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Questions tagged [flight-status]

Questions regarding obtaining various statuses for commercial and other flights.

Questions in this tag deal with obtaining statuses online or otherwise for the flights (mostly commercial). The section may deal with general snapshot tracking such as "In Air", "Landed", etc. As well as more detailed status such as Radar Data, or position data as reported by various available tracking engines like FlightView, FlightAware, etc

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If I know a flight is delayed can I turn up late for check-in at the airport?

This is the scenario: I have tickets booked for a 13:40 scheduled flight with Emirates. I need to check bags in so plan to be at the airport at the advised 2 hours before flight departure (11:40) but I look ahead and see my plane is delayed and not…
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Scheduled Ryanair flights from Zaventem moved to Charleroi?

I have planned a trip to Berlin with a friend. We are leaving from different airports, he has planned leaving from Brussels (Zaventem airport) with Ryanair on 25th march. Due to the recent events, Zaventem is closed. According to this…
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Strange flight pattern - right now BA0213

I'm following BA0213 from LHR-BOS as my wife is onboard and coming over for Xmas. Just noticed this unusual and strange flight pattern just off the British coastline. Any idea why this would occur?
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Can I check if there is a boarding pass or airline ticket in my name?

In my company we have a Xmas trip every year. These trips are organized by the CEO. Every year is a new place and no one knows the destination. What happens is we have to pack thigns for winter session and summer session. I'm trying discover the…
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Where can I find historical flight stats?

I'm looking for some old flight stats as Flightaware provides me for the last 4 months. However, I'm looking for flights from the past 5 years. Is there any database that is capable of doing so? For example, I'm interested in KLM1964 on January 5,…
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Is it legal to have 2 flights in the air at the same time with the same flight #?

My son was flying from a Rochester NY to Washington Dulles on flight 4578. They were to land, pickup passengers, then continue to Raleigh. The flight from Rochester was delayed so late arriving in DC. While in the air, the same flight number left DC…
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Are the live flight radar websites *actually* live?

I was keeping an eye on a friend's flight on PlaneFinder. It was meant to be flying past my office, so I walked to the window to see (the airport is about a minute away when they pass, so it's pretty low). However it was about two minutes later…
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How to book flight based on aircraft registration

This is a future goal of mine, not a problem I currently face. Hope that doesn't invalidate the question. I really want to fly aboard the aircraft registered N123AA (this is only a dummy registration standing in for a variety of real registrations…
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Is there a website that will tell me the duration of a flight?

I wanted to look up the duration of my flight, but sadly I could only find arrival and departure time. This would mean that I would still have to look up time zones. Is there a website that can do this?
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Does Turkish Airlines tend to "economically" cancel flights?

The other day I happened to be booked on Turkish Airlines flight TK 1808 from LYS to Istanbul, with a connection to the far east. It appears that TA cancelled the flight. It's true there was some rain in Istanbul. However, a number of people have…
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Why must the name on my passport match the booking details?

I've recently booked some flights using my 'nickname' instead of my full birth name that appears on my passport (Rob verse Robert). I've since contacted two airlines (RyanAir and Aer Lingus) and both told me I needed to correct the booking mistake.…
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How can I check if a flight has landed or is delayed when I don't know the flight number but know some facts?

Say for instance that I know just information such as: Country from which flight departed (but maybe not city) Country in which airline is based (but maybe not name of airline) Airport flight will arrive at Date on which flight ought to arrive Are…
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My flight is changed to include an overnight layover, can I claim compensation from airline?

I booked a flight a few months ago using an online booking agent (cheaptickets) from Zhangjiajie (China) to Chiang Mai (Thailand). The flight details were as followed: 9h50 Zhangjiajie - 11h25 Guangzhou A stop for 4h35 16h00 Guangzhou - 17h50…
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What is this flight from Lyon St Exupéry (LYS) to Lyon Bron (LYN)?

On the displays at LYS, a flight to LYN is mentioned. This is odd because the two airports are pretty close in distance, serving the same city (Lyon). Also, I was not able to find any info online about the flight. Does anyone know if this flight is…
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How can I tell if the aicraft for my departing flight is at the departure airport?

How can I tell if the aircraft (a.k.a. "equipment") that I will be flying on is at the departure airport? For that matter, is there a general way to tell where it is (e.g. in flight from another destination)?
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