Live Air Traffic using SafeSky
Gaggle integrates with SafeSky so you can receive nearby air-traffic updates while recording flights.
The current setup path in the app is:
Profile > Settings > Recorder Settings > Integrations > SafeSky
Enable Live Air Traffic
From the SafeSky page:
- Tap Turn on SafeSky.
- Accept the SafeSky terms.
- Return to the SafeSky settings page to confirm your sharing options.
After you accept the terms, Gaggle creates your SafeSky configuration in an enabled state. From there you can configure:
- Call Sign (displayed to other traffic participants).
- Privacy Mode (reduces identifying info while still participating).
- Ignored Aircraft Types.
- Silenced Call Signs.
To see traffic during flight, make sure your Aircraft Nearby instrument and map traffic display options are enabled in recorder display settings.
Once SafeSky is enabled and you start recording, nearby traffic can appear on the tracking map and in the nearby-aircraft instrument context. Aircraft considered collision risk are highlighted more prominently, and audio cue behavior follows your Recorder audio settings.
The Nearby Traffic panel
Tap the Aircraft Nearby instrument in flight to open the Nearby Traffic panel. It lists each aircraft SafeSky reports near you, with its call sign, a small map of where it is relative to you and its figures.
- Tap a row to select that aircraft. The top of the panel then shows its call sign, altitude, speed, distance, heading and climb rate.
- Long press a row to ignore that call sign. A muted icon shows next to it. The aircraft stays in this list, but Gaggle stops announcing it in audio cues and stops showing it on the map. Long press the row again to bring it back.
Ignoring a call sign affects one aircraft. Ignored Aircraft Types in Integrations > SafeSky hides a whole kind of aircraft from audio cues, the map and this panel. Use that setting with caution. Ignored call signs are also listed under Silenced Call Signs, where you can remove them.
Disclaimer
Live air traffic is a best-effort aid. Reliability depends on coverage, connectivity, and local conditions. Never rely on this feature as your only collision-avoidance method. You remain responsible for see-and-avoid and official procedures.
Frequently asked questions
I have SafeSky enabled, but I don’t see other aircraft?
Check these first:
- SafeSky is turned on in Integrations > SafeSky.
- You are currently recording a flight.
- Recorder display settings still have nearby-aircraft map/instrument visibility enabled.
- You have network coverage in your current area.