FlightTrack is available on the App Store.
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FlightTrack & FlightTrack Pro

Check the App Store for updates!

FlightTrack 3.1 and FlightTrack Pro 3.1 are available—with zoomable maps, satellite and weather radar imagery and more. Updates are always free.

Report missing or delayed data

Help us improve our data coverage! If you encounter delayed, missing, or inaccurate info please email us, and provide:

1. Airline + flight number + date.
2. Expected data.
3. What FlightTrack or FlightTrack Pro displayed.

Most common reasons for data problems

• The FAA requires a delay (up to 5 min.) in live flight data.
• An airline may announce a delay/cancellation on its own web site, but not to the flight-tracking industry.
• Some airlines, including low-budget airlines and most charter airlines, don’t supply any data to the flight-tracking industry. (But data from the airport and other sources may be available close to departure time.)
• Many airlines release gate information no more than about 60 minutes before departure. But some airlines, particularly non-US carriers, don’t provide any gate information to the flight-tracking industry.

Can’t find your flight?

• Airlines may change flight number or switch to an “affiliate” airline. Try Search by Route, but don’t specify an airline.
• Maybe the airline doesn’t fly on the day you are checking? To be sure, check the airline web site.
• Some low-cost European airlines don’t provide advance information on their flights, so data may not be listed until just before flight time. Charter airlines generally supply no data to the flight-tracking industry.

App Store & iTunes issues

1. Need to re-download? “Repurchase” FlightTrack or FlightTrack Pro or the FlightTrack Pro upgrade for free, by using the same Apple ID you used when you first purchased.
2. Need a refund? Purchased by mistake? Duplicate purchase? These are handled by iTunes. Please contact iTunes Store Customer Service.

Odd trouble (won’t stop “Updating”; etc.)

• A complete restart fixes otherwise unexplainable trouble with an app. (Hold the top button on your iPhone or iPod touch for a few seconds until the red slider appears, then slide to power off. Press the top button again, until the Apple logo appears.)
• Rarely, you may need to delete and re-install an app.
  – To delete: At your iPhone or iPod touch home screen, touch and hold the FlightTrack Pro app icon for a moment, release your finger, and then tap the x.
  – To repurchase: Download the app again at the App Store. You won’t be charged if you download as you did the first time (using the same Apple ID): either FlightTrack Pro or first FlightTrack and then the in-app upgrade.

Tips & Tricks (FlightTrack, FlightTrack Pro)

• Change a saved flight: Go to the list of flights, tap the Edit button in the upper left, and then tap a flight.
• Data refreshing: Data is automatically refreshed every 5 minutes. To refresh sooner: When viewing a flight, tap the little circular arrow at the bottom left.
• Delete a flight: View your list of flights, swipe your finger over a flight, and then tap Delete. Or, tap the Edit button at the upper left and then tap the red circle.
• Email or tweet flight info: While viewing a saved flight, tap the little arrow at the upper right.
• Find alternate flights: View a saved flight, scroll down, and tap Find Alternate Flights.
• General aviation flights: We are looking into tracking general aviation flights, but this is not currently available.
• Recently Used list: When searching for a flight, the 5 most recently used airlines and the 5 most recently used airports are listed, in order from most recent to least recent.
• Speed & altitude: Appear in an animated display at the upper right (but only when a flight is in US airspace).