RCTP · TPE · Taoyuan, Taiwan
Planes near TPE: live flight tracking at Taipei Taoyuan International
Taipei Taoyuan International (TPE / RCTP) serves Taoyuan, Taiwan, Taiwan. On the northwestern coastal plain, at a busy junction of East Asian routes.
The live map
Aircraft the volunteer receiver network can currently hear around Taoyuan. The frame is fixed on the field; tap or click an aircraft to open its full details.
Nothing here is filtered. Military aircraft, aircraft in the FAA's LADD privacy programme and aircraft using temporary addresses all appear the same way anything else does. Open the full map to pan, zoom and switch layers.
Movements we watched happen
Snapshot written . This page refreshes by itself while it is open.
These are transitions the receiver network actually observed at TPE, each with the time it was seen. Nothing here is guessed from a timetable.
Why there may be fewer departures than arrivals
A departure is only counted once a receiver has seen the aircraft on the ground here first. That guard stops us inventing takeoffs for aircraft that merely flew overhead, and it costs us real ones: hearing an aircraft sitting on an airport surface needs a receiver with line of sight to that surface, which is the hardest reception there is. An arrival only needs the aircraft to have been seen airborne, and airborne coverage is very good.
So at any airport without a clear view of the ground, this list will show fewer departures than actually happened. If you see more arrivals than departures below, read that as a fact about where the antennas are, not about the airport.
| Time | Movement | Flight | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02:57 UTC | Arrival | CSN3087 | A333 · B-8426 |
| 02:54 UTC | Arrival | JJA6151 | B738 · HL8090 |
| 02:54 UTC | Departure | SJX850 | A339 · B-58305 |
| 02:52 UTC | Departure | JAL802 | B788 · JA839J |
| 02:52 UTC | Arrival | CPA466 | A35K · B-LXA |
| 02:49 UTC | Departure | EVA201 | B77W · B-16732 |
| 02:49 UTC | Arrival | TLM394 | B739 · HS-LVQ |
| 02:48 UTC | Departure | EVA008 | B789 · B-17882 |
| 02:46 UTC | Departure | SJX822 | not identified |
| 02:44 UTC | Arrival | CAL5992 | B744 · B-18718 |
| 02:42 UTC | Departure | EVA116 | B78X · B-17809 |
| 02:40 UTC | Departure | EVA006 | B77W · B-16717 |
Showing the most recent 12 of 27 in the current recording window.
What appears to be inbound and outbound right now
Where the aircraft in range right now are most likely heading, worked out from their callsigns rather than watched happening.
How this list is built
We take the aircraft the receiver network can currently hear, read the callsign each one is broadcasting, and look that callsign up in an index of the routes it has actually flown before. An entry means this callsign's most commonly observed route ends at TPE. That is a good guide to where a flight is going. It is not a flight plan: nobody has told us today's routing, and we would rather say that than dress an inference up as a schedule.
The consequences are worth knowing. A diversion or an unusual routing will be listed wrong. A charter, a positioning leg, or any flight the index has not seen before is missing entirely. You will occasionally see an aircraft here sitting on the ground on the far side of a continent, which is the method showing its working rather than hiding it. There are no scheduled times or arrival estimates on this page because neither can be computed honestly from what we hold.
For gates, delays and cancellations the airline and the airport are authoritative. This page is for what is actually in the air.
Inbound nearest 20 of 21
| Flight | From | Altitude | Ground speed | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPA466A35K · B-LXA | Hong KongVHHH / HKG | on the ground | 4 kt | 0 nmE of the field |
| JJA6151B738 · HL8090 | BusanRKPK / PUS | on the ground | 0 kt | 0 nmENE of the field |
| CSN3087A333 · B-8426 | ShenzhenZGSZ / SZX | on the ground | 11 kt | 1 nmE of the field |
| CAL395A21N · B-18107 | KumamotoRJFT / KMJ | 8,025 ft | 267 kt | 9 nmN of the field |
| JAL8663B763 · JA617J | NaritaRJAA / NRT | 6,100 ft | 231 kt | 10 nmW of the field |
| FDX6126B763 · N123FE | SeoulRKSI / ICN | 21,325 ft | 394 kt | 64 nmNE of the field |
| CAL191A21N · B-18123 | BusanRKPK / PUS | 30,000 ft | 465 kt | 103 nmNE of the field |
| CPA494A21N · B-HPH | Hong KongVHHH / HKG | 32,975 ft | 468 kt | 262 nmSW of the field |
| CAL602A21N · B-18109 | Hong KongVHHH / HKG | 20,450 ft | 422 kt | 419 nmWSW of the field |
| TTW241A20N · B-50026 | FukuokaRJFF / FUK | 30,300 ft | 471 kt | 595 nmNE of the field |
| JAL8671B738 · JA320J | TokonameRJGG / NGO | 34,000 ft | 464 kt | 751 nmNE of the field |
| TTW211A320 · B-50008 | OsakaRJBB / KIX | 33,375 ft | 429 kt | 777 nmNE of the field |
| SJX782A21N · B-58205 | Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu CityRPVM / CEB | on the ground | 17 kt | 900 nmS of the field |
| EVA177B78X · B-17812 | OsakaRJBB / KIX | 7,450 ft | 263 kt | 902 nmNE of the field |
| SJX835A21N · B-58204 | KobeRJBE / UKB | 6,300 ft | 256 kt | 908 nmNE of the field |
| EVA157A321 · B-16217 | KanazawaRJNK / KMQ | 7,375 ft | 246 kt | 1,022 nmNE of the field |
| TVJ568A321 · HS-VKM | BangkokVTBS / BKK | 33,025 ft | 456 kt | 1,145 nmWSW of the field |
| THY24B77W · TC-JJE | IstanbulLTFM / IST | 33,000 ft | 512 kt | 2,699 nmWNW of the field |
| CAL5311B77L · B-18772 | AnchoragePANC / ANC | 32,000 ft | 427 kt | 3,937 nmNNE of the field |
| UPS61B748 · N625UP | Hong KongVHHH / HKG | 33,000 ft | 513 kt | 5,175 nmNNE of the field |
Outbound nearest 20 of 33
| Flight | To | Altitude | Ground speed | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPA564B773 · B-HNH | OsakaRJBB / KIX | on the ground | 18 kt | 0 nmS of the field |
| CEB313A339 · RP-C3906 | Manila (Pasay)RPLL / MNL | 400 ft | 154 kt | 0 nmSE of the field |
| APJ626A20N · JA206P | NaritaRJAA / NRT | on the ground | 3 kt | 1 nmSSW of the field |
| SJX802A35K · B-58551 | NaritaRJAA / NRT | on the ground | 6 kt | 1 nmSSW of the field |
| CLX9365B748 · LX-VCK | Muscat/SeebOOMS / MCT | on the ground | 8 kt | 1 nmSSW of the field |
| SJX850A339 · B-58305 | SapporoRJCC / CTS | 10,025 ft | 299 kt | 19 nmENE of the field |
| EVA201B77W · B-16732 | BangkokVTBS / BKK | 18,425 ft | 431 kt | 24 nmWSW of the field |
| JAL802B788 · JA839J | NaritaRJAA / NRT | 14,975 ft | 387 kt | 32 nmENE of the field |
| SJX822 | OsakaRJBB / KIX | 21,400 ft | 412 kt | 67 nmENE of the field |
| EVA116B78X · B-17809 | SapporoRJCC / CTS | 27,525 ft | 429 kt | 87 nmENE of the field |
| EVA801DH8C · B-15237 | Nossa Senhora do CarmoVMMC / MFM | 31,425 ft | 506 kt | 104 nmSW of the field |
| CAL5865B744 · B-18721 | SepangWMKK / KUL | 32,000 ft | 499 kt | 140 nmSSW of the field |
| TGW892B788 · 9V-OFG | SapporoRJCC / CTS | 35,000 ft | 510 kt | 192 nmSSW of the field |
| PAL891A321 · RP-C9929 | Manila (Pasay)RPLL / MNL | 34,000 ft | 463 kt | 204 nmS of the field |
| EVA227B77W · B-16705 | SepangWMKK / KUL | 26,000 ft | 481 kt | 232 nmSSW of the field |
| CAL831A359 · B-18922 | BangkokVTBS / BKK | 39,975 ft | 494 kt | 287 nmSW of the field |
| APJ922A20N · JA211P | NahaROAH / OKA | 6,575 ft | 274 kt | 339 nmENE of the field |
| EVA215B77W · B-16706 | SingaporeWSSS / SIN | 28,000 ft | 498 kt | 356 nmSSW of the field |
| EVA198B78X · B-17806 | NaritaRJAA / NRT | 37,000 ft | 492 kt | 596 nmNE of the field |
| CAL100A359 · B-18916 | NaritaRJAA / NRT | 41,000 ft | 467 kt | 679 nmNE of the field |
About Taipei Taoyuan International
- ICAO codeRCTP
- IATA codeTPE
- ServesTaoyuan
- RegionTaiwan, Taiwan
- Coordinates25.078°N, 121.233°E
Taipei Taoyuan sits west of Taipei on the coastal plain, with the Taiwan Strait to the west and mountains running down the spine of the island to the east. A great deal of traffic between Northeast and Southeast Asia passes through this area, and the field itself is a significant freight point as well as a passenger one.
The strait to the west is worth watching. Air routes across it are carefully defined, and the resulting traffic pattern is far more channelled than open water usually produces.
What the codes mean
Airports carry two identifiers and they are not interchangeable.
TPE is the IATA code: three letters, the one printed on a
boarding pass and a baggage tag, assigned for commercial purposes and reused across
the world without any geographic logic.
RCTP is the ICAO code: four letters, used by air traffic
control, flight planning systems and trackers like this one. Its first
two letters, RC, marks
Taiwan, because ICAO allocates the code space by region.
The callsigns in the lists above are a third thing again. A callsign is what the crew typed into the transponder for this leg, so it changes flight by flight, while the registration and the 24-bit hex address stay with the airframe. When a callsign and a registration disagree, the registration is usually the more reliable of the two.
How to read the numbers
Altitude is pressure altitude, which is what the aircraft's air data system reads with a standard pressure setting. It is not height above the ground and it is not always the altitude the crew is flying to. Near Taoyuan that gap is most obvious on approach, when a tracker can show a figure that does not match what is on the flight deck.
Ground speed is speed across the earth, not through the air. A strong tailwind can add a hundred knots or more to it without the aircraft flying any faster, which is why two aircraft at the same level going opposite ways can show wildly different numbers. Track is the direction of travel over the ground, which is not the direction the nose is pointing when there is any crosswind at all.
Aircraft go missing from this map for reasons that have nothing to do with the aircraft. Reception is line of sight, so terrain and distance cut it off abruptly; a good deal of light aviation in the United States broadcasts on 978 MHz rather than 1090 MHz; and plenty of aircraft, including gliders and older light types, carry no ADS-B at all and are not required to. How ADS-B works covers all of that properly.
Other airports on the map
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