How to Check Flight Status on American Airlines
- 1). Open your Internet browser of choice on your computer.
- 2). Go to the FlightAware website. Look at the left-hand side of the page for "Live Tracking," then click "Browse by Operator."
- 3). The next page opens to a list of operators. Choose and click "AAL -- American Airlines."
- 4). Choose which flight you wish to track. You can choose by flight number or choose by origin, destination and departure time. You will also see the estimated arrival time for the flight.
- 5). After selecting your American Airlines flight that you wish to track, a new page will open and you will see a map showing approximately where the flight is at that moment. You will also see other flight information, such as scheduled versus actual departure time, altitude, progress and time remaining of the flight and estimated distance that the plane is traveling.
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