Track a flight
Enter the flight number
An airline code and a number — EK202, BA287, 6E 203. Spacing and case do not matter.
Where to find the number
It is on the booking confirmation, the boarding pass and any airline email about the flight. It is two or three characters followed by up to four digits: EK for Emirates, BA for British Airways, 6E for IndiGo.
What you get back
- The route — which airports the flight is between, with both local times.
- Where the aircraft is now, if a receiver is currently hearing it, with how long ago it was heard.
- Altitude, ground speed and heading, exactly as broadcast.
- An estimated arrival time, worked out from the distance remaining and the ground speed.
What you will not get
Scheduled times, terminals, gates, baggage belts and delays come from airline and airport systems. FlightStatus runs on open aircraft data and does not have them, so it names each one and says why rather than showing an empty box.
A flight with no live position is a normal outcome, not an error. Large parts of the world — oceans especially — have no ADS-B receivers under them. FlightStatus shows the route and says so plainly instead of animating an aeroplane along it.
Or check an airport
Searching a city or airport code opens its live board: the aircraft around it right now, and how long the ones on approach have left.