Directory

Every aircraft and ship Skydex knows in one place: the types our receivers have heard, the airframes and vessels players have caught, and the airlines, builders and flags behind them.

Aircraft

ADS-B, from volunteer receivers

  • Types. 1,235 types: every designator the network has heard, with specs and catches
  • Manufacturers. 24 manufacturers: the builders behind those types
  • Airlines. 186 airlines: operators whose aircraft players have caught
  • Airframes. 2,339 airframes: every individual aircraft somebody has caught
  • Airports. 1,978 airports: airports the network hears flights to or from

Rarest types heard

Ships

AIS, from volunteer receivers and AISStream

  • Vessels. 3,634 vessels: every ship somebody has caught
  • Flag states. 42 flag states: the registries those ships sail under
  • Shipyards. 229 shipyards: where the caught hulls were built
  • Ports. 5 ports: where watched ships have called in the last 30 days

Biggest hulls caught

How rare is rare

The tier each card wears, counted across the directory

Aircraft types with a tier: common 168, uncommon 35, rare 26, epic 23, legendary 12 and mythical 6

Vessels caught: common 2,291, uncommon 991, rare 260 and epic 92

Recently caught

The newest catches in the directory

Questions

What is the Skydex Directory?

A public reference of the aircraft and ships Skydex knows about: 1,235 aircraft types, 2,339 caught airframes and 3,634 caught ships, with the airlines, manufacturers, flag states, shipyards and ports behind them. Every section can be filtered and sorted, and a filtered list keeps its filters in the address.

Where does the data come from?

Aircraft types and how often they fly over come from the Skydex network of volunteer ADS-B receivers, counted since 2026-08-23. Ship data comes from volunteer AIS receivers and the AISStream feed. Caught aircraft and ships are the ones Skydex players have collected. Type specs, airlines and builders come from our reference tables and Wikidata.

Does the directory track where an aircraft or ship went?

No. It lists aircraft and ships players have caught and what the network has heard per type, not a history of positions. Private aircraft and pleasure boats are never listed by name.

Can I use this data?

Yes, with a link back to skydex.online. A JSON export of the reference lists is at skydex.online/api/public/directory/export, and the rarity tiers are published under CC BY 4.0 at https://github.com/SkyDexOnline/skydex-taxonomy.