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Notable Aircraft at MAN Right Now

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

MAN Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Manchester 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 MAN Right Now

28 aircraft tracked

Snapshot from 12:24 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

Raven Air
16
Easyjet Uk
4
Ryanair
3
Jet2 Com
2
Tui Airways Limited
2
Egypt Air
1
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

BOEING 737-800 and BOEING 737 MAX 8 are tied at the top of the MAN pattern with 3 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 12:24 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

3
B738
BOEING 737-800
3
B38M
BOEING 737 MAX 8
2
PA38
PIPER PA-38 Tomahawk
2
A20N
AIRBUS A-320neo
2
C42
IKARUS C-42 Bison
2
EV97
EVEKTRO EV-97 EuroStar
2
A320
AIRBUS A-320
1
PC12
PILATUS PC-12
1
EFOX
AEROPRO Eurofox
1
C150
CESSNA 150
1
S22T
CIRRUS SR-22T Turbo
1
P28A
PIPER PA-28-140/150/160/180
1
R44
ROBINSON R-44 Raven
1
AT76
ATR-72-600
1
C56X
CESSNA 560XL Citation XLS
1
Unresolved
Unresolved

About Manchester Airport

MAN's busiest nonstop destination is AMS, at 305 flights a week. 530 scheduled destinations overall, served by 97 airlines. Based in Manchester, Greater Manchester.

Elevation
257ft
Routes
530
Airlines
97
Busiest Route
MAN → AMS
305x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the MAN 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
FRFR 8CN B38M 550 145kt 2nm 3106
U2U2 789V A320 29,975 403kt 3nm 6214
LSLS 85RM A21N 2,000 160kt 7nm 1046
FRFR 73EJ B38M 4,625 252kt 8nm 2245
GCGVT EV97 25 57kt 8nm 7365
GCDZG C42 900 64kt 10nm 7365
MSMS 781 A20N 5,650 250kt 10nm 2750
GCRDL R44 975 98kt 10nm 7366
NJU381L C56X 35,000 502kt 12nm 7635
U2U2 48EA A20N 1,800 225kt 13nm 7451
BYBY 3EB B738 4,475 191kt 13nm 1161
U2U2 786R A320 34,025 376kt 14nm 5404
LSLS 8ZQ B738 36,000 375kt 14nm 5322
FRFR 21WJ B738 6,800 278kt 18nm 4225
GOMTM S22T 850 98kt 18nm 5050
GBOPC P28A 2,700 87kt 19nm 7000
BYBY 85T B38M 8,650 278kt 20nm 7527
EAI65Y AT76 10,025 247kt 20nm 1462
GCJDA C42 2,825 80kt 20nm 7365
GLFSA PA38 1,100 90kt 21nm 7010
GVALG EV97 2,900 72kt 22nm 7000
RVR12DP PC12 4,675 185kt 22nm 1411
GAVER C150 2,375 94kt 23nm 7000
GLFSN PA38 2,325 94kt 23nm 5050
U2U2 825U A319 38,000 400kt 24nm 4241
GKBEB C182 2,750 114kt 24nm 4572
GCKXM EFOX 1,625 67kt 25nm 7000
40540F 4,225 103kt 25nm 7366

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