Planes over Los Angeles right now

Planes over Los Angeles right now

At 10:01 local (17:01 UTC), 116 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Los Angeles, California, United States, 33 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is N233LA (AS50), 3 km WSW at 1,025 ft.

By height: 11 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 42 between 3,000 and 20,000 ft (typically climbing out or descending into a nearby airport) and 63 below 3,000 ft. Most of the traffic is arriving at or departing from airports around Los Angeles.

Showing the 30 closest of 33. Open the live map for all of them.

Helicopters, military and low planes over Los Angeles

11 helicopters are flying within 60 km. The nearest, N233LA (AS50), is 3 km WSW at 1,025 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: KNIFE86 (H60) 34 km SSE at 300 ft. Many military flights switch their transponders off or hide their identity, so this is a minimum.

14 aircraft are below 3,000 ft and not next to an airport: N706WP 7 km NNE at 1,525 ft; VJA557 9 km SSE at 2,225 ft; N2518D 17 km E at 800 ft; N8519G 20 km ENE at 1,500 ft; N38700 23 km E at 1,300 ft. Low flying away from runways is usually helicopters, survey or banner flights, or traffic approaching a smaller airfield.

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

• N233LA · AS50 helicopter, 3 km WSW, 1,025 ft
• N706WP · B429 helicopter, 7 km NNE, 1,525 ft
• N544FA · R44 helicopter, 21 km ENE, 450 ft
• N230LA · AS50 helicopter, 30 km WNW, 1,825 ft
• N307FD · B505 helicopter, 32 km WNW, 1,125 ft
• KNIFE86 · H60 helicopter, 34 km SSE, 300 ft
• N851MH · EC30 helicopter, 34 km S, under 100 ft
• N60VC · H60 helicopter, 36 km NW, 1,025 ft
• N816CE · AS50 helicopter, 38 km NNW, 2,975 ft
• N166A · R22 helicopter, 47 km W, 400 ft
• N80156 · R22 helicopter, 54 km SE, under 100 ft, circling

Is a plane circling over Los Angeles?

N5378K (C172, aircraft) is 18 km S at under 100 ft. Over the last 12 minutes it has stayed within about 0.9 km of one spot.

N2900E (C172, aircraft) is 19 km E at 400 ft. Over the last 13 minutes it has stayed within about 3.3 km of one spot.

N229WC (C172, aircraft) is 27 km SSE at 950 ft. Over the last 13 minutes it has stayed within about 2.5 km of one spot.

N52049 (C162, aircraft) is 28 km NW at 1,000 ft. Over the last 13 minutes it has stayed within about 2.3 km of one spot.

N2902S (P28A, aircraft) is 37 km W at 3,400 ft. Over the last 13 minutes it has turned through about 451°.

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 Angeles?

With 33 aircraft within 25 km, Los Angeles is quieter than every nearby large city right now. The busiest nearby sky is over East Los Angeles with 34 aircraft within 25 km.

Most low traffic around here is linked to Los Angeles International (LAX), 20 km from the city centre; its live arrivals and departures are on the airport page.

• Planes over East Los Angeles 34 aircraft now

ISS and bright satellites over Los Angeles tonight

2 visible passes of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 18:33 local time in the WSW, peaks 67° above the NNW horizon and lasts about 6 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.

• CSS (WENTIAN) · 18:33 local visible, peak 67° NNW, 6 min
• CSS (WENTIAN) · 20:11 local visible, peak 23° NNW, 5 min
• ISS · 10:11 local not visible, peak 23° WSW, 5 min
• CSS (WENTIAN) · 16:58 local not visible, peak 16° SE, 4 min
• HST · 20:21 local not visible, peak 23° S, 6 min
• CSS (WENTIAN) · 21:48 local not visible, peak 23° N, 5 min

What plane is flying over me?

This page uses the centre of Los Angeles. 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.

• What's flying over me (use my location)

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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• Planes over East Los Angeles

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