Tracking live · LPPT approach path

Every plane. Every decibel.And so much more.

A real terrace station under Lisbon Airport's approach path. It photographs each passing aircraft, measures noise and vibration, then publishes the best captures without human input.

Where
2.6 km from RWY 03
Measures
Photo · dB · vibration
Mode
Autonomous · 24/7
Explore the data @lisbon.finals
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Latest aircraft
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Depending on wind direction, this station captures either landing approaches or takeoffs — whichever phase passes over the terrace. One phase at a time. These figures reflect observed traffic, not total airport volume.
Flights tracked
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since May 3, 2026
Photos captured
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— published · zero human
Peak noise recorded
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Days running
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autonomous · 24/7
Atmospheric conditions

The wind
decides everything.

LPPT's runway runs SSW–NNE. The wind decides which way traffic flows. With a north wind, aircraft approach from the south — descending over the Tejo and the city centre before touching down on RWY 03, crossing directly over my terrace on final approach. With a south wind, they take off on RWY 21, climbing towards the SSW, crossing the terrace before reaching the Tejo.

RWY 03
North wind — landing over the terrace ✦
Planes approach from the south and land over my terrace. Close, slow, full-frame — most impactful shots.
RWY 21
South wind — takeoff over the terrace
Planes take off and climb over my terrace heading north. Higher, faster — less impactful shots.
LPPT · Live weather
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Source: wttr.in · LPPT (38.78°N, 9.14°W) · Updates every 5 min
Project stance

Not anti-aviation.
Pro-measurement.

Lisbon Finals is an independent terrace station under the LPPT approach path. It observes aircraft passages, noise peaks, vibration pulses and air-quality signals from one fixed point. The point is not to dramatize the sky. It is to make the invisible parts of it visible.

This is
Independent observation, logged locally.
This is not
Official airport data or a complaint platform.
Use
Local evidence for curious residents and aviation people.
Latest captures
Livefrom the terrace

Each detected aircraft triggers the full pipeline. A YOLO-trained model evaluates every frame and scores the photo from 1 to 5 — only the best make it to Instagram, without any human input. Two sensors capture what the eye can't see: an ADS1115 circuit measures the peak decibel level as the aircraft passes, and an MPU-6050 accelerometer records the vibration pulse transmitted through the building structure. One plane. Three data points.

Today's traffic · 00:00–23:59
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Unclassified
Latest flight photo
Latest published
Latest shot
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Aircraft type
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/ 5
YOLO Score
Published to @lisbon.finals
View on Instagram
Photo — YOLO scored by AI · Sound — peak in dB · Vibration — MPU-6050 accelerometer
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Outdoor monitoring

Air quality
at the terrace.

Every aircraft that passes over this terrace burns Jet A-1 fuel — releasing ultrafine particles directly into the approach corridor. The PMS5003 laser particle counter measures PM1.0, PM2.5 and PM10 in real time, correlating each reading with the passing flight. A concrete answer to a question nobody else is asking here.

Good · 0–10 µg/m³
Fair · 10–20 µg/m³
Moderate · 20–25 µg/m³
Poor · 25–50 µg/m³
Very poor · >50 µg/m³
PMS5003 · Outdoor station
PM2.5 — Fine particles
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Sensor pending
0 25 50 75+
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PM2.5
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PM10
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Sensor coming online — PMS5003 installation in progress
Start here

New to Lisbon Finals?
Follow the signal.

The fastest way in: see what the station is catching now, understand how the measurements work, then read the reports and field notes behind the numbers.

Watch the station live
Latest capture, sound peak, vibration pulse and today’s observed traffic.
Jump to live
Understand the measurements
How flight telemetry, dB peaks and local sensor readings become public data.
Open data
Read the monthly signal
Noise reports, night operations, outliers and the limits of the current station.
View reports