See which flights have Starlink, right in Google Flights
A blue badge on United results whose assigned aircraft has Starlink Wi-Fi. Badges appear once the airline assigns the aircraft, about 2 days before departure. Alaska, Hawaiian and Qatar arrive in the next update.
What the badges mean
- StarlinkBlue: Starlink on the assigned aircraft
The assigned aircraft has Starlink, per the airline's site or fleet data. Badges appear once the airline assigns the aircraft, about 2 days before departure.
- Starlink (installed)Green: installed Next update
The assigned aircraft (for Qatar, the scheduled aircraft type) has Starlink according to fleet data, but hasn't been re-checked on the airline's site yet.
- Starlink ~94%Gray: predicted odds Next update
No aircraft is assigned yet. The percentage is how often this flight recently flew a Starlink aircraft, or the Starlink share of the fleet that flies it. Shown only at 80% or higher.
- no badgeNot assigned yet, no, or not covered
Most often, no aircraft is assigned yet: airlines assign one about 2 days before departure. Otherwise the assigned aircraft doesn't have Starlink, or the flight isn't a United flight.
Airlines covered
- LiveUnited and United Express
- Next updateAlaska Airlines and Horizon
- Next updateHawaiian Airlines-operated flightsGoogle Flights lists these under Alaska (AS) flight numbers.
- Next updateQatar Airways
Planes get swapped. United and the other airlines can change the aircraft on a flight up to departure, so a badge is the best information at the time you search, not a guarantee.
Privacy, in plain words
- It runs only on Google Flights.
- For each United flight on the page, it sends only the flight number and the date to unitedstarlinktracker.com.
- No account, no cookies, no names, no other page contents, no browsing history and no identifiers.
- Answers are kept in memory for up to 30 minutes.
Not on Chrome?
The same answers work in any browser. Check one flight by number and date, or find the routes most likely to have Starlink before you book.
Questions
- Is it free?
- Yes. The extension is free, with no account, no sign-in and no settings.
- Does it work on united.com?
- No. It only runs on Google Flights. To check any flight booked anywhere, enter its number and date: check a flight.
- Which airlines does it cover?
- United and United Express today. Alaska, Hawaiian and Qatar arrive in the next update, which is in Chrome Web Store review.
- Why doesn't a flight have a badge?
- Most often, no aircraft is assigned yet: airlines assign one about 2 days before departure. Otherwise the assigned aircraft doesn't have Starlink, or the flight isn't a United flight.
- Does it work on my phone?
- No. Chrome on phones doesn't run extensions. Use the flight checker on your phone instead.