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Flight data: what airlines actually fly

Timetables say what airlines plan. Aircraft transponders say what happened. These findings come from 93 days of public ADS-B flight tracking, the latest four weeks (4 September 2026 to 1 October 2026) compared with the four before.

Source: adsb.lol community receivers, published as open data (CC0). We cover the airlines in our network. Updated daily. How each number is measured · Download the data

Touchdown Index: who runs on time

Share of tracked flights landing within 15 minutes of their usual time, 4 September 2026 to 1 October 2026. Full league tables, method and validation.

  1. Air Busan 92.8%
  2. Aero K 92.6%
  3. Widerøe 91.6%
  4. Citilink 91.3%
  5. Fuji Dream Airlines 91.1%
  6. ASL Airlines France 90.4%
  7. Trinity Airways 90.2%
  8. Eastar Jet 90%
  9. Japan Transocean Air 89.6%
  10. Jeju Air 89.5%

Routes that started and stopped

Flown at least 8 times in one four-week period and not at all in the other, with both airports well tracked in both.

Started (47)

  • American Airlines: Miami (MIA) – Savannah (SAV) 44 flights from 10 September 2026
  • American Airlines: Dallas (DFW) – Wichita (ICT) 42 flights from 9 September 2026
  • Arkia: Rzeszów (RZE) – Tel Aviv (TLV) 41 flights from 7 September 2026
  • American Airlines: Washington (DCA) – Memphis (MEM) 40 flights from 9 September 2026
  • Lufthansa: Munich (MUC) – London (STN) 31 flights from 17 September 2026
  • Jetstar Airways: Gold Coast (OOL) – Perth (PER) 30 flights from 10 September 2026
  • United Airlines: Palm Springs (PSP) – San Francisco (SFO) 29 flights from 19 September 2026
  • Eurowings: Bremen (BRE) – Stuttgart (STR) 28 flights from 14 September 2026
  • Twin Jet: Bologna (BLQ) – Lyon (LYS) 23 flights from 4 September 2026
  • Delta Air Lines: Boston (BOS) – Cincinnati (CVG) 22 flights from 25 September 2026
  • Volotea: Marseille (MRS) – Venice (VCE) 19 flights from 7 September 2026
  • easyJet: London (LTN) – Munich (MUC) 18 flights from 17 September 2026
  • Volotea: Toulouse (TLS) – Venice (VCE) 17 flights from 7 September 2026
  • Volotea: Rome (FCO) – Strasbourg (SXB) 16 flights from 7 September 2026
  • Allegiant Air: Des Moines (DSM) – Fort Myers (RSW) 15 flights from 4 September 2026
  • Allegiant Air: Appleton (ATW) – Fort Myers (RSW) 15 flights from 4 September 2026
  • United Airlines: Chicago (ORD) – Palm Springs (PSP) 15 flights from 24 September 2026
  • Volotea: Bordeaux (BOD) – Lille (LIL) 14 flights from 7 September 2026
  • Transavia France: Berlin (BER) – Nantes (NTE) 14 flights from 7 September 2026
  • Volotea: Nantes (NTE) – Prague (PRG) 14 flights from 7 September 2026
  • Volotea: Lille (LIL) – Montpellier (MPL) 14 flights from 7 September 2026
  • Breeze Airways: Raleigh (RDU) – Sarasota (SRQ) 14 flights from 9 September 2026
  • Volotea: Luxembourg (LUX) – Toulouse (TLS) 14 flights from 10 September 2026
  • Transavia France: Rome (FCO) – Montpellier (MPL) 14 flights from 10 September 2026
  • United Airlines: Houston (IAH) – Tucson (TUS) 14 flights from 25 September 2026

Stopped (83)

  • KLM: Amsterdam (AMS) – Hanover (HAJ) 61 flights, last 17 August 2026
  • KLM: Amsterdam (AMS) – Bremen (BRE) 52 flights, last 17 August 2026
  • ITA Airways: Corfu (CFU) – Milan (LIN) 43 flights, last 31 August 2026
  • KLM: Amsterdam (AMS) – Belfast (BHD) 41 flights, last 17 August 2026
  • KLM: Amsterdam (AMS) – Poznań (POZ) 40 flights, last 17 August 2026
  • KLM: Amsterdam (AMS) – Kristiansand (KRS) 39 flights, last 18 August 2026
  • KLM: Ålesund (AES) – Amsterdam (AMS) 39 flights, last 17 August 2026
  • KLM: Amsterdam (AMS) – Wrocław (WRO) 37 flights, last 17 August 2026
  • Air Nostrum: Ibiza (IBZ) – Nice (NCE) 37 flights, last 30 August 2026
  • Loganair: Manchester (MAN) – Southampton (SOU) 35 flights, last 20 August 2026
  • Toki Air: Nagoya (NGO) – Sapporo (OKD) 32 flights, last 31 August 2026
  • KLM: Amsterdam (AMS) – London (LCY) 32 flights, last 10 August 2026
  • Air Nostrum: Palma (PMI) – Vigo (VGO) 27 flights, last 29 August 2026
  • Widerøe: Oslo (OSL) – Alstahaug (SSJ) 26 flights, last 23 August 2026
  • IndiGo: Mumbai (BOM) – Manchester (MAN) 24 flights, last 31 August 2026
  • Air Nostrum: Nice (NCE) – Palma (PMI) 23 flights, last 29 August 2026
  • Alaska Airlines: Spokane (GEG) – Los Angeles (LAX) 22 flights, last 19 August 2026
  • Ryanair: Rimini (RMI) – Vienna (VIE) 22 flights, last 31 August 2026
  • Air India: Mumbai (BOM) – Rome (FCO) 21 flights, last 30 August 2026
  • Delta Air Lines: Detroit (DTW) – Keflavík (KEF) 20 flights, last 24 August 2026
  • KLM: Amsterdam (AMS) – Oviedo (OVD) 20 flights, last 17 August 2026
  • SWISS: Geneva (GVA) – Thessaloniki (SKG) 20 flights, last 31 August 2026
  • easyJet: Belfast (BFS) – Nice (NCE) 19 flights, last 29 August 2026
  • Loganair: Exeter (EXT) – Manchester (MAN) 18 flights, last 18 August 2026
  • Finnair: Helsinki (HEL) – Toronto (YYZ) 18 flights, last 30 August 2026

Who is really flying your flight

Flights under one airline's flight number, flown by aircraft that mostly fly for another: wet leases, subcharters and group airlines sharing aircraft. Your crew and cabin may be the other airline's.

Flight sold asAircraft usually flies forFlightsAircraft
LufthansaAir Dolomiti1136Embraer Erj-190-200, Embraer Erj-190-100
Austrian AirlinesAirBaltic437Airbus A220-300
SWISSAirBaltic435Airbus A220-300
AirBalticSWISS336Airbus A220-300
Brussels AirlinesAirBaltic289Airbus A220-300
Air Canada RougeAir Canada283Boeing 737 Max 8
Austrian AirlinesAir Dolomiti271Embraer Erj-190-200
AirBalticAustrian Airlines223Airbus A220-300
Japan AirlinesJapan Transocean Air187Boeing 737-800
LufthansaAirBaltic152Airbus A220-300
Air DolomitiLufthansa142Embraer Erj-190-200
SASFinnair136Boeing 737-800
SWISSEdelweiss Air121Airbus A320
SWISSAustrian Airlines120Airbus A220-300
FinnairIberia108Airbus A321
KLMAir France92Embraer Erj-190-100, Embraer Erj-170-100
Austrian AirlinesSWISS91Airbus A220-300
Smartwings PolandSmartwings86Boeing 737 Max 8, Boeing 737-800
Corendon AirlinesCorendon Airlines Europe83Boeing 737-800
Lufthansa City AirlinesLufthansa79Airbus A320neo
Bluebird AirwaysTus Airways73Airbus A320
LufthansaBrussels Airlines72Airbus A220-300
Austrian AirlinesLufthansa71Airbus A220-300, Embraer Erj-190-200
Tus AirwaysBluebird Airways66Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320, Cessna 650 Citation
SmartwingsSmartwings Poland62Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737 Max 8

Aircraft that stopped flying

Aircraft that flew at least 10 times for their airline in the earlier four weeks and not once in the latest four, while the airline kept flying: in maintenance, stored, or moved. 214 in total.

AirlineAircraftTypes
United Airlines15Airbus A321neo, Boeing 737-700, Boeing 757-200, Boeing 737 Max 9, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, Airbus A320, Boeing 757-300, Boeing 737-900, Airbus A319
Wizz Air15FA50, Airbus A321neo, Airbus A321
Southwest Airlines9Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737 Max 8
American Airlines8Airbus A321, Boeing 777-200, Boeing 737-800, Airbus A319
Delta Air Lines7Airbus A321, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 717-200, Boeing 737-900
Lufthansa6Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, Boeing 747-8, Airbus A340-300, Airbus A320neo, Airbus A321, Airbus A320
Air Canada5Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Airbus A220-300
Air France5Airbus A321, Boeing 777-300ER, Embraer Erj-190-100, Airbus A220-300
Air India Express5Airbus A320neo, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737 Max 8
Azul Brazilian Airlines5Boeing 767-300, ATR-72-600
Ryanair5Airbus A320, Boeing 737-800
Air Cairo4Embraer Erj-190-100, Airbus A320
IndiGo4Airbus A321neo, Airbus A320neo
Norwegian Air Shuttle4Boeing 737 Max 8, Boeing 737-800
Qantas4Airbus A330-300, Boeing 737-800, Airbus A321

How hard airlines work their aircraft

Average tracked hours in the air per aircraft per day, airlines with at least 20 aircraft tracked. Long-haul airlines fly more hours per aircraft; gaps in tracking lower every figure, so compare airlines flying similar networks.

Most hours

  1. Air Transat 8.3 h
  2. Aer Lingus 7.8 h
  3. Icelandair 7 h
  4. Southwest Airlines 6.6 h
  5. Air Canada 6.6 h
  6. Ryanair 6.2 h
  7. Delta Air Lines 6.1 h
  8. Frontier Airlines 6.1 h
  9. SAS 5.9 h
  10. Lufthansa City Airlines 5.8 h
  11. TAP Air Portugal 5.7 h
  12. Finnair 5.7 h

Fewest hours

  1. Contour Airlines 1.1 h
  2. PAL Express 1.1 h
  3. Rex Airlines 1.3 h
  4. IndiGo 2.1 h
  5. Air Dolomiti 2.2 h
  6. Air India Express 2.2 h
  7. Cebu Pacific 2.3 h
  8. Loganair 2.3 h
  9. Jin Air 2.4 h
  10. WestJet Encore 2.5 h
  11. Trinity Airways 2.6 h
  12. Widerøe 2.7 h

Where arrivals circle longest

Average extra minutes spent within 40 nautical miles of the airport, beyond its unimpeded time, and the share of arrivals that flew holding orbits. Airports with at least 300 tracked arrivals.

AirportExtra minutesHeldArrivals
Antalya (AYT)5.73.8%4,261
Mumbai (BOM)5.42.6%4,176
Boston (BOS)5.21.5%8,914
Fukuoka (FUK)5.22.1%4,188
London (LHR)525.9%11,837
New York (JFK)4.90.5%8,431
Manila (MNL)4.92.8%3,083
Naples (NAP)4.93.3%2,030
Doha (DOH)4.80.3%2,727
Taipei (TPE)4.82.7%6,043
Bangkok (BKK)4.83.1%4,781
Tokyo (NRT)4.70.3%4,252
Buenos Aires (EZE)4.75.3%450
Lisbon (LIS)4.62.8%6,296
Chicago (ORD)4.60.3%17,032
Milan (MXP)4.61.1%3,855
London (LGW)4.411.2%5,668
Dubai (DXB)4.31.2%4,187
Anchorage (ANC)4.20.4%1,615
São Paulo (GRU)4.12.7%2,449

Longest taxi to take-off

Median minutes from the aircraft's first movement on the ground to take-off, at airports where receivers see the surface (at least 200 departures).

  1. New York (JFK) 16 min
  2. San Francisco (SFO) 15 min
  3. London (LHR) 14 min
  4. Mumbai (BOM) 14 min
  5. London (LGW) 13 min
  6. New York (LGA) 13 min
  7. Seattle (SEA) 13 min
  8. San Diego (SAN) 13 min
  9. Osaka (KIX) 12 min
  10. Hong Kong (HKG) 12 min
  11. Tokyo (HND) 12 min
  12. Toronto (YYZ) 12 min
  13. Chicago (ORD) 11 min
  14. Newark (EWR) 10 min
  15. Bangkok (BKK) 10 min

Busiest routes and airports

Tracked flights a week, both directions, airlines in our network.

Routes

  1. Melbourne (MEL) – Sydney (SYD) 874 5 airlines
  2. Sapporo (CTS) – Tokyo (HND) 730 7 airlines
  3. Fukuoka (FUK) – Tokyo (HND) 709 5 airlines
  4. Seoul (ICN) – Tokyo (NRT) 509 16 airlines
  5. Brisbane (BNE) – Sydney (SYD) 504 6 airlines
  6. Seoul (ICN) – Osaka (KIX) 466 12 airlines
  7. Hong Kong (HKG) – Taipei (TPE) 465 8 airlines
  8. Los Angeles (LAX) – San Francisco (SFO) 439 9 airlines
  9. Brisbane (BNE) – Melbourne (MEL) 409 5 airlines
  10. Vancouver (YVR) – Calgary (YYC) 408 6 airlines
  11. Bengaluru (BLR) – Mumbai (BOM) 400 5 airlines
  12. New York (LGA) – Chicago (ORD) 400 3 airlines
  13. Tokyo (HND) – Osaka (ITM) 377 3 airlines
  14. Fukuoka (FUK) – Seoul (ICN) 334 8 airlines
  15. Tokyo (NRT) – Taipei (TPE) 322 13 airlines
  16. Cebu (CEB) – Manila (MNL) 313 5 airlines
  17. Calgary (YYC) – Toronto (YYZ) 309 3 airlines
  18. Boston (BOS) – Chicago (ORD) 305 4 airlines
  19. Oslo (OSL) – Trondheim (TRD) 301 4 airlines
  20. Adelaide (ADL) – Melbourne (MEL) 296 5 airlines

Airports

  1. Atlanta (ATL) 10,712
  2. Chicago (ORD) 8,381
  3. Denver (DEN) 8,187
  4. Dallas (DFW) 6,916
  5. Frankfurt (FRA) 6,134
  6. Paris (CDG) 5,867
  7. London (LHR) 5,850
  8. Las Vegas (LAS) 5,665
  9. Madrid (MAD) 5,476
  10. Amsterdam (AMS) 5,424
  11. Los Angeles (LAX) 5,261
  12. Barcelona (BCN) 5,085
  13. Munich (MUC) 4,979
  14. Orlando (MCO) 4,875
  15. Seattle (SEA) 4,730
  16. Tokyo (HND) 4,598
  17. Phoenix (PHX) 4,563
  18. San Francisco (SFO) 4,407
  19. Boston (BOS) 4,308
  20. Charlotte (CLT) 4,303

How these numbers are measured

Aircraft broadcast their position, altitude and callsign by ADS-B. Volunteers' receivers collect them and adsb.lol publishes each day as open data. For every aircraft we split the day into flights: a flight starts and ends below 3,000 ft within 12 km of an airport, lasts at least 15 minutes and has a plausible speed for its distance. The callsign's airline code links it to an airline. Times are wheels-up and wheels-down (aircraft leave 1,000 ft), not gate times.

  • Flights a week: tracked flights in the last 28 days ÷ 4, each direction.
  • Started and stopped: compare two 28-day periods; both airports need at least 14 tracked movements a week in both.
  • Who flies your flight: an aircraft "belongs" to the airline it flies for most over all tracked days.
  • Extra minutes on arrival: time from first crossing 40 nm to landing, minus the airport's 20th-percentile time (the unimpeded reference), averaged. This follows the logic of Eurocontrol's ASMA indicator. Held: turned at least 720° inside the ring (a normal approach turns up to about 360°, so this means at least one full holding orbit).
  • Taxi-out: first ground movement (≥ 5 kt) to take-off, only where receivers track aircraft on the ground.

Limits: receiver coverage is dense in Europe and North America and thin over oceans and in parts of Asia, Africa and South America, so tracked counts are lower than real ones there. A route we did not see is not necessarily cancelled; we only say so where both airports are well covered.

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