PAO Departures & Arrivals
Scheduled flights for today at Palo Alto 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aircraft Types in the Pattern
BOEING 737-800 and AIRBUS A-321 are tied at the top of the PAO 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.
About Palo Alto Airport
PAO's busiest nonstop destination is SNA, at 2 flights a week. 3 scheduled destinations overall, served by 2 airlines. Based in Palo Alto.
All Tracked Flights
Every aircraft currently inside the PAO radar. Sort by any column. Click a row to open its tracker page with route arc, altitude profile, and live telemetry.
Frequently Asked Questions
Aircraft positions refresh every 5 seconds. ADS-B is GPS-accurate, so what you see is within about 30 meters of the aircraft's real position.
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 PAO radar radius but not landing or departing here. Passing through en route to another airport. We flag them so the numbers for PAO traffic actually reflect PAO 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. Aircraft refresh every 5 to 10 seconds. When a signal drops (mountain terrain, certain oceanic corridors), the marker holds the last-known position instead of disappearing.