English Newsletters Events Podcasts Videos Africanews Search

The sky from my rooftop: Portuguese developer creates platform to track planes flying over Lisbon

Video. Meet the man tracking 39,000 flights over Lisbon from his terrace

Updated: 02/09/2026 - 8:03 GMT+2

Fed up with plane noise over his terrace, António Boaventura built Lisbon Finals, a platform that tracks every flight over the city in real time, from altitude to decibels.

Read full article

Top stories

Now playing Next

Latest news bulletin | October 20th, 2026 – Evening

Now playing Next

Video: Priest dies after cross falls on him during Mass in Ecuador

Now playing Next

France's Macron begins state visit to Qatar as part of wider Gulf tour

Now playing Next

To infinity and beyond: Starmus co-founder Garik Israelian on mixing science, music and art

Now playing Next

Heavy rain causes widespread flooding in France’s Marseille

Now playing Next

Paris shop owners clean up and repair stores after riots

Now playing Next

How Turkey and Uzbekistan are preparing their cities for a changing climate

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

More from Tech News

Tech News

From fruit to bricks: Hong Kong engineers explore how to build houses on Mars

Tech News

'Well, it worked': Elon Musk unveils new Tesla Roadster that can fly

Tech News

Denmark’s biggest retailer is training robots for supermarket night shifts. When will they be ready?

Tech News

Greece's social media ban for under-15s: What you need to know

Latest video

Business Line

Uzbekistan expands transport links and eases travel rules to turn its tourism boom into economic gains

No Comment

King Charles welcomes Oman’s Sultan Haitham for state visit to UK

Europe Today

'Everything is destroyed,' Paris pharmacy owner says after protests

No Comment

Fireworks, petrol bombs and water cannon as unrest escalates in Albania

Europe

Albania's PM Edi Rama blames 'hybrid war' for fuelling unrest across the country

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan's $12bn business drive gathers pace during Rubio visit

World News

Alberta rejects independence referendum plan, but separatists vow to keep fighting

Europe News

Kallas: Russian Black Sea strikes deepen ‘perfect storm’ for world food supplies

ADVERTISEMENT

No Comment

Japan launches mission to bring back samples from Mars’s moon Phobos

Europe News

Zelenskyy calls for trilateral talks with Putin and Trump after meeting with US delegation in Oslo

Europe

At least five killed and thousands evacuated as Storm Adam batters eastern Spain

World News

Ukraine carries out first drone airlift of wounded soldier from front line

Markets

Oil prices top $110 as traders weigh Middle East supply risks

Europe Today

Ryanair CEO calls EU chief Ursula von der Leyen 'useless' and demands tax on US and Chinese airlines

Europe

France to impose new curfews where 'situation requires it', PM Lecornu says

Europe Today

Protests in France: Russian interference "quite certain" says French politician

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT