CAPE HENLOPEN SHIP (AIS) & AIRCRAFT TRACKER (ADS-B) WEBSITE

This chart uses the VesselFinder.com Website to track the location of vessels transmitting Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals near Cape Henlopen.

This chart uses the MarineTraffic.com Website to track the location of vessels transmitting Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals near Cape Henlopen.



This chart displays only the data provided by the local AIS receiver to FleetMon.com which also provides the accompanying list of station names on the current map.

This chart is active only during the summer season.

 

The chart below uses the ShipPlotter software to track the location of vessels transmitting Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals near Cape Henlopen.

This chart is active only during the summer season.

The receiver (a Comar R400N) receives from downtown Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The chart updates every 7.5 minutes (browser, however, must be manually refreshed).

VESSEL COLOR CODES:

Signal strength varies depending on factors such as the vessel, its antenna and location. Vessels which drop out of range for 10 minutes or more become shaded before they are dropped from the chart after 30 minutes.

AIS data-bursts identify the vessel once every six minutes, so the vessel's nine-digit international ID number (MMSI) is used for unidentified vessels until ShipPlotter receives the vessel's name.

Displayed next to the vessel name or MMSI in brackets is the vessel's country of registration code. The World Shipping Register lists details on more than 100,000 registered vessels.

Pilot boats Brandywine, Delaware, Lewes and Philadelphia dock adjacent to the Lewes ferry terminal. The pilots and sometimes Coast Guard personnel board ships in the pilot boarding area east of Cape Henlopen.

Delaware Bay Launch Service has a fleet of four pilot vessels -- Big Stone Express, Big Stone 5, Breakwater, and Big Stone Pride -- which service vessels anchored in and around the lower Delaware Bay.

MV Twin Capes, MV Cape May, MV Delaware, MV New Jersey and MV Cape Henlopen are the Cape May-Lewes ferry vessels. Read more about them on the Delaware River and Bay Authority Web site.

Anybody interested in hosting this site in the off-season, or a secondary site during the season, please e-mail. Thanks for visiting.

This chart from FlightAware.com shows much of the current air traffic centered around Georgetown, Delaware.


Flight Tracker courtesy of FlightAware.com

Flight Tracker courtesy of FlightAware.com

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