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Notable Aircraft at MWA Right Now

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

MWA Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois 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 MWA Right Now

7 aircraft tracked

Snapshot from 21:11 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

Southern Illinois University
7
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

CESSNA 172 Skyhawk leads the MWA pattern with 5 aircraft right now, followed by CESSNA 310 at 1. The mix is a fingerprint of the operation. Narrowbody-heavy points to domestic trunk service; widebodies signal long-haul arrivals and departures.

Snapshot from 21:11 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

5
C172
CESSNA 172 Skyhawk
1
C310
CESSNA 310
1
P180
PIAGGIO P-180 Avanti

About Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois

MWA's busiest nonstop destination is ORD, at 12 flights a week. 27 scheduled destinations overall, served by 11 airlines. Based in Marion.

Elevation
472ft
Routes
27
Airlines
11
Busiest Route
MWA → ORD
12x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the MWA 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
CBN682P C172 1,650 70kt 10nm
CBN478K C172 1,725 96kt 11nm
CBN261J C172 2,100 105kt 11nm 1200
CBN353R C172 3,450 109kt 17nm 1200
N54LT P180 28,000 364kt 22nm 1605
CBN180C C310 5,600 151kt 22nm
CBN731T C172 3,250 97kt 23nm 1200

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