Flight tracker with delay and gate alerts
What you get
Live flight status
Departure and arrival times in each airport's local time, gates, terminals, delays, the EDCT and where the inbound plane is.
Delay and gate change alerts
Push alerts when your flight is delayed, changes gate, gets an EDCT, is canceled or its inbound plane runs late. Email alerts for ground stops at your airports.
Check-in reminders
A reminder just before online check-in opens (24 hours before departure for most airlines), and when it's open.
Live Activities and widgets
On iPhone, your flight on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and a next-flight widget on the Home Screen.
Trips and flight history
Flights you add on the website, in the app or by forwarding your airline's confirmation email, with your miles, airports and delays over time.
Share a live link
Send family a link to your flight's live status. They don't need an account.
How it works
Find your flight
Type the flight number (UA 1234, DL 47) or the route (DFW to IND) in the search box. The flight page shows its status today, or pick another day.
Track it
Choose Track this flight. With a free account it's added to your trips, on the website and in the GroundStop app, signed in with the same account.
Get alerts
Turn on notifications in the app for delays, gate changes, EDCTs, cancellations and a late inbound plane, plus an optional check-in reminder.
Share it
Send a live link to whoever is picking you up. It updates as the flight does, and they don't need an account.
Why flights are delayed
Many delays start with the FAA, not the airline: a ground stop holds every flight to an airport at its origin, and a ground delay program gives each flight an EDCT, a later time to take off. The flight tracker checks both for your flight, alongside the airline's own status.
See what's happening right now on the live ground stop map, or read what to do if your flight is affected.
Common questions
- Is the flight tracker free?
- Yes. Searching flights, tracking them, alerts, check-in reminders and share links are free. You need a free account to track flights and get alerts, so they follow you between the website and the app.
- Which flights can I track?
- Scheduled airline flights worldwide, by flight number (the airline's two-character code and the number, like UA 1234, or the three-letter ICAO code, like UAL1234), from a week back to a year ahead. Status, gates and delays are live from about two days before departure; further out you see the published schedule.
- What alerts will I get?
- In the app: when your flight's departure time changes, its gate changes, an EDCT (a departure time assigned by the FAA during a ground delay program) is set, it's canceled, or the plane flying in for it is running late, and as it boards, departs and lands. By email: ground stops and delay programs at the airports you choose.
- How is this different from the airline's app?
- GroundStop.app watches the FAA as well as the airline: ground stops, ground delay programs, EDCTs and the weather behind them, often before the airline updates your departure time. It also shows where your inbound plane is.
- Do I need the app?
- No. Everything works on the website, and tracked flights show up in the app when you sign in there. Push alerts, check-in reminders, Live Activities and widgets need the app.
- Can I add flights from my booking email?
- Yes. Forward your airline's confirmation email from your account's email address to trips@groundstop.app and the flights in it are added to your trips.