A350 tracker: every Airbus A350 flying right now
The A350 is Airbus's newest long-haul jet, built largely from carbon composites to take on the 787 and the 777. The map and count below cover every A350-900 and A350-1000 broadcasting right now, with the airlines that have the most in the air.
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Airbus A350 at a glance
- First flight
- June 14, 2013, Toulouse
- Entered service
- January 15, 2015, Qatar Airways (A350-900)
- A350-1000
- In service from February 2018, also with Qatar Airways
- Engines
- Rolls-Royce Trent XWB only
- Longest route
- Singapore to New York nonstop, on Singapore Airlines' A350-900ULR
Airbus's second try
The first A350 design, unveiled in 2004, was an updated A330. Airlines told Airbus it wasn't good enough to beat the 787, and in 2006 Airbus started again with the A350 XWB, a new, wider jet built from carbon-fiber panels. The A350 story tells how that gamble played out, with our documentary.
Haneda
On January 2, 2024, Japan Airlines flight 516, an A350-900, collided on landing at Tokyo Haneda with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on the runway and caught fire. All 379 people on the A350 escaped before the fire consumed it; five of the six aboard the Coast Guard aircraft were killed. It was the first A350 ever lost.
Who flies the A350
Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways, Cathay Pacific, Air France, Delta, Lufthansa, Ethiopian and Japan Airlines are among the big operators of the A350-900. The -1000 flies with Qatar, Cathay, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Etihad and others, and Qantas ordered it for nonstop flights from Sydney to London and New York, a plan it calls Project Sunrise. The airline list above shows who has the most in the air right now.
Questions
How can you tell an A350-900 from an A350-1000?
The -1000 is about 7 meters longer, but the easiest sign is the main landing gear: the A350-1000 has six wheels on each main leg and the -900 has four.
Is the A350 bigger than the 787?
Generally, yes. The A350-900 is longer and slightly wider than the 787-9 and usually seats around 300 to 350 people, compared with roughly 290 for a 787-9. The 787-9 vs A350-900 comparison has the details.
How many A350s are flying right now?
The count at the top of this page is live: every A350-900 and A350-1000 that an ADS-B receiver can hear at this moment, refreshed every 30 seconds.
Why isn't an aircraft I know is flying on the map?
Positions come from volunteer ADS-B receivers, which only hear aircraft within roughly 200 nautical miles. Over oceans, deserts and parts of Africa and Asia there are few receivers, so an aircraft can vanish mid-flight and reappear near land. Military and some government aircraft also switch their transponders' public data off.
More live trackers
Positions from the adsb.lol volunteer ADS-B network (ODbL). Aircraft are shown only while a receiver can hear them.