Live flights over Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 1,093 departures and 1,095 arrivals at Philadelphia International Airport, 1,094 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD) and Atlanta (ATL). The airline seen most often is American Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- PHL
- ICAO code
- KPHL
- City
- Philadelphia
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 11 m (36 ft)
- Coordinates
- 39.8719, -75.2411
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 593 | 581 | 1,174 |
| Sat 24 | 500 | 514 | 1,014 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Boston BOS 74 flights
- Chicago ORD 62 flights
- Atlanta ATL 61 flights
- Orlando MCO 54 flights
- Miami MIA 45 flights
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 41 flights
- Charlotte CLT 40 flights
- Nashville BNA 38 flights
- Detroit DTW 37 flights
- Denver DEN 36 flights
- Raleigh/Durham RDU 34 flights
- Tampa TPA 34 flights
- Louisville SDF 32 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 30 flights
- Toronto YYZ Canada 26 flights
- Indianapolis IND 26 flights
28 more connections
- Pittsburgh PIT 26
- Richmond RIC 26
- Cleveland CLE 25
- Providence/Warwick PVD 24
- Buffalo BUF 23
- Harrisburg MDT 23
- Phoenix PHX 23
- Albany ALB 22
- Hartford BDL 22
- Cincinnati / Covington CVG 22
- Los Angeles LAX 22
- Dulles IAD 21
- San Juan SJU 21
- Jacksonville JAX 20
- Chicago MDW 20
- Norfolk ORF 20
- St Louis STL 20
- Manchester MHT 19
- Syracuse SYR 19
- Montréal YUL 18
- San Francisco SFO 15
- Minneapolis MSP 12
- Las Vegas LAS 11
- Columbus CMH 10
- Houston IAH 10
- Portland PWM 10
- Seattle SEA 10
- Charleston CHS 9
Airlines
- American AirlinesAAL 730
- PSA AirlinesJIA 325
- Piedmont AirlinesPDT 305
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 110
- Delta Air LinesDAL 79
- United Parcel ServiceUPS 68
- United AirlinesUAL 61
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 60
- Republic AirwaysRPA 52
- NetJetsEJA 29
Aircraft
- E145 305
- Bombardier CRJ900 CRJ9 240
- Airbus A321neo A21N 210
- Airbus A319 A319 196
- Boeing 737-800 B738 191
- Airbus A321 A321 167
- CRJ7 96
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 75
- Airbus A320 A320 69
- Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner B788 56
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 Philadelphia 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/39.8719/lon/-75.2411/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Philadelphia right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Philadelphia International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Philadelphia: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of PHL, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Philadelphia International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were American Airlines, PSA Airlines, Piedmont Airlines, Frontier Airlines and Delta Air Lines.
What are the main connections from Philadelphia International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Boston (BOS, 74), Chicago (ORD, 62), Atlanta (ATL, 61), Orlando (MCO, 54) and Miami (MIA, 45). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Philadelphia? +
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 Philadelphia International Airport? +
Philadelphia International Airport has IATA code PHL and ICAO code KPHL. It lies in Pennsylvania, United States, at coordinates 39.8719, -75.2411.
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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