Sacramento, California, United States · live ADS-B
Planes over Sacramento right now
Updated
8 aircraft over Sacramento right now; 1 aircraft circling 17 km E at under 100 ft Within 25 km of the city centre, ADS-B at 15:47 local (22:47 UTC).
Every aircraft broadcasting its position over Sacramento: airliners, helicopters, military and private planes, with how high and which way they are flying.
- Aircraft within 25 km
- 8 airborne, ADS-B
- Aircraft within 60 km
- 40
- Helicopters
- 0 within 60 km
- Military
- 0 flagged military airframes
- Low (< 3,000 ft) away from airports
- 2
- Circling or loitering
- 3 last 20 min
- Nearest major airport
- SFO · 132 km San Francisco International
- Next visible CSS pass
- 20:10 local time
Planes over Sacramento right now
At 15:47 local (22:47 UTC), 40 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Sacramento, California, United States, 8 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is SWA3382 (B737), 6 km E at 7,325 ft.
By height: 2 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 23 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 Sacramento.
| Flight | Airline | Type | Altitude | Where | Heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWA3382 | Southwest Airlines | B737 | 7,325 ft | 6.1 km E | 123° ESE |
| N21GV | — | C25B | 1,900 ft | 11.3 km E | 259° W |
| N817D | — | RISN | 17,375 ft | 15.9 km ENE | 66° ENE |
| ES801 | — | DA40 | under 100 ft | 17.4 km E | 0° N |
| N879BR | — | DA40 | 725 ft | 19.1 km E | 232° SW |
| DAL1342 | Delta Air Lines | BCS1 | 775 ft | 20 km NNW | 181° S |
| ES807 | — | DA40 | 475 ft | 20.4 km E | 232° SW |
| N4870G | — | C172 | 3,225 ft | 20.7 km SW | 305° NW |
Helicopters, military and low planes over Sacramento
No helicopters are broadcasting their position within 60 km of Sacramento right now. If you can hear one, it may be a police or military helicopter that does not transmit ADS-B, or one outside receiver range at low altitude.
No military aircraft are showing within 60 km. Military jets often fly without broadcasting, so "none visible" does not mean none flying.
2 aircraft are below 3,000 ft and not next to an airport: N98792 45 km WNW at 1,600 ft; N1306C 52 km N at 2,900 ft. Low flying away from runways is usually helicopters, survey or banner flights, or traffic approaching a smaller airfield.
2 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 Sacramento?
ES801 (DA40, aircraft) is 17 km E at under 100 ft. Over the last 6 minutes it has stayed within about 0 km of one spot.
N945PC (DA40, aircraft) is 41 km NNE at 1,050 ft. Over the last 9 minutes it has stayed within about 2.4 km of one spot.
N98792 (C172, aircraft) is 45 km WNW at 1,600 ft. Over the last 16 minutes it has stayed within about 3.4 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 Sacramento?
With 8 aircraft within 25 km, Sacramento is quieter than every nearby large city right now. The busiest nearby sky is over West Sacramento with 9 aircraft within 25 km.
Most low traffic around here is linked to San Francisco International (SFO), 132 km from the city centre; its live arrivals and departures are on the airport page.
- Planes over West Sacramento 9 aircraft now
ISS and bright satellites over Sacramento tonight
2 visible passes of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 20:10 local time in the W, peaks 58° above the N horizon and lasts about 6 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.
- CSS (TIANHE) · 20:10 local visible, peak 58° N, 6 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 06:10 local visible, peak 10° N, 1 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 18:33 local not visible, peak 39° SSE, 6 min
- HST · 20:23 local not visible, peak 11° SSE, 1 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 21:47 local not visible, peak 51° N, 6 min
- HST · 22:00 local not visible, peak 17° S, 4 min
What plane is flying over me?
This page uses the centre of Sacramento. 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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