PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — NORAD monitors and defends North American airspace 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
But, on Dec. 24, NORAD has one additional mission: tracking Santa Claus as he makes his way across the globe delivering presents to children.
The NORAD Tracks Santa Web site (www.noradsanta.org) launched on Dec. 1. It features Santa’s North Pole Village, which includes a holiday countdown, games, a movie theater, holiday music, web store and more.
The Web site is available in nine languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese and Korean.
You can follow Santa’s journey on mobile devices with the official NORAD Tracks Santa app, which is available in the Apple App and Google Play stores.
NORAD Tracks Santa will also be available on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X, and on contributor platforms Amazon Alexa, SiriusXM and OnStar.
On Dec. 24, trackers world-wide can call 1-877-HI-NORAD to ask live operators about Santa’s location from 6 a.m. to midnight MST.
Also on Dec. 24, Web site visitors will see Santa’s flight from 4 a.m. to midnight MST.
NORAD Tracks Santa is a global experience and the U.S. and Canadian personnel of NORAD are proud to continue the tradition of delighting families everywhere.
NORAD is a U.S. and Canada bi-national organization charged with the missions of aerospace warning, aerospace control and maritime warning for North America.
NORAD prevents air attacks against North America, safeguarding the sovereign airspaces of the U.S. and Canada by responding to unknown, unwanted and unauthorized air activity approaching and operating within North American airspace.
