Live flights over Catania Vincenzo Bellini (CTA)
Sicily's main airport, at the foot of Mount Etna: high tourist traffic and mainland connectivity flights.
Airport data
- IATA code
- CTA
- ICAO code
- LICC
- City
- Catania
- Region
- Sicilia
- Coordinates
- 37.4668, 15.0664
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Catania Vincenzo Bellini appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, plus — through Italian MLAT — military and state flights without full ADS-B. Coverage is global and unfiltered; density is highest over Sicilia thanks to the feeders of the community network.
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Catania Vincenzo Bellini? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Catania: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of CTA, refreshed every few seconds.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Catania? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) — the only such service active in Italy — 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.
What are the codes for Catania Vincenzo Bellini? +
Catania Vincenzo Bellini has IATA code CTA and ICAO code LICC. It lies in Sicilia, at coordinates 37.4668, 15.0664.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. FlyItalyADSB is a non-profit project and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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