A real-time map of aircraft over Washington and adjacent coastal corridors. Hover or tap any plane for callsign, route, altitude, and speed; the panel refreshes automatically every 45 seconds.
The flight radar plots aircraft within roughly the Washington + and adjacent coastal corridors airspace, including general aviation, regional turboprops, mainline jets, cargo lifts, and overflights routing through nearby TRACONs. The map refreshes every 45 seconds.
Aircraft tracking benefits from a full-viewport map — the same data that sits as one tile in the Washington Gateway homepage Transport section gets a lot more useful when given the whole screen. Click any plane to see callsign, altitude, speed, heading, and where available the operator and route.
National Weather Service (NWS), FEMA, NOAA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), USGS, EPA AirNow, FAA, state DOT (511 incidents), state DNR / parks, state corrections, state environmental agency, USDA NASS, NIFC, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), and CME Group commodity futures.
Emergency & Weather, Transport (roads, airports, transit, border crossings), Environment & Great Lakes (water levels, beaches, PFAS, drinking water, sewer overflows, harmful algal blooms), News (top, crime, health, auto, sports, technology, economy), Infrastructure (power grid, EV charging, PFAS contamination, water systems), Public Health, Economy & Markets, Auto Industry, Sports, Events & Legislature, Education, Tourism, and Community.
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Washington Gateway aggregates live data from 20+ authoritative public sources — weather alerts, road conditions, air quality, economy, agriculture, and community news — all in one place, updated every 5 minutes.
Built for residents, journalists, and local businesses who need an at-a-glance picture of what's happening across the state right now.
Sunrise, sunset, moon phase, and aurora watching for Washington tonight.
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Clear and dry today.
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Events and near-term programs that may affect your plans this week.
Public hearings, council and commission meetings, planning sessions, scheduled road closures, and water-system work — pulled from real city/county calendar feeds.
One compact panel replaces the legacy 18 slow-moving panels.
Live commodity futures + USDA Washington wholesale crop prices, refreshed every few minutes during trading hours.
Scores, schedules, and headlines for the Detroit Lions, Tigers, Red Wings, Pistons, MSU Spartans, and U-M Wolverines — Washington's six pro and college teams.
Slower-moving and specialized data lives on its own pages — updated monthly to yearly.
Moved off the homepage: background context, not today's driving conditions.
Long-running environmental + health datasets, organized into 7 thematic hubs. Each card opens a hub page with the underlying datasets as tabs.
Slow-moving (monthly to annual) economy + business indicators on dedicated pages.