Live flights over McClellan-Palomar Airport (CLD)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 1,387 departures and 1,350 arrivals at McClellan-Palomar Airport, 391 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Long Beach (LGB), Phoenix (PHX) and Las Vegas (LAS). The airline seen most often is ATP Flight School.
Airport data
- IATA code
- CLD
- ICAO code
- KCRQ
- City
- Carlsbad
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 101 m (331 ft)
- Coordinates
- 33.1283, -117.28
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of McClellan-Palomar 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 Carlsbad.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 71 | 72 | 143 |
| Mon 2 | 204 | 199 | 403 |
| Tue 3 | 203 | 204 | 407 |
| Wed 4 | 206 | 191 | 397 |
| Thu 5 | 233 | 219 | 452 |
| Fri 6 | 263 | 262 | 525 |
| Sat 7 | 207 | 203 | 410 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Long Beach LGB 43 flights
- Phoenix PHX 40 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 36 flights
- San Francisco SFO 29 flights
- Denver DEN 28 flights
- Mesa AZA 13 flights
- San Jose SJC 10 flights
- Oakland OAK 8 flights
- San Diego SAN 8 flights
- Santa Ana SNA 8 flights
- Prescott PRC 5 flights
- Los Angeles LAX 4 flights
- Santa Barbara SBA 4 flights
- San Bernardino SBD 4 flights
- Burbank BUR 3 flights
- Lexington LEX 3 flights
26 more connections
- Ontario ONT 3
- Toronto YYZ 2
- Austin AUS 2
- Monterey MRY 2
- Omaha OMA 2
- Billings BIL 1
- Bellingham BLI 1
- Nashville BNA 1
- Concord CCR 1
- Dallas DAL 1
- Fort Worth FTW 1
- Hayden HDN 1
- Hawthorne HHR 1
- Imperial IPL 1
- Chicago MDW 1
- Memphis MEM 1
- Chicago ORD 1
- Palm Springs PSP 1
- Redmond RDM 1
- Reno RNO 1
- San Luis Obispo SBP 1
- Santa Rosa STS 1
- Teterboro TEB 1
- Tampa TPA 1
- Truckee TKF 1
- Hermosillo HMO 1
Airlines
- ATP Flight SchoolCXK 231
- JSXJSX 62
- NetJetsEJA 57
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 56
- Envoy AirENY 43
- FlexjetLXJ 28
- University of North DakotaNDU 25
- REHREH 16
- ERUERU 7
- Honiara Cargo ExpressHEX 7
Aircraft
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 746
- C72R 241
- C152 160
- SR20 123
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee P28A 121
- PA44 104
- E75L 91
- S22T 47
- R22 40
- E135 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 McClellan-Palomar 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/33.1283/lon/-117.28/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Carlsbad right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over McClellan-Palomar Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Carlsbad: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of CLD, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from McClellan-Palomar Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were ATP Flight School, JSX, NetJets, SkyWest Airlines and Envoy Air.
What are the main connections from McClellan-Palomar Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Long Beach (LGB, 43), Phoenix (PHX, 40), Las Vegas (LAS, 36), San Francisco (SFO, 29) and Denver (DEN, 28). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Carlsbad? +
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 McClellan-Palomar Airport? +
McClellan-Palomar Airport has IATA code CLD and ICAO code KCRQ. It lies in California, United States, at coordinates 33.1283, -117.28.
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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