How to Track International Flights
London Heathrow is the busiest airport in the world for international passengers. In 2008, over 478,000 planes took off and landed at Heathrow, and over 67 million passengers passed through the airport. With thousands of international flights per day, there can be many cancellations and delays. Tracking an international flight will update you on the flight's status, which is helpful information if you are flying or picking someone up at the airport.
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Instructions
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Go to Flightstats.com, scroll over "Flights" and click on "Flight Stats." A link in "Resources" at the bottom of this page will take you straight to the flight status page.
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Search for your flight by its flight number, the airport or by route. You can select one of these options by clicking on their respective tags in the flight status box.
To search by flight number, enter the name of the airline, the flight number and the departure date. To search by airport, click on "departures" or "arrivals" and type the airport name. Highlight the flight's date and select the time of day.
To search by route, enter the departure and arrival airports and the departure date. -
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Click "Search" when you are done entering the flight information. Searching by airport or route will bring up lengthy lists of flights. You will see a column of the scheduled and actual time of departure or arrival.
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Get flight status updates sent to you by email or text message by clicking on the cell phone symbol in the last column of the flight status table under "Track."
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Click "Register" to set up an account with Flight Stats. This only requires you to enter a user name, password and email address. You will then be directed to a page where you can choose to receive departure or arrival updates on the selected flight to either your email or cell phone. Click "Submit" when you are finished.
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