About
AlphaFlights — Real-Time Flight Tracker
What is AlphaFlights?
AlphaFlights is a free, real-time flight information service designed for travellers, aviation enthusiasts, and anyone who needs to know where a flight is right now. Enter any IATA flight number — such as TK1368, LH400, or BA178 — and instantly see a complete picture of that flight.
The interface is modelled after the departure boards found in airports — a monospace, dark-themed FIDS (Flight Information Display System) aesthetic that puts the data front and centre without distraction.
What you get
Scheduled & revised times
Departure and arrival times with any delay reflected immediately.
Gate & terminal info
Which gate and terminal the flight departs from and arrives at.
Live aircraft position
Real-time lat/lon, altitude, speed, and heading on an interactive map.
Flight progress timeline
A visual bar showing how far through the journey the aircraft is.
Weather at both airports
Current conditions and a 3-day forecast for departure and arrival.
Aircraft photo & details
Registration, aircraft type, and a photo of the actual aircraft.
Why we built it
Most flight tracking apps are cluttered with ads, require account registration, or bury the key information behind multiple taps. AlphaFlights was built with a single goal: give you the most important flight information as fast as possible, in a clean and readable format.
The service is completely free and supported by Google AdSense advertising. No account is required. No data about you is stored beyond standard server logs.
Technology
Provides scheduled and actual flight times, gate assignments, terminal info, aircraft registration, airline details, and flight status for thousands of commercial flights worldwide.
A free, community-run ADS-B aggregator that collects real-time position reports broadcast by aircraft transponders. Powers the live map with latitude, longitude, altitude, speed, and heading.
An open-source weather API providing high-resolution current conditions and 7-day forecasts. Used to display weather at both departure and arrival airports.
Renders the live aircraft position map with the aircraft marker updating in real time as new ADS-B position reports arrive.
Supplies high-quality aircraft photographs matched by registration number, giving each flight result a visual reference of the actual aircraft type.
Built by
AlphaFlights was designed and developed by alphanicholson.com. For feedback, bug reports, or partnership enquiries, please get in touch via the contact page.
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