JetSweep tracks the aircraft used by institutions that answer to the public — university fleets, athletics departments, the foundations and booster companies flying alongside them — and turns their movement into a readable record. Every aircraft in flight broadcasts its own position on an open frequency, because the law requires it. We record those broadcasts, stitch them into trips, and keep the trips.
A track on its own is just a line on a map. The reporting comes from the paper trail beside it: the FAA registry, aircraft title and registration histories, state corporate filings that resolve a holding-company registrant to the person behind it, contracts, budgets, and open-records releases. Matching the two — what the airplane did, and what the documents say about whose airplane it is — is the whole method. Where the evidence stops, the page says so rather than guessing.
The site is built and written by Brandon Cullum. It is an independent project, funded by reader subscriptions rather than by anyone it covers.
Where to read further
Why we track the jets is the argument for doing any of this. Method is the technical account — the sources, the matching rules, the confidence language, and the known gaps. Editorial & Ethics covers what we will and will not claim about the people connected to an aircraft, and how to request a correction.
Contact
Corrections, records tips, and questions: jetsweepcfb@gmail.com.