Flight TrackAbout

A flight tracker for the flight on your ticket

Type the flight number from your ticket and see where the plane is now, how far along it is and when it should land. Free, with no sign-up and no ads.

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airports in the guide
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Our story

Why Flight Track exists

Most flight trackers are built around what planes broadcast: radio callsigns like AIC1ZH and aircraft registrations. Travellers have something simpler, the flight number on their ticket.

Flight Track starts from that number, works out which plane is flying it today, and shows where it is and when it should land, with India's airports and airlines first. It's a small, independent project, built and run by one person, and it's non-commercial.

Track a flight
What it's for

From a flight number to a clear answer

Where is the plane now, how far along is it, and when will it land? Every answer comes from open data, and the page tells you when something is an estimate.

Principles

The rules the site is built on

A few promises that shape every page.

Your flight number first

Search what's on your ticket. We work out which radio callsign the plane uses.

Honest about estimates

When a plane is out of receiver range, or a time is old, the page says so.

Free and private

No ads, no accounts, no tracking cookies. Recent searches stay in your own browser.

India first, the world too

Built around India's airports and airlines, and it works for flights worldwide.

How it works

What happens when you search

Four steps, usually done within a few seconds.

  1. 01

    Find the callsign

    Work out which radio callsign today's flight uses: Air India's AI2812 may broadcast as AIC2812, or as a code like AIC1ZH.

  2. 02

    Listen for the plane

    Look for it in the shared networks of volunteer receivers that pick up its ADS-B signal.

  3. 03

    Fill the gaps

    If no receiver can hear it, use the airline's schedule instead, and say so.

  4. 04

    Estimate the landing

    Work out when it lands from where the plane is, how fast it's going and the route it flies.

Read how ADS-B tracking works →
Open data

The data behind every answer

Thank you to everyone who runs a receiver or keeps these datasets open.

  • adsb.fi

    Live aircraft positions from volunteer receivers.

  • The OpenSky Network

    Live aircraft positions from volunteer receivers.

  • adsb.lol

    Live aircraft positions from volunteer receivers.

    ODbL
  • adsbdb

    Which route a callsign usually flies, and airline codes.

  • AeroDataBox

    Schedules, terminals and gates, for flights the receivers can't hear.

  • NOAA Aviation Weather Center

    Airport weather reports and forecasts, behind our fog and storm alerts.

  • OurAirports

    Airport positions, runways, elevations and radio frequencies.

    Public domain
  • OpenFreeMap

    Map tiles, from © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Guides

Curious how flight tracking works?

Short guides to ADS-B, squawk codes, altitude, great-circle routes and reading airport weather.

Airline names and logos are trademarks of their owners, shown only to identify the airlines; this site isn't connected with any airline.