Live flights over Malta International Airport (MLA)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 262 departures and 260 arrivals at Malta International Airport, 261 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Roma (FCO), London (LGW) and Munich (MUC). The airline seen most often is Ryanair.
Airport data
- IATA code
- MLA
- ICAO code
- LMML
- City
- Valletta
- Region
- Luqa
- Country
- Malta
- Elevation
- 91 m (300 ft)
- Coordinates
- 35.84593, 14.49155
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Malta 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 Valletta.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 127 | 129 | 256 |
| Sat 24 | 135 | 131 | 266 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Roma FCO Italy 23 flights
- London LGW United Kingdom 21 flights
- Munich MUC Germany 14 flights
- London, Essex STN United Kingdom 13 flights
- Frankfurt am Main FRA Germany 12 flights
- Paris CDG France 12 flights
- Catania CTA Italy 12 flights
- London LHR United Kingdom 11 flights
- Velika Gorica ZAG Croatia 9 flights
- Zurich ZRH Switzerland 9 flights
- Istanbul IST Türkiye 9 flights
- Manchester, Greater Manchester MAN United Kingdom 8 flights
- Copenhagen CPH Denmark 8 flights
- Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki WMI Poland 8 flights
- Madrid MAD Spain 8 flights
- Vienna VIE Austria 8 flights
27 more connections
- Budapest BUD 7
- Birmingham, West Midlands BHX 6
- Amsterdam AMS 6
- Balice KRK 6
- Warsaw WAW 6
- Wrocław WRO 6
- Rinas TIA 6
- Barcelona BCN 6
- Otopeni OTP 6
- Luton, Luton LTN 5
- Dublin DUB 5
- Milano MXP 5
- Zaventem BRU 4
- Glasgow GLA 4
- Luxembourg LUX 4
- Stockholm ARN 4
- Larnaca LCA 4
- Spata-Artemida ATH 4
- Bari BRI 4
- Lamezia Terme SUF 4
- Bergamo BGY 4
- Milano LIN 3
- Bologna BLQ 3
- Bournemouth BOH 2
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NCL 2
- Katowice KTW 2
- Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône MRS 2
Airlines
- RyanairRYR 185
- KM Malta AirlinesKMM 82
- easyJetEZY 25
- Wizz AirWZZ 18
- LufthansaDLH 14
- Wizz Air MaltaWMT 12
- Jet2.comEXS 10
- BA EuroflyerEFW 8
- Turkish AirlinesTHY 8
- NetJets EuropeNJE 5
Aircraft
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 136
- Airbus A320neo A20N 91
- Boeing 737-800 B738 63
- Airbus A320 A320 43
- Airbus A321 A321 31
- Airbus A321neo A21N 27
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee P28A 16
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 14
- LJ60 10
- PA31 10
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 Malta 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/35.84593/lon/14.49155/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Valletta right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Malta International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Valletta: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of MLA, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Malta International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Ryanair, KM Malta Airlines, easyJet, Wizz Air and Lufthansa.
What are the main connections from Malta International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Roma (FCO, 23), London (LGW, 21), Munich (MUC, 14), London, Essex (STN, 13) and Frankfurt am Main (FRA, 12). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Valletta? +
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 Malta International Airport? +
Malta International Airport has IATA code MLA and ICAO code LMML. It lies in Luqa, Malta, at coordinates 35.84593, 14.49155.
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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