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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

3 aircraft tracked

Snapshot from 21:19 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

Unknown
2
Frontier Airlines
1
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

PIPER PA-32 and AIRBUS A-321neo 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.

Snapshot from 21:19 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

1
PA32
PIPER PA-32
1
A21N
AIRBUS A-321neo
1
C560
CESSNA 560 Citation Ultra

About Merced Regional Macready Field

MCE's busiest nonstop destination is LAX, at 7 flights a week. 12 scheduled destinations overall, served by 5 airlines. Based in Merced.

Elevation
155ft
Routes
12
Airlines
5
Busiest Route
MCE → LAX
7x/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
F9F9 1590 A21N 32,400 458kt 16nm 3314
N655PA PA32 7,550 137kt 20nm 4567
N322VA C560 28,625 386kt 23nm 6312

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 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. Positions refresh every few minutes. When a signal drops (mountain terrain, certain oceanic corridors), the marker holds the last-known position instead of disappearing.