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Notable Aircraft at FTW Right Now

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

FTW Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Fort Worth Meacham 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 FTW Right Now

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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

The aircraft type mix at FTW 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 Fort Worth Meacham International Airport

FTW's busiest nonstop destination is OMA, at 2 flights a week. 107 scheduled destinations overall, served by 38 airlines. Based in Fort Worth.

Elevation
710ft
Routes
107
Airlines
38
Busiest Route
FTW → OMA
2x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the FTW 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 FTW radar radius but not landing or departing here. Passing through en route to another airport. We flag them so the numbers for FTW traffic actually reflect FTW 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.