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Understand Live-Flight Routes

See where route information comes from and when an on-demand lookup requires Premium.

Availability: All platforms · Mixed. Checked for app version: 1.0.0.

Outcome

MODE 1090 shows origin, destination and progress when reliable route data is available for the selected live flight.

Aircraft details with flight data, route and photo credit on iPhone

How to do it

  1. Open an aircraft detail view and look for the origin and destination codes.
  2. Treat route data already included by the live source as part of that live track.
  3. On iPhone, iPad and Mac, Premium is required when MODE 1090 performs an additional on-demand callsign route lookup.
  4. Apple Watch and Apple TV show the route information supported by their current native views.
  5. If callsign, origin or destination changes or disappears, wait for the next live refresh before trying again.
Apple TV radar with aircraft details

Good to know

  • Route data is not available for every callsign and may differ from the aircraft's actual operational plan.
  • No ticket, itinerary or passenger data is used.
If the result looks different, open Settings > Help and send the visible status together with device, operating system and app version.
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