Tracking United Airlines aircraft with Starlink WiFi
United Airlines is rolling out free Starlink WiFi across its fleet — the fastest internet ever available on a commercial airline. Use this tracker to browse all equipped aircraft, check your flight, or plan a Starlink-maximizing itinerary.
See Starlink badges directly on Google Flights search results — no extra steps while you shop for flights.
Add to Chrome →Ask your AI assistant to check flights, predict Starlink probability, or plan routes — live tracker data via the Model Context Protocol.
Setup instructions →Search above by flight number, tail number, or airport code. For a specific flight, check a flight by number and date — if the flight is more than ~2 days out, you'll get a probability estimate based on 12,000+ historical aircraft assignments. You can also install our Chrome extension to see Starlink badges on Google Flights.
Check your boarding pass for the tail number and search above. You can also search by flight number, airport codes, or aircraft type.
Use the Route Planner — it finds direct flights and 1-stop connections ranked by Starlink probability. Express flights (UA3000-6999, regional jets) have ~47% Starlink coverage vs ~3% for mainline, so a connection through a hub can beat a direct mainline flight.
For example: DEN→ORD direct is mainline (~2%), but DEN→ASE→ORD is ~90% Starlink on both legs.
Yes, United Airlines has been installing Starlink since March 2025. Currently 352 of 1784 aircraft are equipped, with 40+ new installations per month.
As of today, 352 United aircraft have Starlink WiFi — 30 mainline and 313 Express planes. That's 19.73% of the fleet.
Not yet. United is installing Starlink on 40+ planes per month. Currently 19.73% of the fleet is equipped. Starlink is available on both mainline and United Express aircraft.
● Regional jets: 47% complete
● Mainline fleet: 3% complete
United is installing Starlink on 40+ aircraft per month across a fleet of 1784+ planes. At the current pace, the full rollout will take until 2028–2029. Currently 19.73% of the fleet is equipped. Regional jets and narrow-body aircraft are being equipped first.
Yes. Starlink works seamlessly over oceans, unlike previous WiFi systems. Check the aircraft list above — 787s and 777s with Starlink fly international routes.
Yes, completely free for all passengers. No purchase required, no tiered plans — just connect and go.
4K streaming, live sports, online gaming, large downloads — everything you can do at home.
We aggregate data from multiple aviation data providers, cross-reference with flight schedules, and verify Starlink status against United's own systems. The data updates continuously throughout the day.
Hat tip to the unitedfleetsite community for the original fleet data that helped get this project started.
Yes — there's a free MCP connector that works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client. Once connected, you can ask your AI assistant things like "does UA4680 next week have Starlink?" or "find me the best way to fly SFO to JAX with Starlink" and get live tracker data.