N50Q — live tracking every few seconds while it is in the air, and who this aircraft is the rest of the time.
N50Q is a Bell 407 that Helicopters Inc. flies for two Los Angeles stations. It leads as SkyFOX 11 for KTTV Fox 11 and also goes up as SkyCAL for KCAL 9, depending on the day — the same helicopter under whichever name is on screen. It covers pursuits, fires, and traffic across the LA basin for both newsrooms.
We have recorded SkyFOX 11 / SkyCAL over 247 neighborhoods across Southern California, 2659 passes in all — most recently over Lake Balboa on 16 October.
Counted from this site's own observations of the public ADS-B feed, not from a flight plan — a pass is a visit we watched, and the list is what we have seen, not everywhere this aircraft has been.
Our record ties SkyFOX 11 / SkyCAL to 18 scenes, the 8 most recent below.
This record starts on 10 August and only includes scenes GTLA opened a page for — most of them opened automatically, when our tracking saw helicopters gather over one spot or follow a chase — so it is not a complete history of where this aircraft has flown.
See what is flying directly over your own neighborhood at /here. GTLA AirWatch is an independent tracker; the broadcasters and agencies named on this page are not affiliated with GTLA.
The portrait of SkyFOX 11 / SkyCAL is an AI-generated fleet illustration, made from photographs of the real aircraft; markings follow the photographed livery. KTTV / KCAL is not affiliated with GTLA.