How to track your Infinite Flight flight

1. Identify the flight you want to follow

Join an Infinite Flight live session on Casual, Training or Expert, and note both the server name and your callsign. The tracker reads the live network, so an offline flight will not appear. File the departure, destination and route in the simulator if you want route information as well as the aircraft's position. Your Google sign-in identifies your Aeroshow account; it does not automatically identify the flight you are flying.

2. Choose the network and viewing mode

Open Infinite Aeroshow from the Board now button and sign in with Google. Select Infinite Flight, then choose Track my flight to follow a single aircraft. Choose the same server you joined in the simulator. For example, an aircraft flying on Training will not be found by searching the Expert server. Use Back to correct the selection before continuing. VATSIM is a separate network choice, not one of the Infinite Flight servers.

3. Find and select the correct aircraft

Enter the callsign shown in your simulator in the flight search. Check the returned flight's identifying information before selecting it, particularly if the search returns several similar callsigns. Complete the viewer's remaining setup and start the map. If you change aircraft, callsign or server in the simulator, check the selected flight again: a map following the old flight is not evidence that your new flight has stopped updating.

4. Use Explore to browse traffic

Choose Explore when you want to browse the server instead of starting with one flight. In the map's Live Search, you can search by callsign, pilot, airport ICAO code or aircraft. For an airport search, use its ICAO code rather than assuming a city name or three-letter passenger airport code will match. Select a search result to inspect the flight. If a filter is active, clear it before concluding that there are no matching aircraft.

5. Set up your second screen

Keep the simulator on your main device and open the viewer in a browser on the second device. You do not need to install a simulator plugin. A tablet beside the main screen is useful for keeping the route visible; a phone works as a compact flight display. Start with the default view and check that the map and selected aircraft update before changing visual settings. Screen sleep and a backgrounded browser tab can interrupt the display, so keep the viewer visible while using it.

Flight not found: check in this order

First confirm that the simulator is connected to a live server. Next check the Infinite Flight network selection, then the server, then the callsign. Search again after checking those details. In Explore, also clear any active traffic filters. If other flights appear but yours does not, concentrate on your live session and flight identity. If no flights appear at all, check the network connection and any service error shown by the viewer before repeatedly changing the callsign.

Aircraft visible, but departure or destination missing

Live position and flight-plan information are separate inputs. Seeing an aircraft on the map does not guarantee that its route is available. Check the plan filed for that live flight in the simulator, including its departure and destination. A plan created for another session is not the selected flight's plan. After changing the plan, allow the viewer to receive updated data. Do not treat an empty route field as proof that the aircraft position is wrong.

Read the map's flight measurements

GS is ground speed: the aircraft's speed over the ground. ALT is altitude, HDG is heading, and V/S is vertical speed. Positive vertical speed means climbing and negative vertical speed means descending. Read the displayed unit alongside the value, especially when comparing the viewer with simulator instruments. Ground speed and indicated airspeed describe different measurements, so they need not agree. A landing-rate value describes descent at touchdown; it is not a complete assessment of landing quality.

How waypoint arrival estimates work

In First Class, the waypoint display uses the selected flight's filed plan and current ground speed to estimate arrival at fixes ahead. The next fix is highlighted in magenta and passed fixes are dimmed. As a simple example, 120 nautical miles at a steady 240 knots takes about 30 minutes. That calculation cannot predict a later speed change, hold, diversion or ATC instruction. Use it to understand progress, not as a promise of the actual arrival time.

Why a waypoint ETA can be blank or change

Waypoint ETAs are withheld below 60 knots, so blank times while parked or taxiing can be expected. They also require a usable plan and current position. The plan is checked periodically rather than downloaded every animation frame; the current waypoint implementation checks for changes every two minutes while in use. A turn, speed change or revised plan can change the estimate. Compare the same waypoint and displayed time basis when checking an ETA against another device.

Choose a view that answers your question

Use the moving map to understand where the aircraft is relative to its route and destination. First Class's cockpit, wing and seat views provide a different perspective on the selected flight. They are rendered views based on the available flight data, not a live video stream from another pilot's simulator. Return to the map when you need route context. Try the view on your device before relying on it for a long session, since browser graphics performance varies.

When the display is slow or stops updating

Check whether only the visuals are slow or whether flight information has also stopped changing. For slow rendering, open Settings and try a lower Overall Performance setting or reduced map-label density. If the viewer reports a connection problem, restore the connection and confirm the selected flight is still live. Recheck the server and aircraft after a simulator reconnect. Visual smoothness alone does not prove fresh telemetry is arriving; check the flight information as well.

Use the timer when you do not need live tracking

The separate Flight Information Timer is useful when you want a departure-to-arrival display without selecting a live aircraft. Enter your own departure and destination labels. Browser Time uses departure and arrival times in the browser's local time; Countdown uses the duration you enter from launch. The timer is driven by those inputs, not the aircraft's live position, and will not automatically adjust for a hold or diversion. Use the live map when that distinction matters.

What to include when asking for help

Send the network and server you selected, the callsign, the approximate time and time zone, and a description of the failing step. Mention whether other flights are visible and whether the problem affects search, the route, the connection or rendering. Your browser and device type also help reproduce a display issue. Include the exact error wording if one appears. Do not send your Google password, sign-in codes or payment card details.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• Infinite Aeroshow: Infinite Flight live tracker — checked 2026-10-16
• Infinite Aeroshow plans and pricing — checked 2026-10-16