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BUF · KBUF New York, United States Live · — aircraft now within 80 km

Live flights over Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)

From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 763 departures and 758 arrivals at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, 217 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are New York (JFK), Chicago (ORD) and Boston (BOS). The airline seen most often is Southwest Airlines.

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Airport data

IATA code
BUF
ICAO code
KBUF
City
Buffalo
Region
New York
Country
United States
Elevation
222 m (728 ft)
Coordinates
42.9405, -78.7322

What you can track here

Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Buffalo Niagara International Airport 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 Buffalo.

Seen by the network

1–7 November 2026

Movements a day
217
departures + arrivals
Departures
763
total, 7 days
Arrivals
758
total, 7 days
Connections
49
airports, airline flights

Movements per day

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Day Departures Arrivals Total
Sun 1 124 128 252
Mon 2 128 109 237
Tue 3 106 110 216
Wed 4 101 106 207
Thu 5 106 106 212
Fri 6 98 102 200
Sat 7 100 97 197

Connections

airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen

  1. New York JFK 100 flights
  2. Chicago ORD 81 flights
  3. Boston BOS 79 flights
  4. New York LGA 76 flights
  5. Baltimore BWI 72 flights
  6. Philadelphia PHL 59 flights
  7. Orlando MCO 54 flights
  8. Dulles IAD 53 flights
  9. Detroit DTW 50 flights
  10. Atlanta ATL 47 flights
  11. Chicago MDW 39 flights
  12. Newark EWR 38 flights
  13. Charlotte CLT 36 flights
  14. Washington DCA 33 flights
  15. Tampa TPA 33 flights
  16. Denver DEN 21 flights
33 more connections

Airlines

  1. Southwest AirlinesSWA 232
  2. Republic AirwaysRPA 144
  3. JetBlue AirwaysJBU 143
  4. Endeavor AirEDV 101
  5. American AirlinesAAL 91
  6. NetJetsEJA 68
  7. Delta Air LinesDAL 60
  8. Piedmont AirlinesPDT 45
  9. GoJet AirlinesGJS 44
  10. United AirlinesUAL 40

Aircraft

  1. E75L 146
  2. Bombardier CRJ900 CRJ9 112
  3. Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 108
  4. Boeing 737-800 B738 105
  5. Boeing 737-700 B737 98
  6. Airbus A220-300 BCS3 98
  7. Airbus A320 A320 69
  8. Airbus A321 A321 55
  9. CRJ7 50
  10. E145 45

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.

Updated every night · the data as JSON (CC BY-SA 4.0)

This data in your app

Every aircraft within 80 km of Buffalo Niagara International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:

curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/42.9405/lon/-78.7322/dist/80

Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Buffalo right now?”

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Frequently asked questions

How can I see live flights over Buffalo Niagara International Airport? +

Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Buffalo: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of BUF, refreshed every few seconds.

Which airlines fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport? +

Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Southwest Airlines, Republic Airways, JetBlue Airways, Endeavor Air and American Airlines.

What are the main connections from Buffalo Niagara International Airport? +

The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: New York (JFK, 100), Chicago (ORD, 81), Boston (BOS, 79), New York (LGA, 76) and Baltimore (BWI, 72). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.

Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Buffalo? +

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 Buffalo Niagara International Airport? +

Buffalo Niagara International Airport has IATA code BUF and ICAO code KBUF. It lies in New York, United States, at coordinates 42.9405, -78.7322.

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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