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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

6 aircraft tracked

Unknown
3
Alpine Aviation
2
Bemidji Airlines
1
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

CESSNA 172 Skyhawk and BEECH 1900 are tied at the top of the FAR pattern with 2 aircraft each. The mix is a fingerprint of the operation. Narrowbody-heavy points to domestic trunk service; widebodies signal long-haul arrivals and departures.

2
C172
CESSNA 172 Skyhawk
2
B190
BEECH 1900
1
BE99
BEECH 99 Airliner
1
C560
CESSNA 560 Citation Ultra

About Hector International Airport

FAR's busiest nonstop destination is ORD, at 154 flights a week. 89 scheduled destinations overall, served by 45 airlines. Based in Fargo.

Elevation
902ft
Routes
89
Airlines
45
Busiest Route
FAR → ORD
154x/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
5A5A 1565 B190 3,325 139kt 2nm 2667
CHCH 68 BE99 4,950 156kt 5nm 4233
5A5A 1542 B190 7,400 145kt 6nm 4577
N691DC C560 10,075 337kt 15nm 4264
N7108Q C172 3,675 94kt 18nm 1200
N5226D C172 4,125 104kt 25nm 0425

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 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. 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.