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Military aircraft over California right now

At 01:49 UTC, 4 military aircraft are airborne over California right now. 23 were seen broadcasting here in the last 12 hours.

Live military traffic in and around California today, from community ADS-B data, re-checked every minute. The area is a bounding box around California rather than its exact border, so aircraft just outside the line can appear.

Military traffic over California · checked within the last minute
4military aircraft airborne
CallsignTypeAltitudeSpeed
C6556AS652,150 ft68 kt
C2003C30J4,950 ft217 kt
XBNWDCL608,725 ft261 kt
10-27029C27J7,675 ft195 kt

Military aircraft seen over California earlier today

134 checks in the last 12 hours · last 4 min ago
23military aircraft seen broadcasting over California in the last 12 hours
CallsignTypeLast seenLowest altitude
C6512AS65Now150 ft
C6556AS65Now-125 ft
C2003C30JNow875 ft
MS01H6049 min ago2,325 ft
GH73H6055 min ago150 ft
N343TAP28A1 h 24 min ago-200 ft
CNV4248B7371 h 24 min ago4,300 ft
GH11H601 h 34 min ago50 ft
ae67b7—2 h 19 min ago7,800 ft
MAXX151GLF52 h 24 min ago1,900 ft
R26344H602 h 55 min ago1,025 ft
JANET09BE303 h 35 min ago2,175 ft
RAIDR13C30J3 h 54 min ago5,875 ft
ANVIL81C30J4 h 9 min ago7,525 ft
JOLLY91H604 h 54 min ago-275 ft
C6065H605 h 15 min ago0 ft
ASPEN41T385 h 25 min ago900 ft
C2703C27J6 h 30 min ago600 ft
CNV4412B7377 h ago650 ft
C6056H607 h 10 min ago-200 ft
G72476EC457 h 34 min ago2,075 ft
CNV4116B7378 h 35 min ago10,150 ft
LUNAR46EC459 h 9 min ago4,350 ft

This log checks every 5 minutes and keeps 12 hours, so an aircraft that crossed in under 5 minutes can be missed, and one flying with its transponder off never appears. “Lowest altitude” is the lowest it was seen at during those checks.

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Why are military jets flying over California today?

Nothing an aircraft broadcasts says what its flight is for, so this page can’t tell you why a particular jet is over California. Routine reasons include training flights, transits between bases, tanker and transport runs, and flyovers for public events. What it can show is which military aircraft are broadcasting a position here right now, with type, altitude and speed. A low, loud jet you just heard may not be listed: many military aircraft fly with the transponder off.

What you can and can’t see

Everything on this page comes from transponder broadcasts picked up by volunteer receivers. Military aircraft frequently operate with the transponder off, and some broadcast anonymised identifiers, so an empty page is never proof that nothing is flying. What is here is real; what is missing may simply be silent.

Other states

Live positions come from volunteer-run ADS-B receivers, shared as open data under the ODbL licence. An aircraft is visible here only if its transponder is broadcasting and a receiver hears it, so coverage is dense over North America and Europe and thin over oceans, deserts and mountains. Not for navigation or operational use. More about our data.

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