What it does
🚔 Police
LAPD, LASD, CHP and city departments. Flags a pursuit the moment the helicopter starts chasing.
📺 News
Air 7, Sky 9, NBC4 and the rest. Shows which station is headed to the scene and how long until it gets there.
🔥 Fire
Cal Fire, LA County, LAFD and OCFA, plus tankers, Scoopers, Skycranes and Chinooks. Watch the drops as they happen.
🎖️ Military
Black Hawks, Ospreys and more, labeled by what they are, not by a tail number.
What the colors mean
Hot pinkPolice helicopter in a pursuit.
BluePolice helicopter running low and fast. Something just happened.
RedPolice or news helicopter in the air.
GreenNews helicopter hovering over a story. If it's green, it's probably on TV.
OrangeFire: helicopters, tankers, Scoopers, Skycranes, air attack.
GoldMilitary.
What the banners mean
PURSUIT
A police helicopter is following a moving car. The banner stays up through a stop at a light.
STANDOFF
The pursuit stopped and the helicopter has been circling one spot for 10 minutes.
FAST AND FURIOUS
A police helicopter is flying low and fast, usually on the way to a call.
INBOUND
A news helicopter is headed to the pursuit. Its name on the map shows an ETA.
Pricing
First 30 days
Free
Everything, phone alerts included.
ChopperRadar
$2/month
Live map and banners.
ChopperRadar+
$2.50/month
Live map, banners and phone alerts: pursuit, news en route, on scene or over.
Cities
Los Angeles · live
Houston · coming