How to Track Your Flights Online

Watch this video to learn how to track your flights online. We’ll tell you about reasons to track your flights, and 8 easy ways to do it yourself. Watch all the way to the end for some important things to know about tracking flights.

Here are some reasons we think it’s a good idea to track flights:
- To see when you need to head to the airport
- To check for delays in your flight’s departure
- To see when a flight is expected to arrive
- To find more flight information (duration, etc.)
- To help you stick to your schedule

Here are 8 of our favorite ways to track flights online:
1. On airline websites – most airlines offer flight tracking on their site
2. On the website you booked your flight through – popular travel booking sites will have information about your flight if you look at your booking details.
3. Search your airline and flight number on your favorite search engine.
4. FlightAware.com – information about departure and arrival times, delays, and more.
5. GateGuru.com – info about delays, layovers, flight length, arrivals, and departures.
6. iFly.com – find out about your flight’s status, view maps of your airport, find out what there is to do during a layover, and more helpful information.
7. Flightwise.com – detailed information for current and past flights.
8. Flightview.com – track your flight’s departure and arrival, check progress, and more.

Things to know about flight tracking:
1. Information you find online about your flight may not be updated to the most current status. Call your airline or airport to double check.
2. Always get to the airport in advance of the time your flight is scheduled to depart, regardless of what the tracker says.
3. Get your airline and flight information together before you go online to look up its status.


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