SurveillanceMap LIVE, Los Angeles LAX, California

This SurveillanceMap camera is positioned to watch Los Angeles International Airport and the surrounding traffic corridors. The feed is live, part of the SurveillanceMap network, which stitches together public cameras to give a real-time picture of the city. From this angle you can see planes moving between the runways and the terminals, and the 405 freeway snaking past in the foreground. LAX sits in a basin, so early mornings often bring a marine layer that muffles the view until it burns off by mid-morning. At night the runway lights cut through the haze and the approach paths become visible as dotted lines of red and white. Check it before a flight to gauge terminal congestion, or any time you want to see the pace of one of the busiest airports in the world. The operator is SurveillanceMap Foundation, which aggregates civic cameras.