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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

Snapshot from 19:13 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

Unknown
4
American Airlines
1
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

AIRBUS A-321 and GULFSTREAM G500 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 19:13 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

1
A321
AIRBUS A-321
1
GA5C
GULFSTREAM G500
1
PIAT
PIPISTREL Alpha Trainer
1
B350
BEECHCRAFT Super King Air 350
1
T210
CESSNA T210 Turbo Centurion

About Merced Regional Macready Field

MCE's busiest nonstop destination is LAX, at 7 flights a week. 9 scheduled destinations overall, served by 3 airlines. Based in Merced.

Elevation
155ft
Routes
9
Airlines
3
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
N390EA PIAT 10,325 103kt 7nm 1200
N500XX GA5C 32,000 500kt 13nm 3705
AAAA 2562 A321 23,875 420kt 24nm 1113
N887DC B350 18,275 305kt 24nm 1326
N781CB T210 7,750 143kt 25nm 4213

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.