Live flights over Brindisi Papola Casale (BDS)
The Salento's airport, in mixed civil-military use, a gateway to the Apulian coast with strong summer traffic.
Airport data
- IATA code
- BDS
- ICAO code
- LIBR
- City
- Brindisi
- Region
- Puglia
- Coordinates
- 40.6576, 17.947
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Brindisi Papola Casale appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, plus — through Italian MLAT — military and state flights without full ADS-B. Coverage is global and unfiltered; density is highest over Puglia thanks to the feeders of the community network.
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Brindisi Papola Casale? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Brindisi: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of BDS, refreshed every few seconds.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Brindisi? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) — the only such service active in Italy — the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area.
What are the codes for Brindisi Papola Casale? +
Brindisi Papola Casale has IATA code BDS and ICAO code LIBR. It lies in Puglia, at coordinates 40.6576, 17.947.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. FlyItalyADSB is a non-profit project and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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