Notable flights
Iconic flight numbers worth watching — flagships, record-breakers, fifth-freedom oddities, and the world's busiest long-haul arteries.
Where this data comes from
Each flight page shows today's schedule and actual times from AeroDataBox, served from a shared six-hour cache so a page view never triggers more than a single lookup. Live positions, when a flight is airborne, come from open ADS-B data via the tracker.
The punctuality history builds up over time: every time one of these flights is looked up — here or in the tracker — we record that day's schedule, actual times, and aircraft. New flights start with an empty history and fill in day by day, so averages and on-time rates appear once we've gathered enough real observations.
Flagships
Airlines' number-one and iconic low flight numbers — the services carriers name themselves by.
American's flagship transcontinental, New York JFK to Los Angeles.
The flagship transcon eastbound, Los Angeles back to New York JFK.
United's flight number one, San Francisco to Singapore nonstop.
United number two, the marathon back from Singapore to San Francisco.
British Airways' flight number one, London to New York — the number Concorde once wore.
British Airways number two, the return from New York to London.
Emirates' flagship, Dubai to London Heathrow on the A380.
Emirates flagship return, London Heathrow to Dubai.
Qantas's Kangaroo Route flagship, Sydney to London via Singapore.
The Kangaroo Route home, London to Sydney via Singapore.
Singapore Airlines' flight number one, to San Francisco via Hong Kong.
Singapore Airlines number two, San Francisco to Singapore via Hong Kong.
Lufthansa's storied Frankfurt to New York JFK service.
Lufthansa New York JFK back to Frankfurt.
Air New Zealand's flight number one, Auckland toward London.
Air India's flagship, Delhi to London Heathrow.
Virgin Atlantic's flight number one, London Heathrow to New York JFK.
Cathay Pacific number one, Hong Kong to London.
Etihad's flight number one, Abu Dhabi to New York JFK.
Qatar Airways number one, Doha to London Heathrow.
Turkish Airlines, Istanbul to New York JFK.
Ethiopian Airlines, Addis Ababa toward Washington Dulles — the flag carrier's US gateway.
Longest flights
The ultra-long-haul record-setters, routinely 15–19 hours in the air.
The world's longest scheduled passenger flight, Singapore to New York nonstop on the A350-900ULR.
The return of the world's longest flight, New York back to Singapore.
Singapore to Newark, among the very longest flights ever scheduled, on the A350-900ULR.
Newark to Singapore, an ~18-hour ultra-long-haul on the A350-900ULR.
Qantas's nonstop Perth to London, a Kangaroo Route milestone and one of the world's longest flights.
London to Perth nonstop, Qantas's ultra-long-haul Dreamliner return.
Sydney to Dallas/Fort Worth, long one of the longest routes flown by the A380.
Dallas/Fort Worth to Sydney, a marathon back to Australia.
Air India's Delhi to San Francisco, among the longest nonstops from India, often via the pole.
Bengaluru to San Francisco, an ultra-long polar routing.
Houston to Sydney, one of United's longest transpacific hauls.
Doha to Auckland — at launch, the longest scheduled flight in the world.
Auckland to Doha, the record-setting return across the globe.
Auckland to Dubai, once among the longest nonstop routes flown.
Singapore to Los Angeles nonstop, a long transpacific on the A350.
Manila to New York JFK, one of the longest transpacific routes to the US East Coast.
Hong Kong to New York JFK, a long Arctic-routed transpacific-plus haul.
Seoul Incheon to New York JFK, a long transpacific on the A380 or 777.
Los Angeles to Singapore nonstop, among the world's longest flights, on the A350.
Dubai to Auckland, among the longest nonstop routes ever flown.
New York JFK to Hong Kong, a long Arctic-routed transpacific-plus haul.
Fifth-freedom
Rare fifth-freedom legs: an airline flying two foreign countries en route, often on a widebody the market wouldn't otherwise see.
Emirates' fifth-freedom A380 between New York and Milan Malpensa, en route to Dubai.
Emirates' fifth-freedom Boeing 777 between Newark and Athens.
Emirates' fifth-freedom 777 between São Paulo and Buenos Aires.
Emirates' fifth-freedom A380 between Bangkok and Hong Kong.
Singapore Airlines' fifth-freedom Boeing 777 between New York JFK and Frankfurt.
The fifth-freedom leg from Frankfurt to New York JFK, continuing to Singapore's flagship network.
Singapore Airlines' fifth-freedom leg, Los Angeles to Tokyo Narita.
The fifth-freedom leg, Tokyo Narita to Los Angeles, inbound from Singapore.
Singapore Airlines' fifth-freedom A350 between Houston and Manchester.
Air Tahiti Nui's fifth-freedom Dreamliner between Los Angeles and Paris.
Ethiopian's fifth-freedom 787 between Newark and Lomé, Togo, en route to Addis Ababa.
Emirates' fifth-freedom widebody across the Tasman between Sydney and Christchurch.
Garuda Indonesia's long-running Amsterdam service, historically routed via a fifth-freedom stop.
Trunk routes
The busiest transatlantic and transpacific arteries, flown many times a day by competing carriers.
British Airways' New York JFK to London Heathrow, one of the busiest premium routes on earth.
Another of BA's many daily New York JFK to London Heathrow frequencies.
Virgin Atlantic, New York JFK to London Heathrow.
Virgin Atlantic, London Heathrow to New York JFK.
American Airlines, New York JFK to London Heathrow.
Delta Air Lines, London Heathrow to New York JFK.
United Airlines, Newark to London Heathrow.
KLM, Amsterdam to New York JFK.
Aer Lingus, Dublin to New York JFK.
Iberia, Madrid to New York JFK.
Air France, Paris Charles de Gaulle to New York JFK.
Lufthansa, Frankfurt to Tokyo Haneda.
All Nippon Airways, San Francisco to Tokyo Haneda.
Japan Airlines, Tokyo Haneda to San Francisco.
Korean Air, Los Angeles to Seoul Incheon.
Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong to Los Angeles.
United Airlines, San Francisco to Tokyo Narita.
Qantas, Sydney to Los Angeles — a transpacific trunk on the A380.
Emirates, Dubai to Los Angeles on the A380.
Qatar Airways, Doha to New York JFK.
Swiss International Air Lines, Zurich to New York JFK.
Austrian Airlines, Vienna to New York JFK.
Finnair, Helsinki to New York JFK.
Scandinavian Airlines, Copenhagen to Newark.
TAP Air Portugal, Lisbon to New York JFK.
Brussels Airlines, Brussels to New York JFK.
ITA Airways, Rome Fiumicino to New York JFK.
Air Canada, Toronto to London Heathrow.
Lufthansa, Frankfurt to Los Angeles.
British Airways, London Heathrow to Los Angeles.
Air France, Paris Charles de Gaulle to Los Angeles.
All Nippon Airways, Tokyo Haneda to New York JFK.
Korean Air, Seoul Incheon to Los Angeles.
Asiana Airlines, Seoul Incheon to San Francisco.
China Airlines, Taipei to Los Angeles.
EVA Air, Taipei to Los Angeles.
Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong to San Francisco.
Philippine Airlines, Manila to Los Angeles.
Thai Airways, Bangkok to Sydney.
South African Airways, Johannesburg to New York JFK.
LATAM, Santiago to Miami — a South American trunk to the US.
Air France, New York JFK back to Paris Charles de Gaulle.
Air France, Los Angeles to Paris Charles de Gaulle.
KLM, another Amsterdam to New York JFK frequency.
Lufthansa, another Frankfurt to New York JFK frequency.
Lufthansa, Los Angeles to Frankfurt.
Air Canada, London Heathrow to Toronto.
British Airways, London Heathrow to New York JFK.
British Airways, Los Angeles to London Heathrow.
Qantas, Los Angeles to Sydney on the A380.
Emirates, Los Angeles to Dubai on the A380.
All Nippon Airways, Tokyo Haneda to Los Angeles.
Aer Lingus, New York JFK to Dublin.
Iberia, New York JFK to Madrid.
TAP Air Portugal, New York JFK to Lisbon.
United Airlines, London Heathrow to Newark.
Asiana Airlines, San Francisco to Seoul Incheon.
Cathay Pacific, Los Angeles to Hong Kong.
Thai Airways, Sydney to Bangkok.
Qatar Airways, New York JFK to Doha.
Swiss International Air Lines, New York JFK to Zurich.
Austrian Airlines, New York JFK to Vienna.
Finnair, New York JFK to Helsinki.
Brussels Airlines, New York JFK to Brussels.
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