LiveATC for Android
October 03, 2024
More About LiveATC for Android
Stuck in the airport terminal with endless delays?
Live near an airport and want to find out what's going on?
Have you always wondered what pilots talk to air traffic controllers about?
Now you can stop wondering and tune in live!
LiveATC for Android provides a quick and easy way to listen in on live conversations between pilots and air traffic controllers near many airports around the world. LiveATC for Android lets you browse by U.S. state or by country to find an airport and listen in to live air traffic conversations at or near a given airport. You can also use the "Nearby" feature to find an airport near you. You can then add any channel to your Favorites list for quick and easy access.
The LiveATC Network (http://liveatc.net) is the world's largest network of streaming audio feeds focused solely on aviation, currently covering over 1,200 airports around the world with over 2,000 different audio feeds and growing daily!
Explanation of some of the needed device permissions:
• The "Location" permission is required so that the app can determine what airports are located in your area when you select "Nearby"
• The "Device ID & Call Information" permission is needed by the app so that it can detect when you're placing or receiving a phone call so that it can automatically stop the audio stream to prevent it from interfering with your phone call
*** IMPORTANT NOTICE ***
Please check to see if your country, city and/or airports of interest are covered by LiveATC *BEFORE PURCHASING* - check at: http://liveatc.net . Note that we currently have no coverage in the U.K., Belgium, Germany, Iceland, India, Italy, New Zealand, Spain and some other countries where streaming ATC communications is prohibited by local law. Available airports are subject to change at any time - LiveATC owns and operates many of the receivers used in the network but most are provided by volunteers working in cooperation with LiveATC. Available airports can change, sometimes due to reasons beyond LiveATC's control. Also, there is no guarantee that all feeds will be up 24/7, though we make our best effort to do so and have a great track record of uptime.
Follow LiveATC for feed updates and breaking aviation and ATC-related news:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/liveatc
Facebook: http://facebook.com/liveatc
Latest Version
3.0.59
October 03, 2024
LiveATC
Travel & Local
Android
356,018
$3.99
net.liveatc.liveatc_app
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User Reviews
Phillip Seelbach
3 years ago
Neat app that works as advertised. My eyes would appreciate a dark/night mode. I like that the app puts aircraft on the left channel and tower on the right, but it would be nice to have an in-app mono setting for when I can only listen with one ear.
A Google user
5 years ago
Great information! I can search by frequencies, locations, airport destinations. It's also got great airport diagrams for the airport I'm listening to. The only downside is that there is a lot of static interference on certain radio calls. If they added an interference filter, it'd be 5 stars!
Michael Reeb
3 years ago
Throughout this election cycle this app has been great. I look up the President's schedule since he is doing mostly airport rallies. At nearly every stop, this app allows me to hear Air Force One. Nothing particularly exciting to most, but for me to hear the President's steed. I love every one of the Presidential aircraft and feel that I am listening to history. The same feeling with the scheduled air shows, at least before Covid. If you love aircraft, you will love this app!
A Google user
4 years ago
I like the app but there is no easy way to turn it off. Even after I close the app it keeps working in the background. I go into the settings and uncheck the box that lets it playi in the background and I still have to go into the settings of my android phone and open up the app and do a force stop. There is no easy way to turn it off
A Google user
4 years ago
Pretty good app. Would have liked to have seen a little more in the interface. Some things that would take this app above and beyond would be to allow multiple feeds to play at the same time. And maybe integrating with one of the flight tracking apps.
Alex Mirea
2 years ago
With the phone screen off, the stream stops by itself after listening for several seconds. It's not the audio beeing squelch because the stop button changes to play as well. This may be related to the Android power saving optimizations but I expect a paid app to ask for proper permissions in order to avoid this situation.
Pete Locascio
3 years ago
When I first got this app, it worked very well. Over the last couple of months, however, connection to the ATC facilities that I choose is hit and miss, even though they show as"UP". All the other apps I have work fine, so my internet connection isn't the problem.
Michael A (MikeTwo)
3 years ago
Not bad, but bugs prevent it from being great. The "pause" button only works about half the time. I suspect it doesn't have any garuanteed delivery. And if you force-kill the app, the audio will continue regardless. I typically restart my phone to get it to stop.
Robert Stanley
1 year ago
Been using this app for years now and love it. There's only a persistent issue i wish could be fixed. The stream will pause or stop when the phone locks, after a few minutes, (this is really annoying). Also Gdansk and Reszow are always down.
Wilburn Lee McCullough
5 months ago
Some airports are okay. Others are almost impossible to listen to. KRVS, for example, has constant interruption in audio feed. Every couple of seconds, an interruption
M A
4 years ago
Sometimes there is so much static you cannot here the frequencies. That, I know is not the app's fault. Question / Request to the App Developer: Could you bring back KOPF (Opa Locka, FL)? It was there when I first purchased the app, now I've noticed it is no longer as a selection. Thank you. Stay safe and have a great day.
Niko Griffiths
3 weeks ago
Great app. Goes especially well with a radar such as FR24. The only thing that could be added is British ATC. Props to the developers for getting this far, however adding ATC audio for Britain would be great.
David Lutz
1 year ago
Great app with a lot of potential! One feature I'd like to see added is the ability to set a delay in the broadcast. I use this with MSFS/PCXT, and it would be great to be able to synchronize it with the audio playback. As is the audio is usually ahead by about 20-30 seconds.
Michael Shostack
1 year ago
Won't let me enter frequencies directly despite saying that in the search field. Won't show some airports and frequencies (PHLI). Edit: The latest UI doesn't let you go back to the full list of airport frequencies. This makes it impossible to quickly switch between ground and tower frequencies. Hating the new UI.
Kyle Powers
2 years ago
Not sure why all the poor reviews recently, seems to work fine for me. Obviously some stations will have better reception than others (as it depends on the incoming radio feed reception), but overall it's working great. Love that I can Chromecast the stream from this app. More than happy to pay $4 for this app to support the service, nothing else like it out there. Thanks for your work!
Dan Moldover
1 year ago
Nice navigation with lots of features. You can enable background playing through the settings, but it requires giving additional permissions to the app. My only disappointment is that I can't select multiple channels at the same time (i.e. Approach & departure or multiple runways at the same airport). As a companion to Flightaware or FlightRadar 24, it works great to hear what's driving the contrails nearby!
San Diego Linda
1 year ago
Last update totally broke the app. If I turn my screen off, the app stops. If I navigate to another app, LiveATC stops. I have to constantly click the play button to restart the stream. It used to be the exact opposite: even closing the app wouldn't stop the stream. I had to force stop it in the phone settings. Please find a middle ground, so that I can listen to the stream with the phone screen off or if I’m looking at another app, but also stop the stream when the app is actually closed.
PHILIP EVANS
4 years ago
Solution for other users: For those of you having issues with the app still running in the background after closing it, try this: Hit the pause audio before closing the app. This will shut the app down completely without having to force stop the app. If you don't hit the pause button, the audio will continue in the background. I hope this helps everyone with this issue.
Eli Zupke
4 months ago
Fairly decent interface, but it does have some annoyances I'd like to see smoothed out. It asks for location permissions every time I change the airport because it wants to show me nearby airports. I don't want that feature and I can't turn it off, so I have to dismiss two different popups each time. It's not easy to understand exactly which airspace the ATC sectors cover, so tracking a flight through different areas is difficult. I don't really even know where to go for that information.
Jerry Dewey
3 weeks ago
Exactly what I wanted. A reliable app for listening to air traffic in, out, and around Tulsa International. It is configurable to pause when switching apps or continue to play if out of the app. Works perfectly. I use it with the Plane Finder radar, so I know the transmissions are live and real time. It's worth every penny.
