• Log all unique flights seen by the ADS-B receiver
• Log all unique operators seen by the ADS-B receiver
• Log the flight with the highest altitude seen by the ADS-B receiver
• Log the flight with the highest speed seen by the ADS-B receiver
• Log the flight the furthest away from the ADS-B receiver
• Log the flight closest from the ADS-B receiver
• Log the flight with the best signal strength seen by the ADS-B receiver
• Log the flight with the worst signal strength seen by the ADS-B receiver
• All data is available in Metric Units (by default) or Imperial Units

This has been tested and confirmed to work on Python 3.10, but should work fine in Python.

1. Clone the git repo on your ADS-B server and enter its directory:

git clone https://github.com/nfacha/adsb-stats-logger.git
cd adsb-stats-logger

2. Copy the config file sample:

cp config.ini.sample config.ini

3. Edit the config to your liking, one easy way would be using nano

nano config.ini

4. Edit the config to your liking, one easy way would be using nano

[PATHS]
DATA_PATH = /run/dump1090-fa/ #The path to your dump1090 logs folder
[LOCATION]
STATION_LAT = 37.7 #Your base station latitude, used for distance calculations
STATION_LNG = 37.7 #Your base station longitude, used for distance calculations
[LOGGING]
SENTRY_DSN =#Sentry DSN for error logging, leave empry to disable
SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT=#Sentry environment, leave empry to disable
LOG_LEVEL = 20 #Log level, see https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html#logging-levels
[UNITS]
USE_METRIC_SYSTEM = true #Use metric system for distance calculations, else use caveman units (a.k.a. imperial)

5. Leave the script running in the background, one easy way would be to use screen

screen -S logger -dm python3 logger.py

6. By now the script should be running, wait a bit for data to gather and as soon as you have at least one plane in your range it should start to gather data, to see this data use

python3 show.py

You will get an output similar to this:

INFO:root:Logging level: 20
INFO:root:Use metric system: True
--- Metrics ---
Data range: 2022-01-07 16:33:15 - 2022-01-07 13:26:54
Unique Flights: 5
Unique Operators: 3
Max Altitude: Flight IBE6317 11.879000304785126 km at 2022-01-07 13:39:43
Max Speed: Flight IBE6501 851.3644 kmh at 2022-01-07 13:36:00
Max Station Distance: Flight RYR28FF 5449.571199579309 km at 2022-01-07 15:34:44
Min Station Distance: Flight SAT571 12.83198307011012 km at 2022-01-07 16:33:14
Max Signal: Flight IBE6317 -16.3 db at 2022-01-07 13:39:43
Min Signal: Flight IBE6501 -24.0 db at 2022-01-07 13:39:43
--- Unique Flights Seen ---
SAT2500 last seen on 2022-01-07 13:26:54
IBE6317 last seen on 2022-01-07 13:39:48
IBE6501 last seen on 2022-01-07 13:39:48
RYR28FF last seen on 2022-01-07 15:40:59
SAT571 last seen on 2022-01-07 16:33:15
--- Unique Operators Seen ---
SAT last seen on 2022-01-07 16:33:15
IBE last seen on 2022-01-07 13:39:48
RYRFF last seen on 2022-01-07 15:40:59

Process finished with exit code 0

If you want to see the runtime logs, or to be able to Ctrl-C you can enter the screen with:

screen -x logger

This was inspired by wesmorgan1's Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/ADSB/comments/rutot0/python3_script_to_profile_dump1090_output_and/