Is celebrity jet tracking legal?
Yes. ADS-B is an unencrypted public broadcast that every transponder-equipped aircraft is required to emit. Re-publishing public broadcasts is protected speech in the United States and most jurisdictions. Multiple public-interest organisations and journalists do the same.
How do you know which plane belongs to which celebrity?
Hand-curated register from FAA records, secondary state registries, corporate disclosures, court filings, and reporting from Bloomberg / Forbes / NYP / Variety. Each entry pairs an ICAO hex with an owner. Entries land when the public record lands; we do not speculate.
Where is the data from?
ADSB Exchange, ADSB.fi, FlightRadar24, airplanes.live. Same public sources used by other open trackers. See /methodology for full details.
How accurate are the emissions numbers?
Directional, not audited. We multiply flight duration by aircraft fuel-burn rate by 9.57 kg CO₂ per gallon (EPA standard for Jet-A). Actual fuel use varies ±10-15% with payload, weather, routing.
What is FAA LADD?
The FAA Limiting Aircraft Data Displayed program asks operator-facing services to suppress an aircraft from their public listings. It does not affect the ADS-B broadcast itself; several open sources (ADSB Exchange, airplanes.live) do not honour LADD. Aircraft enrolled in LADD are still trackable from public sources.
Why is there a 24-hour delay on Twitter and Instagram?
Platform terms. X and Meta both restrict real-time location sharing. Bluesky and LinkedIn have no such restrictions, so flights are filed there immediately. The map at celebplanes.com/map is real-time regardless.
How can I get my jet removed?
Email [email protected]. We don't accept removal requests for aircraft owned by public figures who entered public life — but we will correct factual errors in seconds, and we don't publish live position for aircraft we know are on emergency medical, search-and-rescue, or specifically identified safety-sensitive missions.
Who runs Celebplanes?
A small editorial team. Public flights, public planes — that is the philosophy. Press inquiries: [email protected].