Track a Flight on FlightAware

If you ever need to track when a plane is taking off or landing, or show someone else your flight path or flight data, FlightAware has you covered. If you log onto their website, you can enter your flight information and track the airplane with just a few clicks.

Steps

With Knowledge of Flight Details (Airline and Flight Number)

  1. Visit the FlightAware website.
  2. Find which flight you need to track. You can track the flights to and from a given airport or by individual airline and flight number. Type in the necessary data. The top two boxes are for searching by the airline and flight number.
    • If you need to know the airport code, you can check out Look Up Airport Codes to help.
    • The system will try to search for these airports and airlines as you type, so select from the drop-down box if you spot the right one.
  3. Click the Track button (for an airline/flight number search) to send the search to the FlightAware server.
  4. Review the flight details. You'll see an estimated flight map on the left side of the page, as well as a text version of the flight details on the right side. This will tell you how far from the destination the flight is, as well as an approximation of the updated time of arrival.
    • There are more technical specifications of flight details on this page, too, such as the distances between the airports, speed, altitude, and several other key pieces of information that airplane enthusiasts will understand.
    • If you have an airline ticket that will allow you to get past security or are on gate side of these airports, you'll find gate numbers for arriving and departing gates underneath the city airport name and airport code on the screen.

With Knowledge of Flight Details (Start and End Points)

  1. Visit the FlightAware website.
  2. Find which flight you need to track. Type in the airport code of the Departure city in the search box underneath the "Or" heading in the box labeled "Origin". Type in the arrival city into the search box underneath the "Or" heading in the box labeled "Destination".
    • If you need to know the airport code, you can check out Look Up Airport Codes to help.
    • The system will try to search for these airports and airlines as you type, so select from the drop-down box if you spot the right one.
  3. Click the magnifying glass button to submit this search to the FlightAware server to find your flight in progress.
  4. Scroll down the page until you have found the flight you'd like to track. This list is set up in earliest to latest order by arrival time.
  5. Click the flight details number (three letter airline and flight number) from the list to the absolute left underneath the Ident column.
  6. Review the flight details. You'll see an estimated flight map on the left side of the page, as well as a text version of the flight details on the right side. This will tell you how far from the destination the flight is, as well as an approximation of the updated time of arrival.
    • There are more technical specifications of flight details on this page, too, such as the distances between the airports, speed, altitude, and several other key pieces of information that airplane enthusiasts will understand.
    • If you have an airline ticket that will allow you to get past security or are on gate side of these airports, you'll find gate numbers for arriving and departing gates underneath the city airport name and airport code on the screen.

Flight Details via Airport List

  1. Visit the FlightAware website.
  2. Find which flight you need to track. You can track the flights to and from a given airport with the top box as described in next step.
  3. Type in the airport code in the top most search box. This can be either the departure city or the arrival city.Click the Track button to submit this search to the FlightAware server to find your flight in progress.If you click the item, you'll need to click this button, otherwise you can skip this step.
    • If you need to know the airport code, you can check out Look Up Airport Codes to help.
    • The system will try to search for these airports, so select the airport from the drop-down box if you spot the right one.
  4. Look down the list(s) of options to see if your flights are in the arrivals or departures list. Select the appropriate flight you'd like to track by clicking the flight number from the "Ident" column. If the flight took off more than 45 minutes before or isn't expected to arrive for the following 12 hours, you're flight won't be on either list.
  5. Review the flight details. You'll see an estimated flight map on the left side of the page, as well as a text version of the flight details on the right side. This will tell you how far from the destination the flight is, as well as an approximation of the updated time of arrival.
    • There are more technical specifications of flight details on this page, too, such as the distances between the airports, speed, altitude, and several other key pieces of information that airplane enthusiasts will understand.
    • If you have an airline ticket that will allow you to get past security or are on gate side of these airports, you'll find gate numbers for arriving and departing gates underneath the city airport name and airport code on the screen.

Tips

  • FlightAware can even track flights from smaller uncontrolled airports (that don't have a full-fledged tower) as long as the airplane owner has filed a flight plan with the FAA. And because flight plans can be filed right up until takeoff by calling into your Weather Briefing telephone number and being they are completely free, there's no reason airplane owners at uncontrolled airports need not to not file one.
  • FlightAware utilizes the airline tracking signal that all aircraft have. However, no aircraft data is perfect, so there might be a few flaws and/or the data could be off by a mile or so.

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