Planes over your city

Pick a city to see the planes over it right now, which airports they use and why they fly where they do. For anywhere else, use the live map.

• Planes over Milan right nowMilan has three airports around it, so the sky over the city is busy all day.
• Planes over Rome right nowRome has two airports: Fiumicino on the coast and Ciampino just south-east of the city.
• Planes over London right nowLondon has five main airports, which makes its sky one of the busiest in the world.
• Planes over Paris right nowParis has two big airports, Charles de Gaulle to the north-east and Orly to the south.
• Planes over New York right nowNew York has three major airports and a busy business-jet field, all within about 25 km of Manhattan.
• Planes over Los Angeles right nowLos Angeles is spread out around five commercial airports, with LAX by far the busiest.
• Planes over Madrid right nowMadrid’s traffic almost all goes through Barajas, one of Europe’s biggest airports, just north-east of the city.
• Planes over Amsterdam right nowAmsterdam’s sky is dominated by Schiphol, about 15 km south-west of the centre.
• Planes over Frankfurt right nowFrankfurt Airport, about 12 km south-west of the centre, is Germany’s biggest and the Lufthansa hub.
• Planes over Tokyo right nowTokyo has two big airports: Haneda on the bay, close to the city, and Narita far to the east.