Live flights over Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 2,441 departures and 2,494 arrivals at Los Angeles International Airport, 2,468 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 1,089 | 1,119 | 2,208 |
| Sat 24 | 1,352 | 1,375 | 2,727 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- San Francisco SFO 160 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 124 flights
- Phoenix PHX 100 flights
- Chicago ORD 83 flights
- Seattle SEA 83 flights
- Denver DEN 81 flights
- New York JFK 74 flights
- Sacramento SMF 72 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 64 flights
- San Jose SJC 56 flights
- Austin AUS 48 flights
- Portland PDX 47 flights
- Honolulu, Oahu HNL 46 flights
- Houston IAH 45 flights
- Atlanta ATL 43 flights
- Salt Lake City SLC 42 flights
29 more connections
- Boston BOS 41
- Newark EWR 33
- Reno RNO 33
- San Diego SAN 31
- Orlando MCO 30
- Oakland OAK 30
- Minneapolis MSP 28
- Albuquerque ABQ 27
- Miami MIA 26
- Tucson TUS 26
- Nashville BNA 25
- Dulles IAD 25
- Seoul ICN 25
- Vancouver YVR 24
- Charlotte CLT 24
- Philadelphia PHL 22
- London LHR 20
- Toronto YYZ 17
- Dallas DAL 16
- Narita NRT 16
- Anchorage ANC 13
- Hawthorne HHR 12
- Tokyo HND 12
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 10
- Detroit DTW 9
- San Antonio SAT 9
- Boise BOI 8
- Baltimore BWI 8
- Spokane GEG 8
Airlines
- Delta Air LinesDAL 828
- United AirlinesUAL 667
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 665
- American AirlinesAAL 583
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 502
- Alaska AirlinesASA 191
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 120
- JetBlue AirwaysJBU 86
- Air CanadaACA 53
- VolarisVOI 53
Aircraft
- E75L 588
- Boeing 737-800 B738 587
- Airbus A321neo A21N 552
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 427
- Airbus A321 A321 340
- B39M 222
- Boeing 737-900 B739 220
- Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner B789 156
- Boeing 737-700 B737 143
- Airbus A319 A319 141
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 (23–24 October 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 (23–24 October 2026), both ways: San Francisco (SFO, 160), Las Vegas (LAS, 124), Phoenix (PHX, 100), Chicago (ORD, 83) and Seattle (SEA, 83). 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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