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June 2025.
The new site is now very much live and the UAV ‘page’ of the old site is no where to be found….
But thats a good thing.
The new site has a pretty cool page trackmap
On that page you will find quite a few buttons for airframe types or airforces. (Tip, Im always open to adding more buttons where they make sense - IMPORTANT, if you want a button added, you will need (MUST) tell me the list of ICAO’s that need to be embeded in that button. If you just say ‘please add x country airforce’, I cant do that).
Ok, so whats behind the UAV button?
A whole new community supported list of UAVs.
I took the old list and ‘type codes’ and extracted all the ICAO’s (the trackmap page buttons only work via ICAO’s, not type codes).
Then the whole community stepped up and have about doubled the list size and added some pretty rare birds into the list.
I’ve also kept some known misscodes like 000003 and 000001 as they are sometimes used for testing new UAV’s.
More about the UAV’s and the process I use to keep the list updated in my UAV blog
June 2024.
While the UAV page from the old site did not make the new site (yet), many #avgeeks are still super interested in these airframes.
The list here is being updated and maintained by some key avgeeks on X. Big thanks to Evergreen Intel.
If you have any thoughts on what data might be on a UAV table on the website, please reach out.
My site uses the typical ADSB airframe database, drones are classed as different types in there. On top of that people (private and state backed) that build, fly and deploy UAV’s don’t tend to advertise it. The result of this is that avgeeks around the world have collected many ICAO hex codes over the past year that may or may not be flagged as UAV in the generic ADSB database.
Bottom line, tbg finds it of value to check for both type and ICAO.
June 27th 2025 here is the current list updated by some kind folks on X.:
type codes = ["Q4","Q9","HRON", "Q1","Q25","FRBD", "FFLO", "VFHC", "SOL1", "SOL2","ANKA","DRON", "UAV"];
?icao=44784E,43C971,AB1234,001347,AE563A,502FAB,AE585D,A3628C,A8121B,002E61,7CFA74,710609,396E1B,001199,AF8482,AE5639,AB4162,3F9597,AE562F,007735,A84C59,A4B999,A58DF3,A63C9E,A2E9B6,0D5430,0D6118,7CFA9A,73870C,AD392D,AD3C3B,AC8F1B,04C322,A806F6,A13B2C,A21B92,DDB0AC,497CE1,731BCD,A76150,4B829E,502FAD,46FBEA,4b83de,A95972,690084,A24837,1A1B1C,4b8418,4b8486,4b8412,4b8413,0010aa,00106c,001488,702C4B,A2A871,a03bc8,a5565d,ad0ae2,ac9bbb,abf410,ac3965,3fb101,ae541d,abfef1,abfb3a,ac065f,a02e08,a00741,a027dc,a0206e,a95372,a01546,aa406d,a02425,a9021b,a22007,a21899,a21c50,ad338c,ad5b0a,a27314,a276cb,a28f6e,a29e4a,a267ef,a26438,a26f5d,a29a93,a2b6ed,a27a82,a28800,a29325,a26ba6,a28092,a227cd,a218f1,a1b507,a22416,a06b2c,a2205f,a2153a,a1ad99,a06ee3,a298e1,a29b8a,a29b67,a35a63,a39e3c,a38950,a396ce,a38d07,a4e168,a4b8c5,a4b632,a38599,a34f3e,a39a85,a3a5aa,a4ddb1,a34b87,a356ac,a4d643,a352f5,a4b27b,a4e4d1,a390be,a4da14,ac839b,ac74bf,ac7c2d,ac7fe4,a86a6e,a8cbff,a8c848,a8afa5,a89d12,a866b7,a842ef,a8b5b5,a8d36d,a84e14,a860a7,a891ed,a88e36,a880b8,a831ba,a8b96c,a8a0c9,a8bd23,a88826,a8abee,a8846f,a8995b,a83571,a83f38,a87593,a85cf0,a851cb,a84a5d,a871dc,a8a837,a8c0da,a8d724,a8794a,a87d01,a85582,a846a6,a86e25,a82a4c,a8c491,a895a4,a52eeb,a126c0,ad2175,a16c6d,a2f676,a32524,a328db,a33dc3,a4182a,a4724d,a483df,a4bc36,a4bfed,a51a10,a51dc7,a54b56,a54f0d,a552c4,a57343,a5ed09,a5f9f7,a61086,a64217,a645ce,a64985,a654aa,a65861,a66996,a92eee,aa8444,aac551,ac742b,a344e5,acb0cb,acb076,acb175,acb1a0,acb15c,acb1ad,acb234,acb202,ae541a,ae54b7,ae5420,ae5421,ae2c37,ae5411,ae5412,ae5413,ae5417,ae5419,ae625b,ae7811,ae7812,ae7813,ae7814,ae7815,ae7816,af3c53,af4fa8,33fd6b,33fd6a,33fd69,33fd5e,33fd45,87cd20,87cd21,87cd22,71f64a,71f64d,ae51ed,ae5c0d,ae5c13,ae60b7,ac7b99,a5bcc0,ae540e,ae5c76,ae5c71,a169d7,a3c92c,a3c1be,a44360,ae54b6,ae29f8,a410bc,ae27a7,ae2c38,ae2fd0,ae4bd7,a47604,ae61aa,a5b552,add2ef,ae1f0c,ae5422,ae54b5,ae5416,ae5c73,a67f78,a38569,a5dcb2,a12e51,a5d8fb,a5b533,ae17ed,ae5c72,ae5c74,ae5c75,ae625c,ae625d,ae6257,43c889,43c885,43c884,43c883,43c879,43c87a,43c87c,43c87d,43c87e,43c87f,43c810,ad9a7d,43c809,783132,ae6d2f,7cfa7f,7cfa81,7cfa83,7cfa84,7cfa85,7cfa86,7cfa87,7cfa88,7cfa89,7cfa8a,ff6b64,4251ca,42511c,42511d,7cfa7e,7cfa82,7cfa80,ae60c4,ae60ba,ae0fca,506f87,ae541f,43d1f1,000003,a2596c,43c888,43c881,43c886,43c87b,43c878,43c887,001453,001071,001084,298cc2,0200f1,738be8,425178,ae46b7,ae4bdb,ae540f,ae5415,ae61bb,ae61bc,ae4ddf,44f04e,44f046,44f04c,4b835f,25e25e,a37c61,ddbdde,001075,00107a,001080,000001,32b32b,32b404,0010a9,000e97,ea810e,00028b,010000,00108f,001085,001077,675645,001265,0055d7,32e239,32e32e,020000,234567,101010,111000,001073,001086,001074,002330,001089,001088,00125f,000290,00028c,0058d8,001260,29cbbf,200000,001261,00107b,001102,ff0a02,249249,47c88d,7a442c,7a442d,7a442f,784090,497024,4b8415,4b83a6,4b8355,4b8349,4b833c,001072,001079,000156,00015c,000457,00057b,000911,000b6d,00106b,001070,001078,001076,00107c,001081,001083,001087,00108d,001092,4d232d,001093,001095,001096,001094,001097,001099,001109,001112,001113,001117,001118,001234,4b8334,4b8335,4b8338,4b8339,4b833a,4b833b,4b8327,4b8328,4b8329,4b832a,4b832b,4b832c,4b832d,4b832e,4b832f,4b8330,4b8331,4b8332,4b8333,4b8336,4b8337,4b833d,4b8354,4b8356,4b8357,4b8358,4b8359,4b835a,4b835b,4b8362,4b835e,4b8360,4b8361,4b834a,00061a,323232,4b834b,4b8370,4b835c,4b8363,4b839d,4b8365,4b8368,4b836d,4b83ef,4b8369,4b836b,4b836e,4b836f,4b8372,4b8374,4b8375,4b8376,4b8378,497cd3,497cdb,4b8414,4b8417,4b83d5,4b839e,497cd2,497cd8,497cd9,497cd0,497cd1,497cda,497cd5,497cd6,497cc8,497ccd,A11111,738be7,738be9,738bea,738beb,5100ad,49980A,4b8411,001923,0acf62,46fbe9,4b83ac,ae4f19,4077b6,ae1313,47c8ad,47c8ac,47c8ae,00145E,4b83b7,735bcd,c308a0,a061d9,AE5C08,4A35F9,0AA100,53158E,00106D
Copy past the above list and put it on the end of the usual ‘globe’ URL. Takes about 15 seconds to load all 300+ ICAO’s, so just hang in there.
There are some UAVs that have been tagged with a class and some that are not, so pick a method, tbg suggests ICAO, and stick with it.
PLEASE! If you know of any UAV’s that are not listed (either by ‘type’ or ICAO hex) please let tbg know and he can update the list.
Node-RED function block code
Here is the guts of the function block that finds the UAV needle in the ADSB haystack.
function twoDig(val) {return (('0'+val).slice(-2));}
var d = new Date();
msg.dts = twoDig(d.getUTCHours())+':'+twoDig(d.getUTCMinutes())+':'+twoDig(d.getUTCSeconds())+'Z ' + twoDig(d.getUTCDate())+'-'+twoDig((d.getUTCMonth()+1))+'-'+d.getUTCFullYear();
droneorno = ["Q4","Q9","HRON", "Q1","Q25","FRBD", "SOL1", "SOL2","ANKA","DRON"];
icaolist = ["001088","001102","AE0FCA","N341HK","506F87","AE541F","43D1F1","N250VU","000003","A2596C","43C888","43C885","43C884","43C883","43C882","43C881","43C880","43C87F","43C87D","43C87C","43C87A","43C879","43C889","43C886","43C87B","43C878","43C887","33FD45","33FD5E","33FD69","33FD6A","33FD6B","001453","001071","001084","298CC2","AE5420","43C87E","0200F1","738BE8","AE5C74","AC7B99","738703","425178","AE46B7","AE4BD8","AE4BD9","AE4BDA","AE4BDB","AE540F", "AE5415", "AE54B5","AE541D", "AE54B5", "AE54B6","AE5C72","AE5C73","AE5C74","AE5C76","AE61BB","AE61BC","AE2FD0","AE27A7","AE4BD7","AE4DDE","AE4DDF","44F04E","44F046","44F04C","AC7B99","A4182A","N507HK","N363HK","A61086","4B835F","25E25E"];
var megaList = droneorno.concat(icaolist);
for(i = 0; i < megaList.length; i++) {
if((msg.payload[0].icao.includes(megaList[i])) || (msg.payload[0].type.includes(megaList[i]))) {
msg.payload = {
Timestamp: msg.dts,
Realtime: d.getTime(),
icao: msg.payload[0].icao,
Rego: msg.payload[0].reg,
Type: (msg.payload[0].type ? msg.payload[0].type : ""),
Year: (msg.payload[0].year? msg.payload[0].year : ""),
//Interest: msg.payload[0].interest,
Desc: (msg.payload[0].description? msg.payload[0].description : ""),
Owner: (msg.payload[0].owner? msg.payload[0].owner : ""),
Alt: (msg.raw.alt_baro? msg.raw.alt_baro : ""),
Speed: (msg.raw.gs ? msg.raw.gs : ""),
ADSBEx: msg.link = "https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao="+ msg.payload[0].icao+"&zoom=7&hideSidebar&hidebuttons"
}
node.send(msg);
}
}
From there things get a little hacky, but the JSON goes into a ui_table node.
I use the ‘screenshot’ node to get the centered drone image and use a blank image to show or hide the screenshot of the drone.