Balloon tracker map for the Belarus border.
AirVeto shows the wind that carries smuggling balloons across the border, live at 8 heights, and every reported landing since 2025.
Recent cross-border balloon and aircraft incidents.
Recent reported incidents - the event location, the wind at the time where reconstructed, and links to primary sources. Each entry is its own page, with a deep link to the event location on the live map.
Four airspace entries off Sulina, Romania, 14-15 Oct 2026
Romania's defence ministry logged four entries into national airspace off Sulina between the morning of October 14 and 01:34 on October 15, 2026; Ukrainian air defence shot down two targets.
Two drones at Adutiškis and Šiulgiai, October 9-11, 2026
VSAT border guards took control of two cigarette-carrying drones from Belarus on the nights of October 9 and 10, 2026, and say they have landed 63 drones this year.
Lithuania balloon cargos, Oct 8 - nine, 55,490 packs
Border guards and police intercepted nine balloon-borne cigarette cargoes from Belarus in four Lithuanian districts overnight and on the morning of October 8, 2026.Is there a live map of balloons from Belarus?
No public feed follows each smuggling balloon, because the balloons carry no transponder anyone can read. What can be mapped is the wind they ride. AirVeto draws it live at 8 heights, from 80 m to 7.2 km, marks in orange the stretches of border where that wind is blowing into the EU, and pins every reported balloon landing with its sources.
How does a balloon radar work for smuggling balloons?
Radar that watches the border belongs to the state: border guards and the armed forces. AirVeto is the open layer beside it. It shows the wind before and during a balloon night, and after each reported crossing it reconstructs what the wind was doing, from public sources anyone can check.
Why does the wind decide where a smuggling balloon lands?
A smuggling balloon has no engine. Once released it drifts with the wind at the height where it floats, usually well above the ground, so the surface wind can point the wrong way. That is why AirVeto shows several heights and why its reconstructions name the height they read. The method and its limits are in the methodology.
When is the wind blowing from Belarus tonight?
The live map turns a border segment orange when the wind there is crossing into the EU, within 85 degrees of straight across the border. Watch those segments on the night you care about. Pro adds a 3-day forecast, so the same check works ahead of time. The wind is a model forecast (Open-Meteo, ICON-EU), not a measurement.
Where have balloons landed?
AirVeto's archive holds 19 balloon incidents since November 2025, in Lithuania, Poland, Latvia and the Kaliningrad region. The five most recent:
- Lithuania balloon cargos, Oct 8 - nine, 55,490 packs
- Alytus balloon cargo, Sept 29 - 15,075 cigarette packs
- Vilnius airport balloon closure, Sept 22 - 20 flights hit
- Norviliškės drone, 16 Sep 2026 - 1,000 packs of cigarettes
- Veismūnai balloon-cargo ambush, July 27-28, 2026
Places hit again and again have their own pages: Vilnius Airport and the Polish-Belarusian border. In Lithuanian: kontrabandos balionai; in Polish: balony przemytnicze. For agencies, see border monitoring; for balloon teams, balloon operators.
Questions.
Is this an official alert service?
No. Official warnings come from national authorities: border guards, the armed forces and the airport. AirVeto is analysis: the wind and the record of what was reported.
Can I use it for hot-air balloon flights?
Yes, for planning. AirVeto doesn’t follow a balloon in flight, but the wind at 8 heights shows where a balloon will drift, and Pro adds the 3-day forecast. Operators and teams: see AirVeto for balloon operators.
Which borders does it cover?
Belarus with Lithuania, Poland and Latvia, and the Kaliningrad region. The wind map itself runs from Finland to Romania.
Is it free?
The live map is free with an account. Pro adds the 3-day wind forecast.
See where tonight's wind goes.
Wind at 8 heights, the border inflow and every reported balloon. No card needed.