Los Altos, California, United States · live ADS-B
Planes over Los Altos right now
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15 aircraft over Los Altos right now; nothing unusual Within 25 km of the city centre, ADS-B at 19:20 local (03:20 UTC).
Planes over Los Altos right now
At 19:20 local (03:20 UTC), 50 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Los Altos, California, United States, 15 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is AAL2234 (A320), 5 km ENE at 5,850 ft.
By height: 4 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 31 between 3,000 and 20,000 ft (typically climbing out or descending into a nearby airport) and 15 below 3,000 ft. Most of the traffic is arriving at or departing from airports around Los Altos.
| Flight | Airline | Type | Altitude | Where | Heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAL2234 | American Airlines | A320 | 5,850 ft | 5.2 km ENE | 354° N |
| N282MM | — | C172 | 1,425 ft | 5.5 km E | 283° WNW |
| N6013S | — | C82T | under 100 ft | 8.2 km N | 322° NW |
| N579WG | — | C172 | 3,850 ft | 11.5 km W | 120° ESE |
| N1642R | — | AA1 | 1,700 ft | 13.5 km E | 295° WNW |
| SWA3885 | Southwest Airlines | B38M | 3,675 ft | 13.8 km ENE | 27° NNE |
| UAL2462 | United Airlines | B38M | 5,225 ft | 15.6 km NNE | 292° WNW |
| BYF16 | — | C172 | 300 ft | 16.1 km NW | 252° WSW |
| N481S | — | BE35 | under 100 ft | 18.2 km ESE | 319° NW |
| SKW5457 | — | E170 | 7,925 ft | 18.4 km WNW | 154° SSE |
| BYF43 | — | C82S | 100 ft | 18.9 km NW | 319° NW |
| ASA354 | Alaska Airlines | B739 | 5,650 ft | 20.2 km SSE | 106° ESE |
| LXJ482 | — | GLF4 | 675 ft | 20.7 km ESE | 318° NW |
| EJA150 | — | GLEX | 7,400 ft | 21.4 km ENE | 301° WNW |
| DLH458 | Lufthansa | A388 | 1,575 ft | 24.9 km NNW | 298° WNW |
Every aircraft broadcasting its position over Los Altos: airliners, helicopters, military and private planes, with how high and which way they are flying.
- Aircraft within 25 km
- 15 airborne, ADS-B
- Aircraft within 60 km
- 50
- Helicopters
- 2 within 60 km
- Military
- 1 flagged military airframes
- Low (< 3,000 ft) away from airports
- 0
- Circling or loitering
- 1 last 20 min
- Nearest major airport
- SFO · 35 km San Francisco International
- Next visible HST pass
- 17:42 local time
Helicopters, military and low planes over Los Altos
2 helicopters are flying within 60 km. The nearest, N911AC (B505), is 35 km N at 950 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.
1 military aircraft is visible nearby: C6525 (AS65) 37 km NW at 100 ft. Many military flights switch their transponders off or hide their identity, so this is a minimum.
Every aircraft below 3,000 ft is close to an airport, which is normal approach or departure traffic.
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.
- N911AC · B505 helicopter, 35 km N, 950 ft
- C6525 · AS65 helicopter, 37 km NW, 100 ft
Is a plane circling over Los Altos?
N88303 (CH7B, aircraft) is 43 km NE at 300 ft. Over the last 13 minutes it has stayed within about 2.1 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 Los Altos?
With 15 aircraft within 25 km, Los Altos is busier than every nearby large city right now. The busiest nearby sky is over San Jose with 11 aircraft within 25 km.
Most low traffic around here is linked to San Francisco International (SFO), 35 km from the city centre; its live arrivals and departures are on the airport page.
- Planes over San Jose 11 aircraft now
ISS and bright satellites over Los Altos tonight
2 visible passes of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 17:42 local time in the SSW, peaks 10° above the SSW horizon and lasts about 1 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.
- HST · 17:42 local visible, peak 10° SSW, 1 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 18:31 local visible, peak 13° SW, 3 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 20:22 local not visible, peak 53° ESE, 6 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 22:00 local not visible, peak 19° NNW, 5 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 02:53 local not visible, peak 32° NNE, 6 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 04:30 local not visible, peak 24° SW, 6 min
What plane is flying over me?
This page uses the centre of Los Altos. 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).