diff --git a/doc/news/interface_changes/DM-46087.ess.rst b/doc/news/interface_changes/DM-46087.ess.rst
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+Add aircraft tracking data to the ESS.
diff --git a/python/lsst/ts/xml/data/sal_interfaces/ESS/ESS_Telemetry.xml b/python/lsst/ts/xml/data/sal_interfaces/ESS/ESS_Telemetry.xml
index ee81efdd1..12abd46de 100644
--- a/python/lsst/ts/xml/data/sal_interfaces/ESS/ESS_Telemetry.xml
+++ b/python/lsst/ts/xml/data/sal_interfaces/ESS/ESS_Telemetry.xml
@@ -1437,4 +1437,78 @@
       <Count>1</Count>
     </item>
   </SALTelemetry>
+  <SALTelemetry>
+    <EFDB_Topic>ESS_aircraftTrack</EFDB_Topic>
+    <Description>Aircraft track read from DGAC radars.</Description>
+    <item>
+      <EFDB_Name>timestamp</EFDB_Name>
+      <Description>Time of data acqusition (TAI Unix seconds).</Description>
+      <IDL_Type>double</IDL_Type>
+      <Units>second</Units>
+      <Count>1</Count>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <EFDB_Name>track</EFDB_Name>
+      <Description>The id of the radar and aircraft.</Description>
+      <IDL_Type>string</IDL_Type>
+      <Units>unitless</Units>
+      <Count>1</Count>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <EFDB_Name>transponder</EFDB_Name>
+      <Description>The id of the aircraft assigned by the secondary surveillance radar (SSR).</Description>
+      <IDL_Type>string</IDL_Type>
+      <Units>unitless</Units>
+      <Count>1</Count>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <EFDB_Name>azimuth</EFDB_Name>
+      <Description>The azimuth of the aircraft.</Description>
+      <IDL_Type>double</IDL_Type>
+      <Units>degree</Units>
+      <Count>1</Count>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <EFDB_Name>altitude</EFDB_Name>
+      <Description>The altitude of the aircraft.</Description>
+      <IDL_Type>float</IDL_Type>
+      <Units>m</Units>
+      <Count>1</Count>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <EFDB_Name>speed</EFDB_Name>
+      <Description>The speed of the aircraft.</Description>
+      <IDL_Type>float</IDL_Type>
+      <Units>m/s</Units>
+      <Count>1</Count>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <EFDB_Name>latitude</EFDB_Name>
+      <Description>The latitude position of the aircraft.</Description>
+      <IDL_Type>double</IDL_Type>
+      <Units>degree</Units>
+      <Count>1</Count>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <EFDB_Name>longitude</EFDB_Name>
+      <Description>The longitude position of the aircraft.</Description>
+      <IDL_Type>double</IDL_Type>
+      <Units>degree</Units>
+      <Count>1</Count>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <EFDB_Name>velocityX</EFDB_Name>
+      <Description>The velocity of the aircraft in the x axis.</Description>
+      <IDL_Type>float</IDL_Type>
+      <Units>m/s</Units>
+      <Count>1</Count>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <EFDB_Name>velocityY</EFDB_Name>
+      <Description>The velocity of the aircraft in the Y axis.</Description>
+      <IDL_Type>float</IDL_Type>
+      <Units>m/s</Units>
+      <Count>1</Count>
+    </item>
+  </SALTelemetry>
 </SALTelemetrySet>