreal EngineC++C#PythonSQLiteCesiumFlight Radar API
Key Features
- World-scale visualization of active commercial flights using Cesium
- Flight data ingestion with Flight Radar API and local SQLite caching
- Search and filter flights by ICAO code or geographic coordinates
- Interactive camera controls for tracking and inspecting aircraft
About UE Flight Tracker
UE Flight Tracker
Why
I wanted to combine real-world flight data with a 3D engine to make global air traffic feel tangible and explorable.
Interesting Technical Points
- Flight Radar API ingestion paired with a Cesium globe for world-scale positioning
- SQLite database updated at launch for quick browsing and filtering
- Unreal Engine UI flow for ICAO search and coordinate lookup
- Python tooling for data access and preprocessing
What I Learned
I learned how to synchronize live data with a real-time rendering pipeline and how to handle coordinate systems and scale in a 3D globe environment.