OpenSky Award
Every year at the early OpenSky Workshops, the OpenSky Network gave away award to the best data feeders of the previous calendar year. While we stopped this in 2019, the previous winners have been memorialized below.
Winners 2018
| Category | Receiver | Operator | Performance |
| Availability | 81650811 | John Ronan | 99.99% uptime |
| Total messages | 333333990 | Walleyv | 101,691,300,893 msg |
| Distinct aircraft | 80391799 | Hawkes | 55,183 aircraft |
| Coverage area | 90150 | Natale | 583 865 km2 |
Winners 2017
| Category | Receiver | Operator | Performance |
| Availability | 80694153 | Philipp Svoboda | 99.97% uptime |
| Total messages | 1801244942 | Günter Köllner | 45,351,226,982 msg |
| Average messages | 1801244942 | Günter Köllner | 72 msg/s |
| Distinct aircraft | 80391799 | Hawkes | 48,525 aircraft |
| Coverage area | 90150 | Natale | 589 914 km2 |
Winners 2016
| Category | Receiver | Operator | Performance |
| Availability | 90003 | Institute of Flight Guidance, TU Braunschweig | 98.9% uptime |
| Total messages | 699700118 | Rui Pinheiro | 20,278,598,542 msg |
| Average messages | 699700118 | Rui Pinheiro | 128 msg/s |
| Distinct aircraft | 699700118 | Rui Pinheiro | 66,759 aircraft |
| Coverage area | 1549365705 | Fabio Ricciato & Mauro Olivieri | 838 633 km2 |
Winners 2015
| Category | Receiver | Operator | Performance |
| Availability | 13020235 | Martin Strohmeier | 96.21% uptime |
| Total messages | 13020235 | Martin Strohmeier | 3,009,153,224 msg |
| Average messages | 699700118 | Rui Pinheiro | 165 msg/s |
| Distinct aircraft | 13020235 | Martin Strohmeier | 13095 aircraft |
| Coverage area | 90003 | Institute of Flight Guidance, TU Braunschweig | 443 316 km2 |
