Best airport cams for city views and night watching
Some airports sit so close to their city that the skyline ends up in every shot. They are at their best around dusk, when the buildings light up and the runway lights come on at about the same time.
If your evening lines up with theirs, these are the ones to try. If it doesn't, they are worth a look anyway.
LAS1. Harry Reid International Airport
🇺🇸 Las Vegas, United States
The Strip starts where the airport ends. After dark, departures on the 26 runways roll past a wall of hotel lights, and nothing else on this list looks anything like it.
Watch the LAS live cam →
HND2. Tokyo Haneda Airport
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
Six streams to choose from. For night watching, the Tokyo Bay view is the one: aircraft crossing the water with the city glowing behind. The terminal cams are better by day, when you might get Mount Fuji as well.
Watch the HND live cam →
UKB3. Kobe Airport
🇯🇵 Kobe, Japan
A small airport on its own island, looking back at the Kobe waterfront with the Rokko mountains above it. There isn't much traffic, but the view at night makes up for that.
Watch the UKB live cam →
LIS4. Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport
🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
Aircraft come in low over the rooftops of northern Lisbon. Late afternoon is the time, when the light turns warm and TAP's long-haul flights head out.
Watch the LIS live cam →
FUK5. Fukuoka Airport
🇯🇵 Fukuoka, Japan
Two subway stops from the middle of the city, so approaches pass over offices and apartment blocks. The airport shuts at 22:00, and the last hour before that is busy.
Watch the FUK live cam →
LAX6. Los Angeles International Airport
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, United States
Evening is when LAX is at its best in any case, because that's when the long-haul departures go. Arrivals come down a line of landing lights that stretches back over the city.
Watch the LAX live cam →
MDW7. Chicago Midway International Airport
🇺🇸 Chicago, United States
One square mile of airport with houses on every side. The 4K stream shows how tightly it's packed into the street grid, and how low the 737s pass over the rooftops.
Watch the MDW live cam →
LGA8. LaGuardia Airport
🇺🇸 New York, United States
Short runways that end at the water, constant traffic, and New York in the background. It's the busiest small airport you can watch.
Watch the LGA live cam →
Every airport page on the site shows the local time next to the title, which makes it easy to tell whether it's dusk there yet.