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Notable Aircraft at BUF Right Now

Widebodies, super-heavies, military traffic, and emergency squawks in the BUF pattern right now. If there's anything worth noticing, it surfaces here first.

BUF Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Buffalo Niagara International Airport with gate, terminal, and current status. Separate from the live radar above, which shows every aircraft in the sky whether or not it's on a public schedule.

Status Airline Flight Destination Sched Updated Gate
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Top Airlines at BUF Right Now

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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

The aircraft type mix at BUF updates as flights enter and leave the radar. Heavy widebodies point to long-haul service; regional jets and narrowbodies dominate at domestic-focused airports.

About Buffalo Niagara International Airport

BUF's busiest nonstop destination is ORD, at 264 flights a week. 239 scheduled destinations overall, served by 88 airlines. Based in Buffalo.

Elevation
728ft
Routes
239
Airlines
88
Busiest Route
BUF → ORD
264x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the BUF radar. Sort by any column. Click a row to open its tracker page with route arc, altitude profile, and live telemetry.

Callsign Route Type Dir Alt Speed Dist Squawk

Frequently Asked Questions

Aircraft positions refresh every 5 seconds. ADS-B is GPS-accurate, so what you see is within about 30 meters of the aircraft's real position.

Altitude. Red on the ground, through green, teal, and blue for mid-altitudes, into violet above 40,000 feet. At a glance you can tell who just took off, who is climbing through the pattern, and who is cruising overhead.

They are inside the BUF radar radius but not landing or departing here. Passing through en route to another airport. We flag them so the numbers for BUF traffic actually reflect BUF traffic.

Click any aircraft on the map. You get its track line across the region and an altitude profile showing the climb, cruise, and descent.

A pulsing red circle indicates an emergency squawk: 7500 (hijack), 7600 (comm failure), or 7700 (general emergency). These are legally-required codes pilots set when something is wrong.

The radar shows live aircraft positions. Gate, terminal, and schedule status sit in the Board section above this one.

GPS-accurate via ADS-B, typically within 30 meters horizontally. Aircraft refresh every 5 to 10 seconds. When a signal drops (mountain terrain, certain oceanic corridors), the marker holds the last-known position instead of disappearing.