United Parcel Service Flight Status

About United Parcel Service

United Parcel Service, based in United States, operates under the ICAO code UPS and the IATA code 5X; its radio callsign is "Ups". On this page you can follow United Parcel Service flights and find the airports it serves.

How to read a United Parcel Service flight number

Every United Parcel Service flight number starts with 5X, followed by up to four digits: that is the number on your booking confirmation and boarding pass. In flight plans the same flight carries the ICAO prefix UPS, and controllers address it as "Ups". One thing to watch: codeshares. A ticket sold by another airline can be operated by United Parcel Service and vice versa; live tracking follows the operating carrier's number, so if your search comes up empty, check the "operated by" line on your booking.

United Parcel Service flights we tracked

Over the first 89 days of our own live tracking we logged 1402 aircraft movements operated by United Parcel Service. These figures are refreshed weekly. Tracking data: adsb.lol · Route data: adsbdb.com.

Routes we tracked on United Parcel Service

#RouteTracked flights
1Anchorage (ANC) → Louisville (SDF)46
2Louisville (SDF) → Anchorage (ANC)31
3Louisville (SDF) → Oakland (OAK)18
4Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Louisville (SDF)18
5Ontario (ONT) → Louisville (SDF)18
6Anchorage (ANC) → Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX)18
7Taipei (TPE) → Anchorage (ANC)17
8Anchorage (ANC) → Hong Kong (HKG)17
9Louisville (SDF) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)15
10Tokyo (NRT) → Louisville (SDF)14
11Louisville (SDF) → New York (EWR)13
12New York (JFK) → Louisville (SDF)13
13Louisville (SDF) → Honolulu (HNL)13
14Minneapolis (MSP) → Louisville (SDF)13
15Denver (DEN) → Louisville (SDF)13
16Hong Kong (HKG) → Anchorage (ANC)13
17Boston (BOS) → Louisville (SDF)12
18New York (EWR) → Louisville (SDF)12
19Louisville (SDF) → Spokane (GEG)12
20Austin (AUS) → Louisville (SDF)12
21Louisville (SDF) → Jebel Ali (DWC)12
22Louisville (SDF) → Pittsburgh (PIT)11
23Philadelphia (PHL) → Louisville (SDF)11
24Barcelona (BCN) → Valencia (VLC)11
25Oakland (OAK) → Louisville (SDF)11
26Louisville (SDF) → Seattle (BFI)11
27Louisville (SDF) → Sydney (SYD)11
28Louisville (SDF) → Minneapolis (MSP)11
29Louisville (SDF) → Denver (DEN)11
30Seoul (ICN) → Anchorage (ANC)11
31Cologne (CGN) → Budapest (BUD)10
32Portland (PDX) → Louisville (SDF)10
33Nottingham (EMA) → Philadelphia (PHL)9
34Louisville (SDF) → Las Vegas (LAS)9
35Phoenix (PHX) → Louisville (SDF)9
36Louisville (SDF) → Ontario (ONT)9
37San Juan (SJU) → Louisville (SDF)9
38Shanghai (Pudong) (PVG) → Louisville (SDF)9
39Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Osaka (KIX)8
40Louisville (SDF) → Philadelphia (PHL)8
41Miami (MIA) → Louisville (SDF)8
42Louisville (SDF) → Phoenix (PHX)8
43Los Angeles (LAX) → Louisville (SDF)8
44Louisville (SDF) → Portland (PDX)8
45Calgary (YYC) → Louisville (SDF)8
46Chicago (ORD) → Louisville (SDF)8
47Seoul (ICN) → Louisville (SDF)8
48Louisville (SDF) → Boston (BOS)7
49Osaka (KIX) → Anchorage (ANC)7
50Louisville (SDF) → San Diego (SAN)7
51Las Vegas (LAS) → Louisville (SDF)7
52Reno (RNO) → Louisville (SDF)7
53Prague (PRG) → Cologne (CGN)7
54Honolulu (HNL) → Louisville (SDF)7
55Des Moines (DSM) → Louisville (SDF)7
56Louisville (SDF) → Houston (IAH)7
57San Diego (SAN) → Louisville (SDF)7
58Louisville (SDF) → New York (JFK)6
59Baltimore (BWI) → Louisville (SDF)6
60Washington (IAD) → Louisville (SDF)6
61Atlanta (ATL) → Louisville (SDF)6
62Philadelphia (PHL) → Nottingham (EMA)6
63Cologne (CGN) → Dublin (DUB)6
64Louisville (SDF) → San Juan (SJU)6
65New Orleans (MSY) → Louisville (SDF)6
66Honolulu (HNL) → Ontario (ONT)6
67Louisville (SDF) → Shanghai (Pudong) (PVG)6
68Denver (DEN) → Ontario (ONT)6
69Albuquerque (ABQ) → Ontario (ONT)6
70Boston (BOS) → Philadelphia (PHL)5
71New York (JFK) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)5
72Louisville (SDF) → Atlanta (ATL)5
73Atlanta (ATL) → Philadelphia (PHL)5
74Orlando (MCO) → Philadelphia (PHL)5
75St Petersburg-Clearwater (PIE) → Philadelphia (PHL)5
76Cologne (CGN) → Louisville (SDF)5
77Louisville (SDF) → San Antonio (SAT)5
78San Antonio (SAT) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)5
79Honolulu (HNL) → San Bernardino (SBD)5
80Seattle (BFI) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)5
81Kowloon City, Kowloon (HKG) → Cologne (CGN)5
82Ontario (ONT) → Boston (BOS)5
83Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Minneapolis (MSP)5
84Houston (IAH) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)5
85Louisville (SDF) → Los Angeles (LAX)5
86Billings (BIL) → Louisville (SDF)5
87Sacramento (MHR) → Louisville (SDF)5
88Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Louisville (SDF)5
89Albuquerque (ABQ) → Denver (DEN)5
90Denver (DEN) → Las Vegas (LAS)5
91Louisville (SDF) → Tokyo (NRT)4
92Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → New York (JFK)4
93Louisville (SDF) → Buffalo (BUF)4
94Philadelphia (PHL) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)4
95Louisville (SDF) → Baltimore (BWI)4
96Louisville (SDF) → Washington (IAD)4
97Norfolk (ORF) → Philadelphia (PHL)4
98Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX) → Osaka (KIX)4
99Charlotte (CLT) → Philadelphia (PHL)4
100Charlotte (CLT) → Louisville (SDF)4
101Cleveland (CLE) → Louisville (SDF)4
102Louisville (SDF) → Fort Wayne (FWA)4
103Detroit (DTW) → Louisville (SDF)4
104Louisville (SDF) → Detroit (DTW)4
105Philadelphia (PHL) → New York (EWR)4
106Rome (CIA) → Cologne (CGN)4
107Cologne (CGN) → Venice (VCE)4
108Vienna (VIE) → Cologne (CGN)4
109Baltimore (BWI) → Philadelphia (PHL)4
110Stockholm (ARN) → Helsinki (HEL)4
111Richmond (RIC) → Columbia (CAE)4
112San Antonio (SAT) → Guadalajara (GDL)4
113Louisville (SDF) → Sioux Falls (FSD)4
114Omaha (OMA) → Louisville (SDF)4
115New York (EWR) → New York (JFK)4
116Cedar Rapids (CID) → Des Moines (DSM)4
117Greensboro (GSO) → Charlotte (CLT)4
118Chicago (ORD) → Ontario (ONT)4
119Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → San Antonio (SAT)4
120Boise (BOI) → Louisville (SDF)4
121Louisville (SDF) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)4
122Louisville (SDF) → Chicago (ORD)4
123Anchorage (ANC) → Ontario (ONT)4
124Louisville (SDF) → Oklahoma City (OKC)4
125Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)4
126San Antonio (SAT) → Laredo (LRD)4
127Denver (DEN) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)4
128Charlotte (CLT) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)4
129Ontario (ONT) → Reno (RNO)4
130Ontario (ONT) → Oakland (OAK)4
131Manchester (MHT) → Greer (GSP)4
132San Antonio (SAT) → Phoenix (PHX)4
133Spokane (GEG) → Ontario (ONT)4
134Hartford (BDL) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)3
135Manchester (MHT) → Louisville (SDF)3
136New York (EWR) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)3
137Columbus (LCK) → Louisville (SDF)3
138Greensboro (GSO) → Louisville (SDF)3
139Louisville (SDF) → Raleigh/Durham (RDU)3
140Philadelphia (PHL) → Charlotte (CLT)3
141Louisville (SDF) → Miami (MIA)3
142Philadelphia (PHL) → West Palm Beach (PBI)3
143Louisville (SDF) → Cleveland (CLE)3
144Cologne (CGN) → Philadelphia (PHL)3
145Philadelphia (PHL) → Paris (CDG)3
146Atlanta (ATL) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)3
147Cologne (CGN) → London (STN)3
148Cologne (CGN) → Madrid (MAD)3
149Madrid (MAD) → Madrid (MAD)3
150Louisville (SDF) → Billings (BIL)3
151Oakland (OAK) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)3
152Phoenix (PHX) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)3
153Cologne (CGN) → Stockholm (ARN)3
154Louisville (SDF) → Boise (BOI)3
155Louisville (SDF) → Salt Lake City (SLC)3
156Malmö (MMX) → Oslo (OSL)3
157Portland (PDX) → Ontario (ONT)3
158Seattle (BFI) → Portland (PDX)3
159Spokane (GEG) → Louisville (SDF)3
160Louisville (SDF) → Austin (AUS)3
161Sydney (SYD) → Hong Kong (HKG)3
162Reno (RNO) → Ontario (ONT)3
163London (STN) → Taipei (TPE)3
164Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Philadelphia (PHL)3
165Louisville (SDF) → Tampa (TPA)3
166Ontario (ONT) → Chicago (ORD)3
167Louisville (SDF) → Kansas City (MCI)3
168San Antonio (SAT) → Louisville (SDF)3
169Louisville (SDF) → Albuquerque (ABQ)3
170Albuquerque (ABQ) → Louisville (SDF)3
171Ontario (ONT) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)3
172Philadelphia (PHL) → Chicago (ORD)3
173San Antonio (SAT) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)3
174Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Los Angeles (LAX)3
175San Jose (SJC) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)3
176Seattle (BFI) → Ontario (ONT)3
177Sacramento (MHR) → Los Angeles (LAX)3
178Ontario (ONT) → Spokane (GEG)3
179Louisville (SDF) → Manchester (MHT)2
180Pittsburgh (PIT) → Philadelphia (PHL)2
181Philadelphia (PHL) → Pittsburgh (PIT)2
182Harrisburg (MDT) → Louisville (SDF)2
183Louisville (SDF) → Richmond (RIC)2
184Osaka (KIX) → Kitakyushu (KKJ)2
185Philadelphia (PHL) → Raleigh/Durham (RDU)2
186Providence (PVD) → Louisville (SDF)2
187Atlanta (ATL) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)2
188Philadelphia (PHL) → Atlanta (ATL)2
189Jacksonville (JAX) → Fort Myers (RSW)2
190Jacksonville (JAX) → Louisville (SDF)2
191Louisville (SDF) → Jacksonville (JAX)2
192Louisville (SDF) → Orlando (MCO)2
193Louisville (SDF) → Fort Myers (RSW)2
194Sydney (SYD) → Mabalacat (CRK)2
195Pensacola (PNS) → Louisville (SDF)2
196Memphis (MEM) → Louisville (SDF)2
197Memphis (MEM) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)2
198Louisville (SDF) → Columbus (LCK)2
199Philadelphia (PHL) → Cleveland (CLE)2
200Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX) → Bangkok (BKK)2
201Cologne (CGN) → Bangalore (BLR)2
202Hong Kong (HKG) → Cologne (CGN)2
203Honolulu (HNL) → Hong Kong (HKG)2
204New York (EWR) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)2
205Louisville (SDF) → Cologne (CGN)2
206Chicago (ORD) → Hong Kong (HKG)2
207Ontario (ONT) → Raleigh/Durham (RDU)2
208Ontario (ONT) → Fort Lauderdale (FLL)2
209Cologne (CGN) → Nottingham (EMA)2
210Ontario (ONT) → Orlando (MCO)2
211London (STN) → Louisville (SDF)2
212Arnavutköy, Istanbul (IST) → Arnavutköy, Istanbul (IST)2
213Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)2
214Salt Lake City (SLC) → Ontario (ONT)2
215Ontario (ONT) → Honolulu (HNL)2
216Cologne (CGN) → Helsinki (HEL)2
217Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → San Jose (SJC)2
218Portland (PDX) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)2
219Seattle (BFI) → Louisville (SDF)2
220Honolulu (HNL) → Sydney (SYD)2
221Sydney (SYD) → Singapore (SIN)2
222Cedar Rapids (CID) → Louisville (SDF)2
223Tampa (TPA) → Louisville (SDF)2
224Minneapolis (MSP) → Chicago (ORD)2
225Oklahoma City (OKC) → Louisville (SDF)2
226San Antonio (SAT) → Houston (IAH)2
227Lubbock (LBB) → Louisville (SDF)2
228Ontario (ONT) → Denver (DEN)2
229Sacramento (MHR) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)2
230Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Phoenix (PHX)2
231Sacramento (MHR) → Ontario (ONT)2
232Spokane (GEG) → Seattle (BFI)2
233Chicago (ORD) → Philadelphia (PHL)2
234Louisville (SDF) → Tulsa (TUL)2
235Fargo (FAR) → Louisville (SDF)2
236Lubbock (LBB) → Phoenix (PHX)2
237Louisville (SDF) → Memphis (MEM)2
238Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Denver (DEN)2
239Ontario (ONT) → Salt Lake City (SLC)2
240Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX) → Cologne (CGN)2
241Ontario (ONT) → Long Beach (LGB)2
242Oakland (OAK) → Ontario (ONT)2
243Portland (PDX) → Springfield (SGF)2
244Louisville (SDF) → Syracuse (SYR)2
245Portland (PDX) → Des Moines (DSM)2
246Manchester (MHT) → Bangor (BGR)1
247Manchester (MHT) → Philadelphia (PHL)1
248Philadelphia (PHL) → Manchester (MHT)1
249Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → New York (EWR)1
250Seoul (ICN) → Tianjin (TSN)1
251Hartford (BDL) → Albany (ALB)1
252Louisville (SDF) → Albany (ALB)1
253Syracuse (SYR) → Philadelphia (PHL)1
254Philadelphia (PHL) → Buffalo (BUF)1
255Louisville (SDF) → Harrisburg (MDT)1
256Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX) → Tokyo (NRT)1
257Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Baltimore (BWI)1
258Richmond (RIC) → Louisville (SDF)1
259Fort Myers (RSW) → Huntsville (HSV)1
260Raleigh/Durham (RDU) → Louisville (SDF)1
261Louisville (SDF) → Charlotte (CLT)1
262Columbia (CAE) → Louisville (SDF)1
263Philadelphia (PHL) → Orlando (MCO)1
264Philadelphia (PHL) → Fort Myers (RSW)1
265Philadelphia (PHL) → Jacksonville (JAX)1
266Philadelphia (PHL) → Albany (ABY)1
267Birmingham (BHM) → Louisville (SDF)1
268Louisville (SDF) → Huntsville (HSV)1
269Albany (ABY) → Louisville (SDF)1
270Louisville (SDF) → Knoxville (TYS)1
271Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX) → Sydney (SYD)1
272Jackson (JAN) → Louisville (SDF)1
273Louisville (SDF) → Jackson (JAN)1
274Cologne (CGN) → Bangkok (BKK)1
275Phoenix (PHX) → Ontario (ONT)1
276New Delhi (DEL) → Cologne (CGN)1
277Ramstein (RMS) → Louisville (SDF)1
278Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) → Hong Kong (HKG)1
279Philadelphia (PHL) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)1
280Ontario (ONT) → New York (EWR)1
281Sharjah (SHJ) → Cologne (CGN)1
282Manchester (MHT) → Buffalo (BUF)1
283Philadelphia (PHL) → Ontario (ONT)1
284Columbia (CAE) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)1
285Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Orlando (MCO)1
286Jacksonville (JAX) → West Palm Beach (PBI)1
287Orlando (MCO) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)1
288Kailua-Kona (KOA) → Kahului (OGG)1
289Dublin (DUB) → Shannon (SNN)1
290Louisville (SDF) → Fargo (FAR)1
291Cologne (CGN) → Arnavutköy, Istanbul (IST)1
292Cologne (CGN) → Warsaw (WAW)1
293Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Albuquerque (ABQ)1
294Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Ontario (ONT)1
295Des Moines (DSM) → Burbank (BUR)1
296Los Angeles (LAX) → Orlando (MCO)1
297Oakland (OAK) → Philadelphia (PHL)1
298Philadelphia (PHL) → Oakland (OAK)1
299Des Moines (DSM) → Sacramento (MHR)1
300Honolulu (HNL) → Los Angeles (LAX)1

Top 10 United Parcel Service flights we tracked

#FlightRouteTimes seen
1UPS64Louisville (SDF) → Anchorage (ANC)16
2UPS109Tokyo (NRT) → Louisville (SDF)14
3UPS72Anchorage (ANC) → Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX)14
4UPS59Hong Kong (HKG) → Anchorage (ANC)13
5UPS62Anchorage (ANC) → Hong Kong (HKG)13
6UPS63Anchorage (ANC) → Louisville (SDF)12
7UPS67Anchorage (ANC) → Louisville (SDF)12
8UPS76Louisville (SDF) → Jebel Ali (DWC)12
9UPS61Taipei (TPE) → Anchorage (ANC)11
10UPS274Cologne (CGN) → Budapest (BUD)10

Frequently asked questions about United Parcel Service

Where is my United Parcel Service flight right now?

Search the flight number (5X plus digits) in the search box on this page. If the aircraft is airborne within receiver coverage, you will see its live status; before departure you will see the route.

Is my United Parcel Service flight delayed or cancelled?

Check the flight number on this page for live status, but for rebooking, gate changes and cancellations the airline itself remains the authoritative source.

What do 5X and UPS mean on United Parcel Service flights?

They are two prefixes for the same airline. 5X is the IATA code you see on tickets; UPS is the ICAO code used in flight plans and by air traffic control.

Does United Parcel Service operate flights for other airlines?

Codeshare agreements mean a flight sold under another carrier's number may be operated by United Parcel Service, and the reverse. Live tracking always follows the operating carrier's flight number; check the "operated by" line on your booking.