Build Your Own
Build your own ADS-B receiver on a Raspberry Pi.
Prefer to roll your own? The Ground Station firmware is a dual-band (1090 / 978 MHz) ADS-B receiver you build on a Raspberry Pi. Set it up over Bluetooth, claim it to your account, and it streams the aircraft it sees into the FlightBagX traffic network — the same network our hardware Ground Station feeds.
Already have a Raspberry Pi? Install in one line:
curl -fsSL https://flightbagx.com/groundstation/install.sh | sudo bash
Dual-band ADS-B
Receives both 1090 MHz (Mode S) and 978 MHz (UAT) with RTL-SDR dongles — the full picture, not half of it.
Runs on a Raspberry Pi
Build it on a Pi 4B with Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit. One command installs the firmware and sets it up.
Bluetooth setup
No screen or keyboard needed. Provision Wi-Fi and claim the unit to your account right from the FlightBagX app.
Live traffic in the app
Your receiver feeds the FlightBagX traffic network, fused with FAA SWIM for a single deduplicated picture on the map.
Over-the-air updates
The on-device updater keeps firmware current automatically — see the release history for what's new.
Yours to run
Own the hardware, run it at your hangar or home base, and share coverage with the network.
Rather not source parts?
We sell a ready-to-run Ground Station — assembled, tested, and provisioned. Unbox it and claim it in the app.