Live flights over Merced Regional Macready Field (MCE)
From 22 to 28 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 35 departures and 36 arrivals at Merced Regional Macready Field, 10 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Los Angeles (LAX), Las Vegas (LAS) and Monterey (MRY). The airline seen most often is Contour Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- MCE
- ICAO code
- KMCE
- City
- Merced
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 47 m (155 ft)
- Coordinates
- 37.2847, -120.514
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Merced Regional Macready Field 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 Merced.
Seen by the network
22–28 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 22 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Fri 23 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Sat 24 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Sun 25 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Mon 26 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Tue 27 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Wed 28 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Los Angeles LAX 11 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 4 flights
- Monterey MRY 2 flights
- San Jose SJC 2 flights
- Portland PDX 1 flights
- San Francisco SFO 1 flights
- Santa Ana SNA 1 flights
- Santa Rosa STS 1 flights
Airlines
- Contour AirlinesVTE 14
- NetJetsEJA 7
- Intavia LimitedFFL 4
- Aspen HelicoptersAHF 1
- AmeriflightAMF 1
- Angel Flight AmericaNGF 1
Aircraft
- E135 14
- C182 8
- B407 4
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 4
- C68A 4
- DA40 3
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 Merced Regional Macready Field, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/37.2847/lon/-120.514/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Merced right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Merced Regional Macready Field? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Merced: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of MCE, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Merced Regional Macready Field? +
Among the flights our network saw (22–28 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Contour Airlines, NetJets, Intavia Limited, Aspen Helicopters and Ameriflight.
What are the main connections from Merced Regional Macready Field? +
The connections with the most flights seen (22–28 October 2026), both ways: Los Angeles (LAX, 11), Las Vegas (LAS, 4), Monterey (MRY, 2), San Jose (SJC, 2) and Portland (PDX, 1). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Merced? +
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 Merced Regional Macready Field? +
Merced Regional Macready Field has IATA code MCE and ICAO code KMCE. It lies in California, United States, at coordinates 37.2847, -120.514.
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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