SEAKSEA
September 25, 20251,217 flights1,139,120 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 page captures ADS-B flight data for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA/KSEA) on September 25, 2025, visualized on the 20th anniversary of the airport's major terminal expansion completion. The dataset covers 1,217 total flights across the full 24-hour period, split almost evenly between 608 arrivals and 609 departures, operated by 513 unique aircraft. Traffic was active from midnight through 23:59 PDT, averaging 50.7 flights per hour across the day. The busiest single hour was 20:00-21:00, which recorded 91 movements (55 arrivals and 36 departures). A secondary peak runs through the midday window, with hours 8 through 14 each logging between 66 and 79 flights. The overnight hours from 00:00 to 04:00 were the quietest, with single-digit or low double-digit totals. The top route by total movements was Los Angeles (LAX) with 41 flights, followed by San Francisco (SFO) at 37 and Portland (PDX) at 35. Spokane (GEG) and Phoenix (PHX) round out the top five. Vancouver (YVR) was the only international airport in the top ten, accounting for 28 combined movements. Approach and departure directions were dominated by easterly headings. East was the most common direction for both arrivals (132) and departures (143), with SSE and S also appearing frequently across both categories. Aircraft registered to the United States accounted for 472 of the 513 unique aircraft, with Canadian-registered aircraft second at 9. The altitude distribution shows two concentration points. The 0-1,000 ft band recorded 149,937 ADS-B position points, reflecting departure climbs and arrival descents near the airport. A second concentration sits between 35,000 and 38,000 ft, where the three busiest bands logged 62,286, 58,347, and 54,565 points respectively. The highest recorded altitude was 46,875 ft, reached by tail number N915QS on an arrival from Scottsdale (SCF). The longest flight in the dataset was an arrival from Boston Logan (BOS), covering 3,276.1 nautical miles over 594.7 minutes. At the other end, the shortest recorded flight covered just 4.1 nautical miles. Average groundspeed across all flights was 264 knots, with a maximum of 582.8 knots. Total distance flown across all tracked legs was 978,481 nautical miles.

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Summary

Total Flights

1,217

Arrivals

608

Departures

609

Unique Aircraft

513

Peak Hour Flights

91

Avg / Hour

51

Notable Flights

Shortest

4 NM37 min

To SEASeattle–Tacoma International Airport

N277SY

Longest

3276 NM595 min

From BOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport

N932AK

Highest

46,875 ft1006 NM

From SCFScottsdale Airport

N915QS

Most Active

8flights

N637QX

Time Highlights

Times in PDT

Busiest Hour

8 PM

91 flights · 55 arr / 36 dep

Quietest Hour

4 AM

3 flights · 2 arr / 1 dep

Peak Frequency

40 sec

between flights at peak

Performance

Max Altitude

46,875ft

Avg Altitude

17,924ft

Max Groundspeed

582.8kts

Avg Groundspeed

264kts

Total Distance

978,481NM

Avg Leg Distance

804NM

Avg Leg Duration

144min

Traffic Flow

Arrivals
Departures
N55 · 33NE23 · 28E138 · 150SE133 · 120S209 · 207SW6 · 9W17 · 15NW27 · 47

Routes

Arriving from

LAX
Los Angeles International Airport20
SFO
San Francisco International Airport20
PHX
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport20
PDX
Portland International Airport17
GEG
Spokane International Airport17
DEN
Denver International Airport17
YVR
Vancouver International Airport15
LAS
Harry Reid International Airport13
SLC
Salt Lake City International Airport13
ORD
Chicago O'Hare International Airport12
BOI
Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field12
SAN
San Diego International Airport12
SMF
Sacramento International Airport10
ANC
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport9
DFW
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport9
SJC
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport9
RDM
Roberts Field8
SNA
John Wayne Orange County International Airport8
ATL
Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport8
PSC
Tri Cities Airport7

Departing to

LAX
Los Angeles International Airport21
PDX
Portland International Airport18
SFO
San Francisco International Airport17
GEG
Spokane International Airport17
DEN
Denver International Airport14
LAS
Harry Reid International Airport14
SMF
Sacramento International Airport14
PHX
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport13
YVR
Vancouver International Airport13
ORD
Chicago O'Hare International Airport13
BOI
Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field13
SLC
Salt Lake City International Airport12
SAN
San Diego International Airport11
ANC
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport11
MSP
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field9
DFW
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport8
SJC
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport8
RDM
Roberts Field8
SNA
John Wayne Orange County International Airport8
PSC
Tri Cities Airport8

Aircraft by Registration Country

United States472
Canada9
Laos7
Unknown6
United Kingdom3
Slovenia3
Japan2
Türkiye2
Germany2
France1

Aircraft

513 unique aircraft

N637QX
8 flights
N635QX
8 flights
N667QX
8 flights
N277SY
8 flights
N636QX
8 flights
N663QX
8 flights
N279SY
8 flights
N662QX
7 flights
N302SY
6 flights
N283SY
6 flights
N258SY
6 flights
N669QX
6 flights
N298SY
6 flights
N626QX
6 flights
N281SY
6 flights
N265SY
6 flights
N644QX
6 flights
N651QX
6 flights
N632QX
6 flights
N402SY
6 flights

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