5 Awesome Airline Tracking Apps

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  • September 24, 2019
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Flight delays and sudden changes to your flight schedule can easily and unnecessarily disrupt your holidays. These apps can help you track your trip and plan things ahead along the way.

FlightAware (iOS; Android)

Screenshots from the FlightAware app showing flight times, local weather, maps, and more.

Given the number of features and the functionality, one could consider this app the complete package. On top of being free, FlightAware lets you track the flight status and location of any commercial aircraft worldwide and private ones in the U.S. and Canada. You can search by flight number, city, route, or airline, and obtain all the relevant flight information including weather, arrival gate, and even GPS data as displayed on a NEXRAD radar overlay.

To stay up-to-date with any news regarding your flight, you can select to receive push notifications with instant alerts that could help you plan ahead. The app also has a desktop version, and it’s available in a variety of languages.

The Flight Tracker (iOS; Android)

The Flight Tracker app, showing flight times and terminal, gate, and baggage claim numbers.

This flight-tracking app offers details about any flight of your choice, including arrival and departure time, airline information, terminal maps, and can alert you of any changes made to the original plans. Frequent travelers can sync their calendars with the app to keep track of their upcoming flights, highlight frequent routes, and add notes to them.

With a premium membership, you can also get access to seat maps, practical widgets, and remove ads. The most significant feature of The Flight Tracker is that it doesn’t depend on roaming data to work, giving you the option to check the current location of your flight while on airplane mode.

Flightradar24 (iOS; Android)

Screenshots from the Flightradar24 app showing information about flights, planes, weather, and boarding times.

Aviation fanatics will love this app. Flightradar24 provides you with basic flight-tracking information by searching for the specific flight you’re interested in or by tapping on any airplane icon on the live radar map. Alternatively, you can even point your device at a plane flying by to find out things about it, like the ports of departure and arrival, and its speed and altitude.

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