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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

1 aircraft tracked

Snapshot from 14:13 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

United Airlines
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

AIRBUS A-320 is the most common aircraft at FAR right now, with 1 tracked. Narrowbody or widebody tells you whether this is a domestic hub or a long-haul gateway.

Snapshot from 14:13 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

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A320
AIRBUS A-320

About Hector International Airport

FAR's busiest nonstop destination is ORD, at 168 flights a week. 135 scheduled destinations overall, served by 64 airlines. Based in Fargo.

Elevation
902ft
Routes
135
Airlines
64
Busiest Route
FAR → ORD
168x/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
UAUA 1610 A320 12,725 348kt 23nm 3013

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.