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Notable Aircraft at NQX Right Now

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

NQX Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica 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 NQX Right Now

2 aircraft tracked

Snapshot from 17:36 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

Aircharters Worlwide
1
American Airlines
1
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

HAWKER BEECHCRAFT Hawker 750/850 and AIRBUS A-321 are tied at the top of the NQX 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 17:36 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

1
H25B
HAWKER BEECHCRAFT Hawker 750/850
1
A321
AIRBUS A-321

About Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field

3 scheduled nonstop routes on 2 airlines.

Elevation
6ft
Routes
3
Airlines
2
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the NQX 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
AAAA 2422 A321 32,800 445kt 11nm 3330
MJS8481 H25B 36,000 454kt 19nm 6017

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