How to Check If Your United Flight Has Starlink

Check by flight number

1. 1.
   Find your flight number

   It's on your booking confirmation, boarding pass, or airline app — two letters plus 1–4 digits, like UA123. The digits alone work too; the checker assumes United.

2. 2.
   Enter it in the flight checker with your date

   Open the flight checker, type the flight number, pick your travel date, and hit Check. The answer comes straight from the live database — no signup.

3. 3.
   Read the answer by its confidence

   Within about 2 days of departure, United Airlines has assigned an actual aircraft, so the answer reflects the WiFi provider United Airlines itself lists for that aircraft on united.com. Further out, no aircraft is assigned yet — you get a probability built from which aircraft recently flew that flight number, clearly labeled as an estimate.

4. 4.
   Re-check close to departure

   Aircraft swaps happen up to the gate. Check again the day before you fly — the page updates continuously as assignments firm up.

Other ways

• By tail number. The aircraft's registration (on the fuselage near the tail, or in most airline apps) can be searched on the homepage tracker to see its exact WiFi status.
• While shopping for flights. The free Chrome extension puts Starlink badges directly on Google Flights results.
• Before you book. The route planner ranks flights between two cities by Starlink probability, so you can pick the routing with coverage the whole way.
• On the airline's own site. Once an aircraft is assigned, united.com's flight status page lists the WiFi provider for your flight — that's the same source this tracker verifies against every minute.

What the answer means

A verified yes means we observed the assigned aircraft's status directly; a probability means no aircraft is assigned yet and the number reflects that flight's recent history — not a guarantee. Some United aircraft still carry older WiFi systems while the rollout continues, so "has WiFi" and "has Starlink" are not the same question. Wondering about the price? Starlink WiFi is free.