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September 1, 2025 – September 2, 20252 days2,780 flights2,388,506 ADS-B points
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About the data

Flights reconstructed from ADS-B — the position signal modern aircraft broadcast to air traffic. Coverage is strongest across North America and Europe, thinner over oceans, polar regions, and parts of Asia and Africa.

Long-haul flights whose paths cross sparsely-covered areas may appear with an unknown origin or destination — the receiver network loses sight of them mid-ocean. We mark those unknown rather than guess. Every flight is still counted in the totals; the route-by-route breakdown filters to flights with identified endpoints.

This dataset covers two days of ADS-B traffic at Los Angeles International Airport, September 1 and 2, 2025, capturing 2,780 total flights across 1,172 unique aircraft. Arrivals numbered 1,369 and departures 1,411, with 524 ground operations also recorded. The busiest single day was September 1 with 1,435 movements. Across both days, traffic averaged 57.9 flights per hour and ran continuously from midnight through 23:59 PDT. The dataset was collected on the 95th anniversary of aviation operations beginning at the LAX site. The peak hour was 14:00 PDT with 213 total movements, heavily skewed toward departures at 148 versus 65 arrivals. Early morning hours from 03:00 to 04:00 were the quietest, bottoming out at 12 total flights in the 03:00 hour. Arrival traffic concentrated in the morning, with 94 arrivals recorded in the 07:00 hour and 105 in the 17:00 hour. Departures ran highest through the midday and early afternoon window. The top route pairing was LAX-SFO with 115 combined movements, followed by LAX-LAS at 106 and LAX-SEA at 71. Approach directions were dominated by ENE and E, together accounting for 585 of 1,369 arrivals. Altitude data spans ADS-B position points rather than individual flight counts. The highest concentration of position reports fell in the 36,000 to 38,000 foot range, with the 36,000-37,000 band logging 139,094 points. The highest recorded altitude was 51,050 feet, logged on a departure to Grand Junction Regional Airport by Argentine-registered aircraft LV-KLH. The shortest flight in the dataset was a 2.5 nautical mile arrival from Hawthorne Municipal Airport lasting 3.3 minutes. Aircraft from 28 countries appeared in the manifest, with US-registered aircraft comprising 892 of the 1,172 unique tail numbers.

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Summary

Total Flights

2,780

Arrivals

1,369

Departures

1,411

Unique Aircraft

1,172

Peak Day Flights

1,435

Avg / Day

1,390

Notable Flights

Shortest

3 NM3 min

From HHRJack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport

N958AK

Longest

4663 NM825 min

From SUUTravis Air Force Base

N968JT

Highest

51,050 ft612 NM

To GJTGrand Junction Regional Airport

LV-KLH

Most Active

15flights

N258SY

Day Highlights

Each day in PDT time

Busiest Day

Sep 1, 2025

1435 flights · 707 arr / 728 dep

Quietest Day

Sep 2, 2025

1345 flights · 662 arr / 683 dep

Avg Daily Flights

1,390

across 2 days

Performance

Max Altitude

51,050ft

Avg Altitude

20,127ft

Max Groundspeed

588.7kts

Avg Groundspeed

304kts

Total Distance

2,506,563NM

Avg Leg Distance

902NM

Avg Leg Duration

149min

Traffic Flow

Arrivals
Departures
N187 · 194NE181 · 194E585 · 586SE131 · 135S2SW17 · 36W49 · 48NW219 · 216

Routes

Arriving from

SFO
San Francisco International Airport54
LAS
Harry Reid International Airport53
DEN
Denver International Airport32
JFK
John F. Kennedy International Airport32
SEA
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport31
ORD
Chicago O'Hare International Airport28
PHX
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport23
RNO
Reno Tahoe International Airport22
SMF
Sacramento International Airport22
ATL
Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport22
SJC
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport20
EWR
Newark Liberty International Airport20
IAH
George Bush Intercontinental Airport20
PDX
Portland International Airport19
DFW
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport18
YVR
Vancouver International Airport17
AUS
Austin Bergstrom International Airport14
MSP
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field14
SLC
Salt Lake City International Airport13
SAN
San Diego International Airport13

Departing to

SFO
San Francisco International Airport61
LAS
Harry Reid International Airport53
SEA
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport40
DEN
Denver International Airport33
ORD
Chicago O'Hare International Airport32
PHX
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport28
JFK
John F. Kennedy International Airport26
SJC
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport24
PDX
Portland International Airport23
DFW
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport22
RNO
Reno Tahoe International Airport19
EWR
Newark Liberty International Airport19
SMF
Sacramento International Airport18
IAH
George Bush Intercontinental Airport18
SLC
Salt Lake City International Airport18
ATL
Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport17
YVR
Vancouver International Airport15
SAN
San Diego International Airport15
CEN
Ciudad Obregón International Airport14
AUS
Austin Bergstrom International Airport13

Aircraft by Registration Country

United States892
Unknown58
Canada41
China28
Laos20
Japan18
United Kingdom18
South Korea15
France12
Germany11

Aircraft

1172 unique aircraft

N258SY
15 flights
N623UX
14 flights
N305SY
13 flights
N277SY
12 flights
N628QX
10 flights
N625UX
10 flights
N661QX
10 flights
N85379
10 flights
N517SY
10 flights
N612UX
10 flights
N85376
10 flights
N287SY
10 flights
N521SY
10 flights
N754EV
10 flights
N610UX
10 flights
N398DA
9 flights
N965NN
9 flights
N718SK
9 flights
N326SY
9 flights
N614CZ
8 flights

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