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GPS Interference Monitoring

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Summary

No new GPS jamming incidents from Kaliningrad in last 24h

Why this matters

GPS disruption affects civilian and military navigation reliability. Extended disruption has historically correlated with broader regional tension.

What we saw

ZoneAircraftDegradedRateSeverity
Pskov-border25936.0%HIGH
Kaliningrad35210329.3%HIGH
Latvia-E1203428.3%HIGH
Belarus-N892325.8%HIGH
St-Petersburg1573321.0%HIGH
Finland-S6567711.7%HIGH
Estonia-W9369710.4%HIGH
Lithuania-E12641138.9%MEDIUM
Gulf-Finland652548.3%MEDIUM
Baltic-other54543716.8%MEDIUM
Baltic-Sea1442694.8%MEDIUM
Estonia-E7534.0%MEDIUM

How sure we are

Last data: 2026-05-02 12:00 UTC

Basis: GPSJam aircraft GPS quality reports (updates ~72h)

Limitation: GPS snapshots update approximately every 72 hours. This is not real-time.

How we know

We use public aircraft navigation reports from GPSJam. When many aircraft in the same area report degraded GPS quality, it usually means jamming or spoofing is active in that zone.

Primary source: gpsjam.org