SoCal and Las Vegas, worked around the clock

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Hundreds of flights into LAX, Las Vegas and 46 other fields, each one handed from controller to controller on real FAA procedures. Open it in your browser and watch.

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ILLUSTRATION · LAX WEST FLOWARRIVALSDEPARTURES
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    SWA1734
    B737 · DEN to LAX
    Altitude11,000 ft
    Speed250 kt
    Working itSoCal Approach

    On the ANJLL FOUR arrival

      What you'll see

      The whole operation on one scope.

      The live scope shows the whole world at once: LA Center up high, SoCal and Las Vegas Approach in the middle, the towers and ground crews below.

      Every arrival and departure

      Watch the rushes build and ease through the day: jets descending on the published arrivals into LAX, departures climbing out over the ocean, and the traffic at Burbank, Long Beach, San Diego and Las Vegas.

      Controllers handing off

      Every aircraft belongs to one controller at a time. See it pass from Center to Approach to Tower to Ground, with AI controllers working every seat nobody has taken.

      The radio calls

      Read every clearance and readback as it happens, or switch the voice on and listen to the frequency the way you would on a scanner.

      000aircraft in the air right now
      000aircraft in the world, gate to gate
      00:00SoCal clock in the live world
      48airports, LAX to Las Vegas

      Hundreds of flights in the sky at once. Every one of them is being worked.

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      On the roadmap
      /watch?follow=AAL1291
      Following AAL1291 A321 · DFW to LAX · on the SEAVU TWO arrival, with SoCal Approach
      Altitude9,000 ft
      Speed250 kt
      Working itSoCal Approach
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      01First contactSanta Barbara ApproachFree 02Say againCatch the wrong readbacksFree 03San Diego groundPushback, taxi, hand to TowerFree 04LAX ground before dawnDepartures around taxiing arrivalsFree 05Burbank towerRunway crossings, takeoffs, landingsFree 09San Diego departuresClimb via, hand to CenterFree
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      FAQ

      Before you tune in.

      Is this real traffic?
      It's a real day of flights built from real flight records: airliners, cargo, business jets and light aircraft, flown gate to gate by the engine on real FAA procedures. It isn't a feed of today's flights, so these aren't the aircraft over Los Angeles right now. That's also what lets every one of them be worked by a controller.
      Is it free?
      Yes. Watching the live world is free with no account, and so are six training missions. Online membership opens every seat in the shared sky for $79.99 a year or $9.99 a month, with a 7 day free trial and no card. There's no DLC, ever.
      Which airports can I watch?
      48 airports across Southern California and Las Vegas, from LAX, San Diego and Burbank to Palm Springs and Las Vegas. The world covers SoCal TRACON, Las Vegas TRACON and LA Center, so flights between them are worked the whole way.
      Are these the real procedures?
      Yes. SIDs, STARs and approaches come from the FAA's coded procedure data, cycle 2609. The FAA doesn't publish TRACON sector lines, so ours are our own design drawn from public sources.
      Do I need a flight simulator?
      No. Everything runs on its own in a desktop browser. Seeing your own sim in the same sky is on the roadmap, X-Plane 12 first.
      Who are the controllers?
      AI controllers staff every seat, from Ground to LA Center. Players can take any position they've earned, and the AI takes it back when they leave.
      Can I listen to the radio?
      Yes. The live scope shows each call as text in its radio panel, and you can switch on the voice to hear it.
      Why is the live world sometimes offline?
      It runs on a single server for now, and it's switched off from time to time for updates. When the live counts on this page are missing, it's down; check back in a little while.
      Is this affiliated with the FAA?
      No. SectorLive is an independent game built from public FAA data. It isn't affiliated with or endorsed by the FAA.
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