at.adsb.broadcast.message
{
"$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
"defs": {
"main": {
"description": "Current state of a tracked aircraft as observed by a single receiver.",
"key": "tid",
"record": {
"properties": {
"aircraft": {
"description": "Strong reference to the at.adsb.aircraft.identity record for this aircraft.",
"ref": "com.atproto.repo.strongRef",
"type": "ref"
},
"callsign": {
"description": "Flight callsign as broadcast (e.g. 'UAL123').",
"maxLength": 8,
"type": "string"
},
"icaoHex": {
"description": "ICAO 24-bit hex address (uppercased).",
"maxLength": 6,
"minLength": 6,
"type": "string"
},
"messageCount": {
"description": "Total messages received from this aircraft in the current tracking session.",
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer"
},
"nic": {
"description": "Navigation Integrity Category (0-11). Higher is more precise.",
"maximum": 11,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer"
},
"position": {
"description": "Most recent position fix for this aircraft.",
"ref": "at.adsb.flight.defs#position",
"type": "ref"
},
"rc": {
"description": "Radius of containment in metres. Derived from NIC.",
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer"
},
"rssi": {
"description": "Received signal strength indicator in dBFS.",
"maxLength": 10,
"type": "string"
},
"seen": {
"description": "Seconds since last message from this aircraft.",
"maxLength": 10,
"type": "string"
},
"seenPos": {
"description": "Seconds since last position fix from this aircraft.",
"maxLength": 10,
"type": "string"
},
"squawk": {
"description": "Transponder squawk code (e.g. '2636').",
"maxLength": 4,
"minLength": 4,
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"icaoHex",
"rssi",
"seen"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": "record"
}
},
"description": "A real-time aircraft state update, broadcast via at.adsb.broadcast.subscribeEvents. Ephemeral — not written to a PDS.",
"id": "at.adsb.broadcast.message",
"lexicon": 1
}
Metadata
- DID
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did:plc:32thk4eifx4ou6mxevswgjhg - CID
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bafyreibjiesv3nzgzyfrj74xokdebbr7mbfibnq5bmvwwyugrhpx6jz54y - Indexed At
- 2026-05-25 20:10 UTC
- AT-URI
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at://did:plc:32thk4eifx4ou6mxevswgjhg/com.atproto.lexicon.schema/at.adsb.broadcast.message
Version History (2 versions)
- 2026-05-25 20:10 UTC (current)
- 2026-05-25 02:52 UTC diff
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