Live flights over San Diego International Airport (SAN)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 805 departures and 821 arrivals at San Diego International Airport, 813 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are San Francisco (SFO), Phoenix (PHX) and Las Vegas (LAS). The airline seen most often is Southwest Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- SAN
- ICAO code
- KSAN
- City
- San Diego
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 5 m (17 ft)
- Coordinates
- 32.7336, -117.19
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of San Diego 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 San Diego.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 417 | 413 | 830 |
| Sat 24 | 388 | 408 | 796 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- San Francisco SFO 92 flights
- Phoenix PHX 69 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 68 flights
- Sacramento SMF 65 flights
- San Jose SJC 61 flights
- Denver DEN 59 flights
- Seattle SEA 57 flights
- Oakland OAK 48 flights
- Chicago ORD 45 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 39 flights
- Salt Lake City SLC 37 flights
- Austin AUS 31 flights
- Los Angeles LAX 31 flights
- Portland PDX 29 flights
- Atlanta ATL 23 flights
- Reno RNO 23 flights
28 more connections
- Dallas DAL 20
- Boston BOS 17
- New York JFK 17
- Houston IAH 16
- Boise BOI 15
- Santa Rosa STS 15
- Charlotte CLT 14
- Minneapolis MSP 14
- Honolulu, Oahu HNL 14
- Nashville BNA 13
- Chicago MDW 13
- Santa Barbara SBA 13
- Baltimore BWI 12
- Detroit DTW 12
- Newark EWR 12
- Dulles IAD 11
- Orlando MCO 11
- Eugene EUG 10
- San Luis Obispo SBP 9
- Albuquerque ABQ 8
- Philadelphia PHL 6
- Fresno FAT 5
- Houston HOU 5
- Tucson TUS 5
- London LHR 4
- Spokane GEG 4
- Miami MIA 4
- San Antonio SAT 4
Airlines
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 556
- Alaska AirlinesASA 204
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 145
- United AirlinesUAL 140
- American AirlinesAAL 122
- Delta Air LinesDAL 119
- Horizon AirQXE 94
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 24
- NetJetsEJA 18
- JetBlue AirwaysJBU 18
Aircraft
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 290
- E75L 237
- Boeing 737-800 B738 226
- Boeing 737-700 B737 184
- Airbus A321 A321 123
- Boeing 737-900 B739 111
- B39M 106
- Airbus A321neo A21N 101
- Airbus A220-300 BCS3 27
- Boeing 767-300 B763 19
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 San Diego 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/32.7336/lon/-117.19/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near San Diego right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over San Diego International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on San Diego: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of SAN, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from San Diego International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines, SkyWest Airlines, United Airlines and American Airlines.
What are the main connections from San Diego International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: San Francisco (SFO, 92), Phoenix (PHX, 69), Las Vegas (LAS, 68), Sacramento (SMF, 65) and San Jose (SJC, 61). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around San Diego? +
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 San Diego International Airport? +
San Diego International Airport has IATA code SAN and ICAO code KSAN. It lies in California, United States, at coordinates 32.7336, -117.19.
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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