Live flights over San Diego International Airport (SAN)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 2,652 departures and 2,645 arrivals at San Diego International Airport, 757 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 Southwest Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- SAN
- ICAO code
- KSAN
- City
- San Diego
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 5 m (17 ft)
- Coordinates
- 32.7336, -117.19
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of San Diego 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 San Diego.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 295 | 284 | 579 |
| Mon 2 | 393 | 415 | 808 |
| Tue 3 | 391 | 378 | 769 |
| Wed 4 | 378 | 374 | 752 |
| Thu 5 | 396 | 388 | 784 |
| Fri 6 | 415 | 435 | 850 |
| Sat 7 | 384 | 371 | 755 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- San Francisco SFO 281 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 243 flights
- Phoenix PHX 235 flights
- San Jose SJC 210 flights
- Sacramento SMF 205 flights
- Denver DEN 201 flights
- Oakland OAK 169 flights
- Seattle SEA 156 flights
- Chicago ORD 131 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 127 flights
- Salt Lake City SLC 116 flights
- Austin AUS 98 flights
- Los Angeles LAX 98 flights
- Portland PDX 83 flights
- Reno RNO 65 flights
- Fresno FAT 64 flights
27 more connections
- Boston BOS 58
- New York JFK 58
- Dallas DAL 57
- Atlanta ATL 56
- Houston IAH 56
- Santa Rosa STS 55
- Boise BOI 46
- Newark EWR 45
- Santa Barbara SBA 41
- Minneapolis MSP 39
- Dulles IAD 38
- Nashville BNA 37
- Eugene EUG 35
- Charlotte CLT 34
- Houston HOU 33
- Chicago MDW 32
- Philadelphia PHL 29
- Detroit DTW 27
- Tucson TUS 27
- Baltimore BWI 26
- Albuquerque ABQ 23
- Honolulu, Oahu HNL 23
- Orlando MCO 22
- San Luis Obispo SBP 15
- Miami MIA 14
- San Antonio SAT 12
- Spokane GEG 11
Airlines
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 1,731
- Alaska AirlinesASA 646
- United AirlinesUAL 477
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 455
- American AirlinesAAL 373
- Horizon AirQXE 351
- Delta Air LinesDAL 336
- NetJetsEJA 80
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 80
- JetBlue AirwaysJBU 68
Aircraft
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 816
- E75L 777
- Boeing 737-700 B737 744
- Boeing 737-800 B738 600
- Boeing 737-900 B739 389
- Airbus A321 A321 379
- B39M 338
- Airbus A321neo A21N 329
- Airbus A220-300 BCS3 79
- H60 67
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 San Diego 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/32.7336/lon/-117.19/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near San Diego right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over San Diego International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on San Diego: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of SAN, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from San Diego International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines, SkyWest Airlines and American Airlines.
What are the main connections from San Diego International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: San Francisco (SFO, 281), Las Vegas (LAS, 243), Phoenix (PHX, 235), San Jose (SJC, 210) and Sacramento (SMF, 205). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around San Diego? +
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 San Diego International Airport? +
San Diego International Airport has IATA code SAN and ICAO code KSAN. It lies in California, United States, at coordinates 32.7336, -117.19.
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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