Alternatives to FlightAware

A live flight tracking map and flight status service for airline and private flights. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • FlightAware

    A live flight tracking map and flight status service for airline and private flights.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as FlightAware.

  • Flightradar24

    A live flight tracker that shows aircraft positions around the world on a map.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Flightradar24 adds Android and iOS apps to the live flight map, with a free tier for basic tracking and a subscription for extra features.

  • Plane Finder

    A real-time flight tracking service that shows aircraft positions worldwide on a live map.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Plane Finder offers a live global flight map in the browser plus mobile apps with 3D and augmented reality versions, with advanced app features paid.

  • Flighty

    An iPhone flight tracker with live updates, delay predictions and alerts about gates and baggage.

    FreemiumProprietaryiOS

    Flighty moves flight status to an iPhone app with gate, delay and baggage alerts and flight history, but is limited to Apple platforms.

  • ADS-B Exchange

    A live web map of aircraft positions fed by a global community network of ADS-B receivers.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    ADS-B Exchange shows unfiltered aircraft broadcasts from a volunteer receiver network, with coverage depending on where receivers run and no airport delay information.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.

  • Stratux

    Free software that turns a Raspberry Pi with USB radios into a low-cost ADS-B receiver for pilots.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

  • SkyVector

    A free online flight planner built on aeronautical charts, with current weather and fuel prices.

    FreeProprietaryWeb