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Notable Aircraft at PLR Right Now

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

PLR Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at St Clair County 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 PLR Right Now

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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

The aircraft type mix at PLR updates as flights enter and leave the radar. Heavy widebodies point to long-haul service; regional jets and narrowbodies dominate at domestic-focused airports.

About St Clair County Airport

PLR's busiest nonstop destination is FFC, at 1 flights a week. 1 scheduled destinations overall, served by 1 airline. Based in Pell City.

Elevation
485ft
Routes
1
Airlines
1
Busiest Route
PLR → FFC
1x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the PLR 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

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