A380 tracker: every Airbus A380 flying right now
The Airbus A380 is the largest passenger airliner ever built: a full-length double-decker that typically seats around 500 people. Airbus ended production in 2021, so every A380 on this map belongs to a fixed fleet that will only get smaller.
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Airbus A380 at a glance
- First flight
- April 27, 2005, Toulouse
- Entered service
- October 25, 2007, Singapore Airlines, Singapore to Sydney
- Production ended
- 2021, with a final delivery to Emirates
- Engines
- Four: Rolls-Royce Trent 900 or Engine Alliance GP7200
- Largest operator
- Emirates, with roughly half of all A380s built
Who flies the A380
Emirates is the A380's defining customer, and Dubai is the best place in the world to see one: at peak times the superjumbos line up one after another. Other operators include Singapore Airlines, Qantas, British Airways, Lufthansa, Qatar Airways and ANA, which flies a small fleet painted as sea turtles between Tokyo and Honolulu.
Most A380 flights are long-haul trunk routes between big hubs, so the map is busiest across the Middle East, Europe and Asia, with a steady stream over the Atlantic and to Australia.
Why production stopped
Airbus built the A380 for a world where airlines funneled passengers through giant hubs. Instead, efficient twin-engine jets like the 787 and A350 let airlines fly smaller aircraft directly between more cities, and orders for four-engine jets dried up. After Emirates trimmed its last order in 2019, Airbus announced the end of production, and the last aircraft was delivered in December 2021.
Many A380s were parked during the pandemic and several airlines retired them for good, but strong demand brought a large part of the fleet back into service. The A380 guide covers its cabins, seat maps and specifications.
Questions
How many A380s are flying right now?
The count at the top of this page is live. It updates every 30 seconds from ADS-B data and only includes A380s that receivers can currently hear.
Is the A380 still being built?
No. Airbus delivered the last A380 to Emirates in December 2021. Every A380 flying today is part of that fixed fleet.
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.