Live flights over Merrill Field (MRI)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 1,221 departures and 1,210 arrivals at Merrill Field, 347 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Anchorage (ANC), Kenai (ENA) and Fairbanks (FAI). The airline seen most often is Civil Air Patrol.
Airport data
- IATA code
- MRI
- ICAO code
- PAMR
- City
- Anchorage
- Region
- Alaska
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 42 m (137 ft)
- Coordinates
- 61.21279, -149.84399
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Merrill Field that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Anchorage.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 106 | 93 | 199 |
| Mon 2 | 154 | 158 | 312 |
| Tue 3 | 178 | 185 | 363 |
| Wed 4 | 151 | 161 | 312 |
| Thu 5 | 222 | 224 | 446 |
| Fri 6 | 216 | 195 | 411 |
| Sat 7 | 194 | 194 | 388 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
Airlines
- Civil Air PatrolCAP 50
- ICYICY 38
- FTHFTH 16
- Air Mobility CommandRCH 10
- Everts AirVTS 10
- Priority Air TransportPAT 8
- TransnorthernTNV 5
- Kalitta AirCKS 2
- Lynden Air CargoLYC 2
- DAZDAZ 1
Aircraft
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 1,239
- C207 98
- C72R 78
- C208 75
- Pilatus PC-12 PC12 70
- BE76 66
- AS50 52
- BE20 46
- R44 42
- H60 38
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Merrill Field, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/61.21279/lon/-149.84399/dist/80 Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Anchorage right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Merrill Field? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Anchorage: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of MRI, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Merrill Field? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Civil Air Patrol, ICY, FTH, Air Mobility Command and Everts Air.
What are the main connections from Merrill Field? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Anchorage (ANC, 14), Kenai (ENA, 2), Fairbanks (FAI, 2) and Kotzebue (OTZ, 1). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Anchorage? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Merrill Field? +
Merrill Field has IATA code MRI and ICAO code PAMR. It lies in Alaska, United States, at coordinates 61.21279, -149.84399.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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