SimpleAvWxFlight tracking
SimpleAvWx can show a flight on the map: where the airplane is, its filed route, and the track it has flown. Use it for flights in your schedule, or look up any current flight by flight number or tail number.
On this page
Before you start
- In Settings, choose My Airline: American, Delta, United, Southwest, Alaska, JetBlue, Frontier, Hawaiian, Allegiant, Sun Country, SkyWest, Republic, Envoy, Endeavor, PSA, and Piedmont. Your schedule’s flight numbers then become flight codes, for example flight 1927 becomes AAL1927.
- Without an airline, SimpleAvWx follows the airplane by its tail number. The tail number comes from your schedule’s airplane column or the Nose number setting.
The flight panel
On the map, tap the airplane button at the bottom left. My Sequences lists your imported sequences:
- Tap SEQ to show or hide a sequence’s flights. Select shows that sequence in My Trip.
- Each flight shows its flight code, airports, DHD for deadheads, and block times. The flight being followed is underlined.
- A line under a flight shows any delay or EDCT.
- Swipe down on the panel, or tap the airplane button again, to close it.
Follow a flight from your schedule
- Open the flight panel.
- Tap a flight. The map moves to it when it’s found.
You can also tap a flight in My Sequences on the airport grid. The app switches to the map.
Tap Follow the flight for this time to let the app choose: the flight you’re in now (or that ended up to 20 minutes ago), otherwise the next one. Flights you operate come before deadheads.
To stop following a flight, swipe left on it or press and hold it, then tap Unfollow. This works in the flight lists on the grid and on the map.
Look up any flight
- Tap the magnifying glass next to the airplane button.
- Enter a flight code such as AAL1843 (AA1843 works too), or a tail number such as N123AA. With My Airline set, the flight number alone is enough. Tap Look up.
- Each match shows its route, tail number, status, and departure and arrival times. Tap Track to show it on the map.
The inbound airplane
To see where your airplane is coming from, find its previous leg into your departure airport:
- In the flight panel, press and hold a flight code, then tap Find Inbound (or Not Now).
- In search results, tap Inbound.
The inbound flight’s code appears above the flight. This needs the airplane’s tail number. If it isn’t known yet, the app says so.
On the map
- The airplane is labeled with altitude, ground speed, and estimated arrival time.
- The filed route is drawn with its fix names, along with the track flown so far.
- The position updates about every 20 seconds while you follow a flight.
- Target button → This Flight brings the flight back into view.
- A status line under the list shows the flight being followed, or a message such as “Looking up…”.
After the flight
Flights you track are saved on your iPhone after they end, so you can replay them. See Saved flights.
Where the information comes from
Flight positions and filed routes come from FAA System Wide Information Management (SWIM) feeds, processed by SimpleAvWx. Route fix locations come from aviationweather.gov.
Aircraft owners can ask the FAA to list an aircraft in the Limiting Aircraft Data Displayed (LADD) program at faa.gov/pilots/ladd. Planned maintenance and outages are posted under Service notices on the Support page.