Live flights over Orcas Island Airport (ESD)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 124 departures and 130 arrivals at Orcas Island Airport, 36 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Bellingham (BLI), Friday Harbor (FRD) and Seattle (BFI). The airline seen most often is Air San Juan.
Airport data
- IATA code
- ESD
- ICAO code
- KORS
- City
- Eastsound
- Region
- Washington
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 9 m (31 ft)
- Coordinates
- 48.7082, -122.91
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Orcas Island 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 Eastsound.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 26 | 23 | 49 |
| Mon 2 | 29 | 30 | 59 |
| Tue 3 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| Wed 4 | 18 | 23 | 41 |
| Thu 5 | 22 | 20 | 42 |
| Fri 6 | 15 | 14 | 29 |
| Sat 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Bellingham BLI 20 flights
- Friday Harbor FRD 19 flights
- Seattle BFI 11 flights
- Seattle SEA 4 flights
- Nanaimo YCD Canada 1 flights
- Vancouver YVR Canada 1 flights
- Everett PAE 1 flights
- Tacoma TIW 1 flights
Airlines
- Air San JuanSJN 32
- Empire AirlinesCFS 18
- Kenmore AirKEN 16
- GFYGFY 2
- Fast AirPBR 1
- WestJet EncoreWEN 1
Aircraft
- C208 59
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 29
- T206 19
- B429 8
- C180 7
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee P28A 7
- Pilatus PC-12 PC12 7
- RV12 6
- BE23 5
- BT36 4
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 Orcas Island 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/48.7082/lon/-122.91/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Eastsound right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Orcas Island Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Eastsound: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of ESD, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Orcas Island Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Air San Juan, Empire Airlines, Kenmore Air, GFY and Fast Air.
What are the main connections from Orcas Island Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Bellingham (BLI, 20), Friday Harbor (FRD, 19), Seattle (BFI, 11), Seattle (SEA, 4) and Nanaimo (YCD, 1). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Eastsound? +
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 Orcas Island Airport? +
Orcas Island Airport has IATA code ESD and ICAO code KORS. It lies in Washington, United States, at coordinates 48.7082, -122.91.
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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