Track a flight by number

Type the flight number from the ticket — BA283, EK17, U2 1234 — press Enter, and Wingwait finds that exact aircraft anywhere in the sky. You'll see it moving on the map with its route drawn as the real great-circle arc, a progress bar, and a rough time remaining. Waiting for someone? Set a landing alert and get pinged at touchdown.

Share it with everyone who's waiting

Every flight has a link — send it and whoever opens it lands directly on the live aircraft, no app, no account. One person tracks, the whole family watches.

Searching a whole route

You can also type a pair of airports — MAN-AMS, LHR to JFK — and see every flight currently in the air between them, in both directions, strung along the corridor.

Why can't I find my flight?

Usually one of three things: it hasn't taken off yet (try again near departure), it's over an ocean gap in receiver coverage, or the airline's radio callsign differs unusually from the ticket number. Wingwait converts the common ones automatically.