Flight Report

This dataset covers three days of ADS-B traffic at Narita International Airport (NRT/RJAA) from January 1 to January 3, 2026, capturing 1,936 total flight operations across 605 unique aircraft. Arrivals numbered 947 and departures 984, with 5 touch-and-go events also recorded. The busiest hour was 15:00 JST, which logged 163 movements, 106 of them arrivals. Average throughput across the day ran 26.9 flights per hour, with active operations spanning from 09:00 to 23:59 local time. Early morning hours between 03:00 and 04:00 saw zero recorded movements, while the 05:00 hour brought 14 arrivals and no departures. Incheon International Airport (ICN) was the top connected airport by total movements, with 90 arrivals and 115 departures for a combined 205 flights. Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) appeared exclusively as a departure destination with 152 outbound flights and zero arrivals. Fukue Airport (FUJ) followed closely with 151 total movements. Hong Kong (HKG) and Taipei Taoyuan (TPE) each recorded 45 arrivals and no departures in this window. Approach traffic was dominated by the WSW direction at 351 counts, followed by SW at 148 and WNW at 135. Departure tracks showed a similar westward concentration, with WSW again leading at 418. Altitude data spans from ground level up to a recorded maximum of 46,925 feet, reached by a US-registered aircraft (N814PR) on an arrival. The average altitude across all tracked points was 19,455 feet. The 4,000 to 5,000 foot band was the most densely sampled at 50,320 data points, consistent with approach and departure transition altitudes. Cruise-level activity concentrated between 33,000 and 40,000 feet. Japanese-registered aircraft made up the largest share of unique aircraft by country at 163, followed by China at 105 and the United States at 65. The dataset totals 992,092 individual ADS-B position points across all flights.