Live flights over McClellan-Palomar Airport (CLD)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 392 departures and 405 arrivals at McClellan-Palomar Airport, 399 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Phoenix (PHX), Las Vegas (LAS) and Denver (DEN). The airline seen most often is ATP Flight School.
Airport data
- IATA code
- CLD
- ICAO code
- KCRQ
- City
- Carlsbad
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 101 m (331 ft)
- Coordinates
- 33.1283, -117.28
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of McClellan-Palomar 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 Carlsbad.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 189 | 181 | 370 |
| Sat 24 | 203 | 224 | 427 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Phoenix PHX 16 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 14 flights
- Denver DEN 8 flights
- Long Beach LGB 8 flights
- San Francisco SFO 8 flights
- Santa Ana SNA 6 flights
- Mesa AZA 4 flights
- San Diego SAN 4 flights
- Oakland OAK 3 flights
- Denver BJC 2 flights
- San Jose SJC 2 flights
- Boston BOS 1 flights
- Des Moines DSM 1 flights
- Fort Worth FTW 1 flights
- Monterey MRY 1 flights
- Omaha OMA 1 flights
3 more connections
- Redmond RDM 1
- Reno RNO 1
- Santa Barbara SBA 1
Airlines
- ATP Flight SchoolCXK 93
- NetJetsEJA 26
- JSXJSX 21
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 16
- Envoy AirENY 14
- VWAVWA 6
- FlexjetLXJ 5
- University of North DakotaNDU 5
- South Central AirSCA 4
- Civil Air PatrolCAP 2
Aircraft
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 217
- C72R 98
- SR20 48
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee P28A 47
- E75L 30
- C152 17
- E145 17
- C25B 15
- C68A 14
- BE35 13
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 McClellan-Palomar 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/33.1283/lon/-117.28/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Carlsbad right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over McClellan-Palomar Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Carlsbad: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of CLD, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from McClellan-Palomar Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were ATP Flight School, NetJets, JSX, SkyWest Airlines and Envoy Air.
What are the main connections from McClellan-Palomar Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Phoenix (PHX, 16), Las Vegas (LAS, 14), Denver (DEN, 8), Long Beach (LGB, 8) and San Francisco (SFO, 8). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Carlsbad? +
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 McClellan-Palomar Airport? +
McClellan-Palomar Airport has IATA code CLD and ICAO code KCRQ. It lies in California, United States, at coordinates 33.1283, -117.28.
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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