My tracking of nearby ADSB-out aircraft using my local AWACS server.
Being within the KIAH Mode-C ring, all planes are required to have a squawkable transponder for the primary ATC radar.
Unfortunately, most of these planes are invisible without the 1090MHz transponder which allows for a MLAT(multi-lateration)
calculation with multiple base stations. Sometimes an ADSB-IN aircraft is flying nearby which will activate
a ADSB-R (rebroadcast). The traffic within several miles and within 5000' of the aircraft will be rebroadcast meaning
that my AWACS system can now see the ground traffic at major airports as well as random signatures for the remainder of
the transponder only flights.
UAL/UA - United Airlines : 645
SWA/WN - Southwest Airlines : 466
AAL/AA - American Airlines : 193
ASH/YV - Mesa Airlines : 185
UCA/C5 - CommutAir : 139
DAL/DL - Delta Air Lines : 133
SKW/OO - SkyWest : 129
NKS/NK - Spirit Airlines : 77
AMX/AM - AeroMéxico : 43
FFT/F9 - Frontier Airlines : 41
EJA/1I - NetJets : 35
UPS/5X - United Parcel Service : 27
FDX/FX - Federal Express : 26
VOI/Y4 - Volaris : 25
ENY/MQ - Envoy Air : 21
SLI/5D - AeroMexico Connect : 18
JBU/B6 - JetBlue Airways : 17
ACA/AC - Air Canada : 14
LXJ/ - Flexjet : 13
VIV/VB - Aeroenlaces Nacionales : 12
ATN/8C - Air Transport International : 12
SCX/SY - Sun Country Airlines : 11
AAY/G4 - Allegiant Air : 10
ASA/AS - Alaska Airlines : 10
WJA/WS - WestJet : 9
BAW/BA - British Airways : 7
CJT/W8 - Cargojet Airways : 7
BVN/ - Baron Aviation Services : 6
JIA/OH - PSA Airlines : 5
THY/TK - Turkish Airlines : 5
JSX/XE - JSX : 5
AFR/AF - Air France : 4
CMP/CM - Copa Airlines : 4
HAL/HA - Hawaiian Airlines : 4
DLH/LH - Lufthansa : 4
TAI/TA - Taca International Airlines : 4
JTL/ - Jet Linx Aviation : 4
ABX/GB - ABX Air : 3
ANZ/NZ - Air New Zealand : 3
LET/ - Aerolineas Ejecutivas : 3
CLX/CV - Cargolux : 3
EJM/ - Executive Jet Management : 3
DCM/ - FLTPLAN : 3
KLM/KL - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines : 3
YEL/YE - Yellowtail : 3
EDV/9E - Endeavor Air : 3
CWG/ - Wing Aviation : 3
ANA/NH - All Nippon Airways : 2
VTM/ - Aeronaves TSM : 2
CYO/ - Air Transport : 2
EVA/BR - EVA Air : 2
UAE/EK - Emirates : 2
EAL/EA - European Air Express : 2
HER/UD - Hex'Air : 2
QTR/QR - Qatar Airways : 2
RAX/ - Royal Air Freight : 2
XSR/ - Executive AirShare : 2
NCR/N8 - National Air Cargo : 2
AMF/A8 - Ameriflight : 1
ARF/GV - Aero Flight : 1
NGF/ - Angel Flight America : 1
GTI/5Y - Atlas Air : 1
SCM/ - American Jet International : 1
BYA/ - Berry Aviation : 1
EMD/ - Eaglemed (Ballard Aviation) : 1
IBE/IB - Iberia Airlines : 1
KFS/ - Kalitta Charters : 1
GEC/LH - Lufthansa Cargo : 1
OAE/OY - Omni Air International : 1
LBQ/ - Quest Diagnostics : 1
RPA/RW - Republic Airlines : 1
JUS/U7 - USA Jet Airlines : 1
JAS/ - Jet Aviation Flight Services : 1
CNS/ - Cobalt Air : 1
TWY/ - Sunset Aviation, LLC : 1
Since it's more expensive to add ADSB-in capability and not required by the FAA many planes don't have this.
Fortunately, using almost the same setup as my home AWACS system Stratux
can supplement your electronic flight bag. I'm currently using Avare
with the external i/o plugin to connect to the
homebuilt stratux.