Whether you’re traveling around Nepal by air, public bus or private car, you can be sure of a ride that’s incredibly scenic.
14.05.2024 - 22:17 / afar.com
Perhaps you want to know what your flight status is so you can keep track of any possible delays or changes that could affect your travel plans—or worse, that would require you to rebook your flight. Or maybe you want to double-check the anticipated arrival time of a friend or loved one’s flight before heading to the airport to pick them up. Maybe you’re curious where the plane you’ll soon be boarding is flying from. Or perhaps you saw a plane overhead and are wondering where it’s headed. There are myriad reasons why you might want to check the status of a flight.
Luckily, there are tools to help you do that, and some of them will give you more information than you can get from the airline you are flying with—not least because they are tracking flights from all the airlines, not just one. These apps and websites share information on when your flight is expected to depart and land, and some can also give you a deep dive, pulling information like previous flights on that aircraft and what the weather looks like at the connecting airports. Here are a few flight tracking tools we recommend.
Entering your flight information into Google can help locate estimated departure time, terminal, and gate.
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One of the easiest and fastest ways to check whether or not a flight is still slated to depart or arrive on time is to Google it. All you need to do is search for “[flight number] status” in the search bar (for example, “AA 2488 status”) and hit enter. Google then aggregates various flight-tracking websites and displays the estimated arrival and departure times at the top of the page.Google will also display the most up-to-date terminal and gate information.
You should also always have your airlines’ apps downloaded so that you can get updates directly from the source. That way you can cross-reference the information the airline is providing you with data you are obtaining from other sources. While they certainly aren’t perfect, the airlines are getting better about sending out push notifications and updates whenever there are changes to the schedule, including when the departure time or gate changes. (You will need to allow for those push notifications in your settings, so if it’s something you want to see pop up, make sure you have them enabled on your phone and to update those settings whenever your phone updates.) If things are starting to unravel, the airline app is also a good place to start to see what your other options might be for alternative flights or rebooking.
If you’re looking to get the complete picture of where a plane is on its journey—including real-time position—FlightRadar24 is a helpful resource that comes in the form of both a website and a free app.
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