Live flights over Cardiff International Airport (CWL)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 31 departures and 32 arrivals at Cardiff International Airport, 32 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Dublin (DUB), Alicante (ALC) and Palma de Mallorca (PMI). The airline seen most often is TUI Airways.
Airport data
- IATA code
- CWL
- ICAO code
- EGFF
- City
- Cardiff
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Elevation
- 67 m (220 ft)
- Coordinates
- 51.3967, -3.34333
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Cardiff 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 Cardiff.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 15 | 16 | 31 |
| Sat 24 | 16 | 16 | 32 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Dublin DUB Ireland 6 flights
- Alicante ALC Spain 5 flights
- Palma de Mallorca PMI Spain 5 flights
- Belfast BHD 4 flights
- Amsterdam AMS Netherlands 4 flights
- London LHR 2 flights
- El Matorral FUE Spain 2 flights
- Málaga AGP Spain 2 flights
- Faro FAO Portugal 1 flights
Airlines
- TUI AirwaysTOM 28
- RyanairRYR 12
- Emerald Airlines UKEAG 4
- KLM CityhopperKLC 4
- United Kingdom Home OfficeUKP 4
- Vueling AirlinesVLG 4
- British AirwaysBAW 2
- Dragonfly Aviation ServicesCBM 2
- Fly My SkyFUU 1
Aircraft
- Boeing 737-800 B738 32
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 8
- Airbus A320 A320 4
- ATR 72-600 AT76 4
- EC35 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 Cardiff 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/51.3967/lon/-3.34333/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Cardiff right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Cardiff International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Cardiff: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of CWL, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Cardiff International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were TUI Airways, Ryanair, Emerald Airlines UK, KLM Cityhopper and United Kingdom Home Office.
What are the main connections from Cardiff International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Dublin (DUB, 6), Alicante (ALC, 5), Palma de Mallorca (PMI, 5), Belfast (BHD, 4) and Amsterdam (AMS, 4). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Cardiff? +
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 Cardiff International Airport? +
Cardiff International Airport has IATA code CWL and ICAO code EGFF. It lies in Wales, United Kingdom, at coordinates 51.3967, -3.34333.
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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