Cerritos, California, United States · live ADS-B

Planes over Cerritos right now

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28 aircraft over Cerritos right now; 1 aircraft circling 8 km SW at 700 ft Within 25 km of the city centre, ADS-B at 17:52 local (01:52 UTC).

Planes over Cerritos right now

At 17:52 local (01:52 UTC), 91 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Cerritos, California, United States, 28 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is TAP4LA (A339), 7 km SSE at 15,850 ft.

By height: 7 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 46 between 3,000 and 20,000 ft (typically climbing out or descending into a nearby airport) and 38 below 3,000 ft. Most of the traffic is arriving at or departing from airports around Cerritos.

FlightAirlineTypeAltitudeWhereHeading
TAP4LATAP Air PortugalA33915,850 ft6.5 km SSE37° NE
N24CV—C172700 ft7.7 km SW272° W
KNIFE00MilitaryH60under 100 ft7.8 km S234° SW
N53268—C152100 ft8.1 km WSW270° W
N330ME—C1723,200 ft8.4 km SSE359° N
N532BD—C172950 ft9.5 km SW90° E
N5586R—C172500 ft9.9 km E255° WSW
N6233D—C172500 ft10.6 km WSW265° W
N1967S—C172950 ft12 km ENE255° WSW
SWA2671Southwest AirlinesB7385,350 ft12.7 km N263° W
N432R—SLG22,625 ft14 km S163° SSE
SWA3051Southwest AirlinesB73731,550 ft15.2 km NNW156° SSE
SWA2355Southwest AirlinesB7373,600 ft16.3 km NW263° W
LXJ336—E5455,125 ft16.4 km SW152° SSE
N513MS—P28A5,100 ft16.4 km E93° E
N638SS—SLG44,000 ft17.5 km SW118° ESE
BT11MilitaryH60950 ft17.7 km SSW71° ENE
SKW4954—E75L6,700 ft18 km NE264° W
N80238—C1721,900 ft19.2 km SSW59° ENE
N732ZY—SLG22,950 ft19.9 km WSW121° ESE
DAL1779Delta Air LinesB7387,825 ft21 km SSE343° NNW
N119FR—C1722,900 ft21.9 km SSW186° S
AAL554American AirlinesA21N1,700 ft22.6 km WNW263° W
N8408E—P28A4,600 ft23 km WSW327° NNW
N6529S—C1503,000 ft23.2 km NNE125° SE
N523DB—B36T3,500 ft23.5 km S118° ESE
ASA685Alaska AirlinesB73832,575 ft24 km WSW348° NNW
N66083—C172675 ft24.2 km WSW290° WNW

Every aircraft broadcasting its position over Cerritos: airliners, helicopters, military and private planes, with how high and which way they are flying.

Aircraft within 25 km
28 airborne, ADS-B
Aircraft within 60 km
91
Helicopters
11 within 60 km
Military
3 flagged military airframes
Low (< 3,000 ft) away from airports
10
Circling or loitering
5 last 20 min
Nearest major airport
LAX · 33 km Los Angeles International
Next visible CSS pass
17:54 local time

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Helicopters, military and low planes over Cerritos

11 helicopters are flying within 60 km. The nearest, KNIFE00 (H60), is 8 km S at under 100 ft. Police, air-ambulance, news and tour helicopters often fly low and slow over cities; ADS-B does not say which role a helicopter has, but the registration on the flight page usually tells you the operator.

3 military aircraft are visible nearby: KNIFE00 (H60) 8 km S at under 100 ft; BT11 (H60) 18 km SSW at 950 ft; KNIFE44 (H60) 39 km SSE at 750 ft. Many military flights switch their transponders off or hide their identity, so this is a minimum.

10 aircraft are below 3,000 ft and not next to an airport: N1967S 12 km ENE at 950 ft; BT11 18 km SSW at 950 ft; N80238 19 km SSW at 1,900 ft; N732ZY 20 km WSW at 2,950 ft; N119FR 22 km SSW at 2,900 ft. Low flying away from runways is usually helicopters, survey or banner flights, or traffic approaching a smaller airfield.

4 aircraft nearby use a privacy programme (PIA or LADD), so the owner asked for the identity to be hidden; the position is still shown.

Is a plane circling over Cerritos?

N24CV (C172, aircraft) is 8 km SW at 700 ft. Over the last 8 minutes it has stayed within about 0.6 km of one spot.

N224KB (B06, helicopter) is 33 km N at 2,100 ft. Over the last 12 minutes it has stayed within about 3.7 km of one spot.

N62740 (C172, aircraft) is 43 km E at 1,500 ft. Over the last 12 minutes it has stayed within about 2.3 km of one spot.

N739AT (C172, aircraft) is 55 km E at 3,500 ft. Over the last 12 minutes it has stayed within about 3.9 km of one spot.

N259CB (P28A, aircraft) is 59 km E at 1,775 ft. Over the last 12 minutes it has stayed within about 2.8 km of one spot.

Aircraft circle for many ordinary reasons: police or news helicopters watching an incident, holding patterns while waiting to land, aerial survey, flight training or photography.

How busy is the sky over Cerritos?

With 28 aircraft within 25 km, Cerritos is quieter than every nearby large city right now. The busiest nearby sky is over Norwalk with 33 aircraft within 25 km.

Most low traffic around here is linked to Los Angeles International (LAX), 33 km from the city centre; its live arrivals and departures are on the airport page.

ISS and bright satellites over Cerritos tonight

4 visible passes of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 17:54 local time in the WNW, peaks 55° above the SW horizon and lasts about 6 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.

  • CSS (TIANHE) · 17:54 local visible, peak 55° SW, 6 min
  • HST · 18:15 local visible, peak 14° SSW, 4 min
  • ISS (ZARYA) · 04:31 local visible, peak 23° WSW, 5 min
  • HST · 17:41 local visible, peak 15° SSW, 4 min
  • ISS (ZARYA) · 18:48 local not visible, peak 10° SE, 1 min
  • ISS (ZARYA) · 20:22 local not visible, peak 56° NW, 6 min

What plane is flying over me?

This page uses the centre of Cerritos. For the exact aircraft above your street, open "What's overhead" and share your location: it lists every aircraft near you with the direction and angle to look.

Aircraft broadcast their position by ADS-B and volunteer receivers relay it. Small drones, most military aircraft on missions and some police aircraft do not broadcast, so they never appear on any public tracker. Drone sightings cannot be checked here.

Coverage: ADS-B from volunteer receivers. Within 60 km of a big city coverage is usually good above a few thousand feet; low helicopters can drop out between receivers. Circling detection uses positions sampled once a minute over the last 20 minutes.

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Data: ADS-B Exchange community feeders via adsb.lol (ODbL), OurAirports, CelesTrak (satellite orbits).