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Notable Aircraft at TVL Right Now

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

TVL Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Lake Tahoe 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 TVL Right Now

13 aircraft tracked

Snapshot from 20:02 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

Unknown
11
Southwest Airlines
1
Alaska Airlines
1
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

BOEING 737-800 and BEECH 200 Super King Air are tied at the top of the TVL 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 20:02 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

1
B738
BOEING 737-800
1
BE20
BEECH 200 Super King Air
1
C56X
CESSNA 560XL Citation XLS
1
BE35
BEECH 35 Bonanza
1
PA46
PIPER PA-46-310/350
1
P180
PIAGGIO P-180 Avanti
1
C182
CESSNA 182 Skylane
1
LJ60
LEARJET 60
1
C180
CESSNA 180 Skywagon
1
PA25
PIPER PA-25 Pawnee
1
A33P
SCHLEICHER AS-33Es
1
B39M
BOEING 737 MAX 9
1
DG40
DG FLUGZEUGBAU DG-400

About Lake Tahoe Airport

TVL's busiest nonstop destination is SUN, at 2 flights a week. 34 scheduled destinations overall, served by 19 airlines. Based in South Lake Tahoe.

Elevation
6,264ft
Routes
34
Airlines
19
Busiest Route
TVL → SUN
2x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the TVL 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
N15XJ PA46 13,075 154kt 9nm 1200
N5620B C182 10,600 155kt 12nm 1200
N9479S BE35 12,600 157kt 12nm 4543
N563DW C56X 38,700 437kt 13nm 3003
N6489X C180 4,625 72kt 13nm 1200
N1114K BE20 22,100 257kt 13nm 0522
N5760 P180 34,150 378kt 13nm 3316
N102LJ LJ60 5,450 205kt 14nm 3747
N7757Z PA25 5,450 101kt 15nm 1200
WNWN 3775 B738 26,975 454kt 19nm 6366
ASAS 654 B39M 36,000 460kt 20nm 7732
N339CU A33P 8,375 88kt 22nm 1202
N45DG DG40 10,200 70kt 24nm 1202

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