Live flights over Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 11,893 departures and 12,453 arrivals at Los Angeles International Airport, 3,478 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are San Francisco (SFO), Las Vegas (LAS) and Phoenix (PHX). The airline seen most often is Delta Air Lines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- LAX
- ICAO code
- KLAX
- City
- Los Angeles
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 38 m (125 ft)
- Coordinates
- 33.9425, -118.408
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 1,491 | 1,550 | 3,041 |
| Mon 2 | 1,443 | 1,546 | 2,989 |
| Tue 3 | 1,734 | 1,813 | 3,547 |
| Wed 4 | 1,619 | 1,679 | 3,298 |
| Thu 5 | 1,837 | 1,903 | 3,740 |
| Fri 6 | 1,946 | 2,009 | 3,955 |
| Sat 7 | 1,823 | 1,953 | 3,776 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- San Francisco SFO 544 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 344 flights
- Phoenix PHX 289 flights
- Seattle SEA 281 flights
- New York JFK 263 flights
- Denver DEN 261 flights
- Chicago ORD 233 flights
- Sacramento SMF 215 flights
- San Jose SJC 212 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 190 flights
- Portland PDX 156 flights
- Hawthorne HHR 139 flights
- Houston IAH 138 flights
- Salt Lake City SLC 135 flights
- Honolulu, Oahu HNL 133 flights
- Atlanta ATL 132 flights
30 more connections
- Austin AUS 126
- Newark EWR 119
- Boston BOS 118
- San Diego SAN 98
- Reno RNO 95
- Oakland OAK 93
- Miami MIA 90
- Orlando MCO 89
- Dulles IAD 86
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 80
- Tucson TUS 79
- London LHR 73
- Charlotte CLT 68
- Albuquerque ABQ 66
- Minneapolis MSP 61
- Boise BOI 57
- Philadelphia PHL 55
- Dallas DAL 53
- Nashville BNA 51
- Anchorage ANC 49
- Narita NRT 44
- Tokyo HND 40
- Seoul ICN 34
- Detroit DTW 30
- Tampa TPA 28
- Toronto YYZ 27
- Spokane GEG 27
- San Antonio SAT 27
- Vancouver YVR 26
- New Orleans MSY 24
Airlines
- Delta Air LinesDAL 4,193
- United AirlinesUAL 3,199
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 2,968
- American AirlinesAAL 2,641
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 2,063
- Alaska AirlinesASA 1,624
- JetBlue AirwaysJBU 781
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 440
- Air CanadaACA 308
- VolarisVOI 207
Aircraft
- Airbus A321neo A21N 2,918
- E75L 2,659
- Boeing 737-800 B738 2,542
- Airbus A321 A321 1,976
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 1,904
- B39M 1,256
- Boeing 737-900 B739 1,253
- Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner B789 910
- Boeing 767-300 B763 850
- Boeing 737-700 B737 748
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 Los Angeles 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/33.9425/lon/-118.408/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Los Angeles right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Los Angeles International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Los Angeles: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of LAX, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Los Angeles International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, SkyWest Airlines, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines.
What are the main connections from Los Angeles International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: San Francisco (SFO, 544), Las Vegas (LAS, 344), Phoenix (PHX, 289), Seattle (SEA, 281) and New York (JFK, 263). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Los Angeles? +
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 Los Angeles International Airport? +
Los Angeles International Airport has IATA code LAX and ICAO code KLAX. It lies in California, United States, at coordinates 33.9425, -118.408.
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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