Live flights over Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (MSL)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 34 departures and 39 arrivals at Northwest Alabama Regional Airport, 37 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Charlotte (CLT), Chattanooga (CHA) and State College (SCE). The airline seen most often is Contour Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- MSL
- ICAO code
- KMSL
- City
- Muscle Shoals
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 168 m (551 ft)
- Coordinates
- 34.74512, -87.61298
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Northwest Alabama Regional 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 Muscle Shoals.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 19 | 20 | 39 |
| Sat 24 | 15 | 19 | 34 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Charlotte CLT 5 flights
- Chattanooga CHA 1 flights
- State College SCE 1 flights
Airlines
- Contour AirlinesVTE 5
- VLYVLY 2
- NetJetsEJA 1
Aircraft
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 6
- C150 5
- E135 5
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee P28A 5
- B06 4
- BE35 4
- BE36 4
- C77R 4
- C82T 4
- PA32 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 Northwest Alabama Regional 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/34.74512/lon/-87.61298/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Muscle Shoals right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Northwest Alabama Regional Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Muscle Shoals: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of MSL, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Northwest Alabama Regional Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Contour Airlines, VLY and NetJets.
What are the main connections from Northwest Alabama Regional Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Charlotte (CLT, 5), Chattanooga (CHA, 1) and State College (SCE, 1). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Muscle Shoals? +
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 Northwest Alabama Regional Airport? +
Northwest Alabama Regional Airport has IATA code MSL and ICAO code KMSL. It lies in Alabama, United States, at coordinates 34.74512, -87.61298.
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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