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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

8 aircraft tracked

Unknown
6
Jazz Aviation Lp
1
United Airlines
1
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

AIRBUS HELICOPTERS EC-130 leads the BUF pattern with 2 aircraft right now, followed by PIPER PA-28-140/150/160/180 at 1. The mix is a fingerprint of the operation. Narrowbody-heavy points to domestic trunk service; widebodies signal long-haul arrivals and departures.

2
EC30
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS EC-130
1
P28A
PIPER PA-28-140/150/160/180
1
T28
NORTH AMERICAN T-28
1
DA40
DIAMOND DA-40 Club Star
1
E55P
EMBRAER EMB-505 Phenom 300
1
E75S
EMBRAER ERJ-170-200 (short wing)
1
B739
BOEING 737-900

About Buffalo Niagara International Airport

BUF's busiest nonstop destination is JFK, at 297 flights a week. 334 scheduled destinations overall, served by 109 airlines. Based in Buffalo.

Elevation
728ft
Routes
334
Airlines
109
Busiest Route
BUF → JFK
297x/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
QKQK 881 E75S 22,200 365kt 9nm 6635
N592CA DA40 1,725 96kt 14nm 0427
CGKOL T28 4,250 193kt 16nm 1200
N961RA EC30 3,175 67kt 16nm
EJA437 E55P 7,000 299kt 17nm 2114
CGTZN EC30 1,175 64kt 19nm 0176
UAUA 1693 B739 35,000 510kt 19nm 7254
CFUSO P28A 130kt 21nm 1200

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.