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Notable Aircraft at MCG Right Now

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

MCG Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at McGrath 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 MCG Right Now

2 aircraft tracked

Snapshot from 19:42 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

PIPER PA-31-300/310/325/350/425 and PILATUS PC-12 are tied at the top of the MCG 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 19:42 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

1
PA31
PIPER PA-31-300/310/325/350/425
1
PC12
PILATUS PC-12

About McGrath Airport

MCG's busiest nonstop destination is ANC, at 8 flights a week. 4 scheduled destinations overall, served by 4 airlines. Based in McGrath.

Elevation
341ft
Routes
4
Airlines
4
Busiest Route
MCG → ANC
8x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the MCG 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
N13AL PA31 1,700 183kt 3nm 1200
N881TW PC12 5,250 109kt 6nm 4514

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