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Notable Aircraft at SAN Right Now

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

SAN Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at San Diego International 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 SAN Right Now

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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

The aircraft type mix at SAN 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 San Diego International Airport

SAN's busiest nonstop destination is SFO, at 478 flights a week. 580 scheduled destinations overall, served by 126 airlines. Based in San Diego.

Elevation
17ft
Routes
580
Airlines
126
Busiest Route
SAN → SFO
478x/week
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All Tracked Flights

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