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Notable Aircraft at FAR Right Now

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

FAR Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Hector 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 FAR Right Now

4 aircraft tracked

Snapshot from 21:19 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

Unknown
3
Sky West Aviation
1
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

SOCATA TBM-900/910/930/940 and SOCATA TBM-850 are tied at the top of the FAR pattern with 1 aircraft each. The mix is a fingerprint of the operation. Narrowbody-heavy points to domestic trunk service; widebodies signal long-haul arrivals and departures.

Snapshot from 21:19 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

1
TBM9
SOCATA TBM-900/910/930/940
1
TBM8
SOCATA TBM-850
1
CL35
BOMBARDIER BD-100 Challenger 350
1
CRJ7
BOMBARDIER Regional Jet CRJ-700

About Hector International Airport

FAR's busiest nonstop destination is ORD, at 133 flights a week. 165 scheduled destinations overall, served by 72 airlines. Based in Fargo.

Elevation
902ft
Routes
165
Airlines
72
Busiest Route
FAR → ORD
133x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the FAR 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
N8083 TBM8 1,100 108kt 2nm 4525
N165RD CL35 4,675 240kt 9nm 2130
OOOO 4330 CRJ7 25,025 488kt 19nm 4506
N964BL TBM9 5,225 94kt 19nm 4257

Frequently Asked Questions

Aircraft positions refresh every few minutes. ADS-B is GPS-accurate, so what you see is within about 30 meters of the aircraft's position at broadcast time.

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 FAR radar radius but not landing or departing here. Passing through en route to another airport. We flag them so the numbers for FAR traffic actually reflect FAR 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. Positions refresh every few minutes. When a signal drops (mountain terrain, certain oceanic corridors), the marker holds the last-known position instead of disappearing.