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Notable Aircraft at MCE Right Now

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

MCE Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Merced Regional Macready Field 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 MCE Right Now

5 aircraft tracked

Unknown
3
United Airlines
1
Sky West Aviation
1
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

PIPER PA-31-300/310/325/350/425 and BOEING 737 MAX 8 are tied at the top of the MCE 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.

1
PA31
PIPER PA-31-300/310/325/350/425
1
B38M
BOEING 737 MAX 8
1
J3
PIPER J-3 Cub
1
E75L
EMBRAER ERJ-170-200 (long wing)
1
C182
CESSNA 182 Skylane

About Merced Regional Macready Field

MCE's busiest nonstop destination is LAS, at 18 flights a week. 7 scheduled destinations overall, served by 2 airlines. Based in Merced.

Elevation
155ft
Routes
7
Airlines
2
Busiest Route
MCE → LAS
18x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the MCE 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
N285CS C182 3,400 116kt 2nm
N408AR J3 2,500 75kt 11nm 1200
UAUA 2382 B38M 28,000 417kt 20nm 3316
OOOO 3755 E75L 20,600 408kt 20nm 1330
N18RL PA31 16,550 168kt 22nm 5302

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