Live flights over Cardiff International Airport (CWL)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 131 departures and 129 arrivals at Cardiff International Airport, 37 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Amsterdam (AMS), Belfast (BHD) and Dublin (DUB). The airline seen most often is TUI Airways.
Airport data
- IATA code
- CWL
- ICAO code
- EGFF
- City
- Cardiff
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Elevation
- 67 m (220 ft)
- Coordinates
- 51.3967, -3.34333
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Cardiff 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 Cardiff.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 21 | 21 | 42 |
| Mon 2 | 23 | 19 | 42 |
| Tue 3 | 21 | 20 | 41 |
| Wed 4 | 18 | 22 | 40 |
| Thu 5 | 22 | 22 | 44 |
| Fri 6 | 13 | 13 | 26 |
| Sat 7 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Amsterdam AMS Netherlands 26 flights
- Belfast BHD 13 flights
- Dublin DUB Ireland 13 flights
- Alicante ALC Spain 7 flights
- Bristol BRS 5 flights
- Palma de Mallorca PMI Spain 5 flights
- London LHR 4 flights
- London, Essex STN 4 flights
- San Bartolomé ACE Spain 4 flights
- Paphos PFO Cyprus 3 flights
- Málaga AGP Spain 3 flights
- Manchester, Greater Manchester MAN 2 flights
- Liverpool LPL 2 flights
- London LCY 2 flights
- El Matorral FUE Spain 2 flights
- Zaventem BRU Belgium 1 flights
16 more connections
- Düsseldorf DUS 1
- Büren PAD 1
- Newquay NQY 1
- London LGW 1
- Glasgow GLA 1
- Exeter, Devon EXT 1
- Cork ORK 1
- Kristiansand KRS 1
- Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki WMI 1
- Sofia SOF 1
- Larnaca LCA 1
- Ranón OVD 1
- Madrid MAD 1
- Bordeaux BOD 1
- Paris CDG 1
- Lisbon LIS 1
Airlines
- TUI AirwaysTOM 48
- KLM CityhopperKLC 26
- RyanairRYR 26
- Servicios Aéreos Del Sol, S.A. de C.V.AOS 17
- Cranfield UniversityCFD 12
- Emerald Airlines UKEAG 12
- Search and Rescue 22SRD 11
- UAWUAW 10
- Search and Rescue 202SRG 9
- United Kingdom Home OfficeUKP 8
Aircraft
- Boeing 737-800 B738 43
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 31
- E75L 22
- A139 20
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee P28A 20
- ATR 72-600 AT76 14
- G115 14
- SF34 12
- DA42 10
- EC35 9
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 Cardiff 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/51.3967/lon/-3.34333/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Cardiff right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Cardiff International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Cardiff: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of CWL, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Cardiff International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were TUI Airways, KLM Cityhopper, Ryanair, Servicios Aéreos Del Sol, S.A. de C.V. and Cranfield University.
What are the main connections from Cardiff International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Amsterdam (AMS, 26), Belfast (BHD, 13), Dublin (DUB, 13), Alicante (ALC, 7) and Bristol (BRS, 5). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Cardiff? +
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 Cardiff International Airport? +
Cardiff International Airport has IATA code CWL and ICAO code EGFF. It lies in Wales, United Kingdom, at coordinates 51.3967, -3.34333.
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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