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 36 days of our own live tracking we logged 722 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
| # | Route | Tracked flights |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anchorage (ANC) → Louisville (SDF) | 23 |
| 2 | Louisville (SDF) → Anchorage (ANC) | 15 |
| 3 | Anchorage (ANC) → Hong Kong (HKG) | 13 |
| 4 | Anchorage (ANC) → Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX) | 11 |
| 5 | Louisville (SDF) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) | 10 |
| 6 | Taipei (TPE) → Anchorage (ANC) | 10 |
| 7 | Louisville (SDF) → Oakland (OAK) | 9 |
| 8 | Boston (BOS) → Louisville (SDF) | 8 |
| 9 | New York (JFK) → Louisville (SDF) | 8 |
| 10 | Louisville (SDF) → Honolulu (HNL) | 8 |
| 11 | Cologne (CGN) → Budapest (BUD) | 8 |
| 12 | Louisville (SDF) → Jebel Ali (DWC) | 8 |
| 13 | Louisville (SDF) → New York (EWR) | 7 |
| 14 | Tokyo (NRT) → Louisville (SDF) | 7 |
| 15 | Philadelphia (PHL) → Louisville (SDF) | 7 |
| 16 | Barcelona (BCN) → Valencia (VLC) | 7 |
| 17 | Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Louisville (SDF) | 7 |
| 18 | Los Angeles (LAX) → Louisville (SDF) | 7 |
| 19 | Ontario (ONT) → Louisville (SDF) | 7 |
| 20 | Louisville (SDF) → Seattle (BFI) | 7 |
| 21 | Louisville (SDF) → Spokane (GEG) | 7 |
| 22 | Louisville (SDF) → Sydney (SYD) | 7 |
| 23 | Shanghai (Pudong) (PVG) → Louisville (SDF) | 7 |
| 24 | Seoul (ICN) → Anchorage (ANC) | 7 |
| 25 | Louisville (SDF) → Las Vegas (LAS) | 6 |
| 26 | Louisville (SDF) → Minneapolis (MSP) | 6 |
| 27 | Chicago (ORD) → Louisville (SDF) | 6 |
| 28 | Hong Kong (HKG) → Anchorage (ANC) | 6 |
| 29 | Seoul (ICN) → Louisville (SDF) | 6 |
| 30 | New York (EWR) → Louisville (SDF) | 5 |
| 31 | Miami (MIA) → Louisville (SDF) | 5 |
| 32 | Nottingham (EMA) → Philadelphia (PHL) | 5 |
| 33 | Philadelphia (PHL) → Nottingham (EMA) | 5 |
| 34 | Louisville (SDF) → San Diego (SAN) | 5 |
| 35 | Oakland (OAK) → Louisville (SDF) | 5 |
| 36 | San Juan (SJU) → Louisville (SDF) | 5 |
| 37 | Honolulu (HNL) → Louisville (SDF) | 5 |
| 38 | Calgary (YYC) → Louisville (SDF) | 5 |
| 39 | Minneapolis (MSP) → Louisville (SDF) | 5 |
| 40 | Billings (BIL) → Louisville (SDF) | 5 |
| 41 | Louisville (SDF) → Portland (PDX) | 5 |
| 42 | Austin (AUS) → Louisville (SDF) | 5 |
| 43 | Reno (RNO) → Louisville (SDF) | 5 |
| 44 | Louisville (SDF) → Boston (BOS) | 4 |
| 45 | Osaka (KIX) → Anchorage (ANC) | 4 |
| 46 | New York (JFK) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD) | 4 |
| 47 | Baltimore (BWI) → Louisville (SDF) | 4 |
| 48 | Atlanta (ATL) → Louisville (SDF) | 4 |
| 49 | Louisville (SDF) → Atlanta (ATL) | 4 |
| 50 | Cologne (CGN) → Louisville (SDF) | 4 |
| 51 | Cologne (CGN) → Dublin (DUB) | 4 |
| 52 | Louisville (SDF) → San Antonio (SAT) | 4 |
| 53 | Denver (DEN) → Louisville (SDF) | 4 |
| 54 | Baltimore (BWI) → Philadelphia (PHL) | 4 |
| 55 | Richmond (RIC) → Columbia (CAE) | 4 |
| 56 | Prague (PRG) → Cologne (CGN) | 4 |
| 57 | Louisville (SDF) → Los Angeles (LAX) | 4 |
| 58 | Louisville (SDF) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD) | 4 |
| 59 | Louisville (SDF) → Chicago (ORD) | 4 |
| 60 | New Orleans (MSY) → Louisville (SDF) | 4 |
| 61 | Denver (DEN) → Las Vegas (LAS) | 4 |
| 62 | Boston (BOS) → Philadelphia (PHL) | 3 |
| 63 | Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Osaka (KIX) | 3 |
| 64 | New York (EWR) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD) | 3 |
| 65 | Louisville (SDF) → New York (JFK) | 3 |
| 66 | Louisville (SDF) → Pittsburgh (PIT) | 3 |
| 67 | Philadelphia (PHL) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD) | 3 |
| 68 | Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX) → Osaka (KIX) | 3 |
| 69 | Philadelphia (PHL) → Charlotte (CLT) | 3 |
| 70 | Philadelphia (PHL) → New York (EWR) | 3 |
| 71 | Cologne (CGN) → Venice (VCE) | 3 |
| 72 | Las Vegas (LAS) → Louisville (SDF) | 3 |
| 73 | Honolulu (HNL) → San Bernardino (SBD) | 3 |
| 74 | Portland (PDX) → Louisville (SDF) | 3 |
| 75 | Kowloon City, Kowloon (HKG) → Cologne (CGN) | 3 |
| 76 | San Antonio (SAT) → Guadalajara (GDL) | 3 |
| 77 | Louisville (SDF) → San Juan (SJU) | 3 |
| 78 | Des Moines (DSM) → Louisville (SDF) | 3 |
| 79 | Chicago (ORD) → Ontario (ONT) | 3 |
| 80 | Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → San Antonio (SAT) | 3 |
| 81 | San Antonio (SAT) → Louisville (SDF) | 3 |
| 82 | Louisville (SDF) → Ontario (ONT) | 3 |
| 83 | Ontario (ONT) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD) | 3 |
| 84 | Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD) | 3 |
| 85 | Louisville (SDF) → Denver (DEN) | 3 |
| 86 | Denver (DEN) → Ontario (ONT) | 3 |
| 87 | Albuquerque (ABQ) → Denver (DEN) | 3 |
| 88 | Charlotte (CLT) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) | 3 |
| 89 | Manchester (MHT) → Greer (GSP) | 3 |
| 90 | Sacramento (MHR) → Los Angeles (LAX) | 3 |
| 91 | Hartford (BDL) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD) | 2 |
| 92 | Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → New York (JFK) | 2 |
| 93 | Columbus (LCK) → Louisville (SDF) | 2 |
| 94 | Philadelphia (PHL) → Pittsburgh (PIT) | 2 |
| 95 | Louisville (SDF) → Philadelphia (PHL) | 2 |
| 96 | Washington (IAD) → Louisville (SDF) | 2 |
| 97 | Norfolk (ORF) → Philadelphia (PHL) | 2 |
| 98 | Osaka (KIX) → Kitakyushu (KKJ) | 2 |
| 99 | Charlotte (CLT) → Philadelphia (PHL) | 2 |
| 100 | Charlotte (CLT) → Louisville (SDF) | 2 |
| 101 | Providence (PVD) → Louisville (SDF) | 2 |
| 102 | Atlanta (ATL) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD) | 2 |
| 103 | Louisville (SDF) → Miami (MIA) | 2 |
| 104 | Philadelphia (PHL) → West Palm Beach (PBI) | 2 |
| 105 | Louisville (SDF) → Fort Myers (RSW) | 2 |
| 106 | St Petersburg-Clearwater (PIE) → Philadelphia (PHL) | 2 |
| 107 | Louisville (SDF) → Buffalo (BUF) | 2 |
| 108 | Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX) → Bangkok (BKK) | 2 |
| 109 | Louisville (SDF) → Fort Wayne (FWA) | 2 |
| 110 | Detroit (DTW) → Louisville (SDF) | 2 |
| 111 | Cologne (CGN) → Philadelphia (PHL) | 2 |
| 112 | Louisville (SDF) → Cologne (CGN) | 2 |
| 113 | Philadelphia (PHL) → Paris (CDG) | 2 |
| 114 | Ontario (ONT) → Raleigh/Durham (RDU) | 2 |
| 115 | Ontario (ONT) → Orlando (MCO) | 2 |
| 116 | Madrid (MAD) → Madrid (MAD) | 2 |
| 117 | Rome (CIA) → Cologne (CGN) | 2 |
| 118 | Vienna (VIE) → Cologne (CGN) | 2 |
| 119 | San Antonio (SAT) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) | 2 |
| 120 | Louisville (SDF) → Salt Lake City (SLC) | 2 |
| 121 | Malmö (MMX) → Oslo (OSL) | 2 |
| 122 | Louisville (SDF) → Phoenix (PHX) | 2 |
| 123 | Ontario (ONT) → Honolulu (HNL) | 2 |
| 124 | Spokane (GEG) → Louisville (SDF) | 2 |
| 125 | Sydney (SYD) → Hong Kong (HKG) | 2 |
| 126 | Honolulu (HNL) → Sydney (SYD) | 2 |
| 127 | Louisville (SDF) → Sioux Falls (FSD) | 2 |
| 128 | Omaha (OMA) → Louisville (SDF) | 2 |
| 129 | Ontario (ONT) → Boston (BOS) | 2 |
| 130 | New York (EWR) → New York (JFK) | 2 |
| 131 | Cedar Rapids (CID) → Des Moines (DSM) | 2 |
| 132 | Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Philadelphia (PHL) | 2 |
| 133 | Greensboro (GSO) → Charlotte (CLT) | 2 |
| 134 | Tampa (TPA) → Louisville (SDF) | 2 |
| 135 | Ontario (ONT) → Chicago (ORD) | 2 |
| 136 | Minneapolis (MSP) → Chicago (ORD) | 2 |
| 137 | Louisville (SDF) → Kansas City (MCI) | 2 |
| 138 | Louisville (SDF) → Houston (IAH) | 2 |
| 139 | Lubbock (LBB) → Louisville (SDF) | 2 |
| 140 | Sacramento (MHR) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) | 2 |
| 141 | Albuquerque (ABQ) → Louisville (SDF) | 2 |
| 142 | Sacramento (MHR) → Ontario (ONT) | 2 |
| 143 | Honolulu (HNL) → Ontario (ONT) | 2 |
| 144 | Chicago (ORD) → Philadelphia (PHL) | 2 |
| 145 | Louisville (SDF) → Oklahoma City (OKC) | 2 |
| 146 | San Antonio (SAT) → Laredo (LRD) | 2 |
| 147 | Anchorage (ANC) → Ontario (ONT) | 2 |
| 148 | Phoenix (PHX) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD) | 2 |
| 149 | Phoenix (PHX) → Louisville (SDF) | 2 |
| 150 | Albuquerque (ABQ) → Ontario (ONT) | 2 |
| 151 | Reno (RNO) → Ontario (ONT) | 2 |
| 152 | Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX) → Cologne (CGN) | 2 |
| 153 | San Jose (SJC) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD) | 2 |
| 154 | Oakland (OAK) → Ontario (ONT) | 2 |
| 155 | Manchester (MHT) → Philadelphia (PHL) | 1 |
| 156 | Philadelphia (PHL) → Manchester (MHT) | 1 |
| 157 | Manchester (MHT) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 158 | Seoul (ICN) → Tianjin (TSN) | 1 |
| 159 | Louisville (SDF) → Tokyo (NRT) | 1 |
| 160 | Louisville (SDF) → Albany (ALB) | 1 |
| 161 | Syracuse (SYR) → Philadelphia (PHL) | 1 |
| 162 | Philadelphia (PHL) → Buffalo (BUF) | 1 |
| 163 | Pittsburgh (PIT) → Philadelphia (PHL) | 1 |
| 164 | Louisville (SDF) → Baltimore (BWI) | 1 |
| 165 | Louisville (SDF) → Washington (IAD) | 1 |
| 166 | Fort Myers (RSW) → Huntsville (HSV) | 1 |
| 167 | Philadelphia (PHL) → Raleigh/Durham (RDU) | 1 |
| 168 | Louisville (SDF) → Charlotte (CLT) | 1 |
| 169 | Atlanta (ATL) → Philadelphia (PHL) | 1 |
| 170 | Philadelphia (PHL) → Atlanta (ATL) | 1 |
| 171 | Jacksonville (JAX) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 172 | Orlando (MCO) → Philadelphia (PHL) | 1 |
| 173 | Philadelphia (PHL) → Orlando (MCO) | 1 |
| 174 | Philadelphia (PHL) → Jacksonville (JAX) | 1 |
| 175 | Sydney (SYD) → Mabalacat (CRK) | 1 |
| 176 | Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX) → Sydney (SYD) | 1 |
| 177 | Memphis (MEM) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 178 | Jackson (JAN) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 179 | Louisville (SDF) → Jackson (JAN) | 1 |
| 180 | Cologne (CGN) → Bangkok (BKK) | 1 |
| 181 | Louisville (SDF) → Columbus (LCK) | 1 |
| 182 | Philadelphia (PHL) → Cleveland (CLE) | 1 |
| 183 | Ramstein (RMS) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 184 | Honolulu (HNL) → Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 |
| 185 | Philadelphia (PHL) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) | 1 |
| 186 | Manchester (MHT) → Buffalo (BUF) | 1 |
| 187 | Philadelphia (PHL) → Ontario (ONT) | 1 |
| 188 | Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Orlando (MCO) | 1 |
| 189 | Atlanta (ATL) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) | 1 |
| 190 | Ontario (ONT) → Fort Lauderdale (FLL) | 1 |
| 191 | Cologne (CGN) → Nottingham (EMA) | 1 |
| 192 | Cologne (CGN) → London (STN) | 1 |
| 193 | London (STN) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 194 | Cologne (CGN) → Madrid (MAD) | 1 |
| 195 | Louisville (SDF) → Fargo (FAR) | 1 |
| 196 | Louisville (SDF) → Billings (BIL) | 1 |
| 197 | Oakland (OAK) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) | 1 |
| 198 | Cologne (CGN) → Arnavutköy, Istanbul (IST) | 1 |
| 199 | Arnavutköy, Istanbul (IST) → Arnavutköy, Istanbul (IST) | 1 |
| 200 | Cologne (CGN) → Warsaw (WAW) | 1 |
| 201 | Cologne (CGN) → Stockholm (ARN) | 1 |
| 202 | Salt Lake City (SLC) → Ontario (ONT) | 1 |
| 203 | Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Albuquerque (ABQ) | 1 |
| 204 | Cologne (CGN) → Helsinki (HEL) | 1 |
| 205 | Des Moines (DSM) → Burbank (BUR) | 1 |
| 206 | Los Angeles (LAX) → Orlando (MCO) | 1 |
| 207 | Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → San Jose (SJC) | 1 |
| 208 | Oakland (OAK) → Philadelphia (PHL) | 1 |
| 209 | Portland (PDX) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) | 1 |
| 210 | Seattle (BFI) → Portland (PDX) | 1 |
| 211 | London (STN) → Taipei (TPE) | 1 |
| 212 | Pittsburgh (PIT) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 213 | Cedar Rapids (CID) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 214 | Greensboro (GSO) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 215 | Louisville (SDF) → Richmond (RIC) | 1 |
| 216 | Louisville (SDF) → Orlando (MCO) | 1 |
| 217 | Louisville (SDF) → Jacksonville (JAX) | 1 |
| 218 | Louisville (SDF) → Tampa (TPA) | 1 |
| 219 | Pensacola (PNS) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 220 | Taipei (TPE) → Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 |
| 221 | Louisville (SDF) → Detroit (DTW) | 1 |
| 222 | Louisville (SDF) → Omaha (OMA) | 1 |
| 223 | Oklahoma City (OKC) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 224 | Houston (IAH) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) | 1 |
| 225 | Houston (IAH) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 226 | San Antonio (SAT) → Houston (IAH) | 1 |
| 227 | Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → San Antonio (SAT) | 1 |
| 228 | Louisville (SDF) → Albuquerque (ABQ) | 1 |
| 229 | Sacramento (MHR) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 230 | Spokane (GEG) → Seattle (BFI) | 1 |
| 231 | Philadelphia (PHL) → Chicago (ORD) | 1 |
| 232 | Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 233 | Louisville (SDF) → New Orleans (MSY) | 1 |
| 234 | Lafayette (LFT) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 235 | Louisville (SDF) → Lafayette (LFT) | 1 |
| 236 | Louisville (SDF) → Tulsa (TUL) | 1 |
| 237 | Houston (IAH) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD) | 1 |
| 238 | Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Houston (IAH) | 1 |
| 239 | Boston (BOS) → Manchester (MHT) | 1 |
| 240 | San Antonio (SAT) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD) | 1 |
| 241 | Lubbock (LBB) → Phoenix (PHX) | 1 |
| 242 | Ontario (ONT) → Denver (DEN) | 1 |
| 243 | Denver (DEN) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD) | 1 |
| 244 | Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Denver (DEN) | 1 |
| 245 | Ontario (ONT) → Salt Lake City (SLC) | 1 |
| 246 | Ontario (ONT) → Albuquerque (ABQ) | 1 |
| 247 | Louisville (SDF) → Reno (RNO) | 1 |
| 248 | San Diego (SAN) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 249 | Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Los Angeles (LAX) | 1 |
| 250 | Ontario (ONT) → Long Beach (LGB) | 1 |
| 251 | Cincinnati / Covington (CVG) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 252 | Ontario (ONT) → Oakland (OAK) | 1 |
| 253 | Portland (PDX) → Springfield (SGF) | 1 |
| 254 | Sioux Falls (FSD) → Oakland (OAK) | 1 |
| 255 | Portland (PDX) → Ontario (ONT) | 1 |
| 256 | San Antonio (SAT) → Phoenix (PHX) | 1 |
| 257 | Boston (BOS) → New York (EWR) | 1 |
| 258 | Seattle (BFI) → Ontario (ONT) | 1 |
| 259 | Seattle (BFI) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 260 | Houston (IAH) → San Antonio (SAT) | 1 |
| 261 | Ontario (ONT) → Spokane (GEG) | 1 |
| 262 | Cleveland (CLE) → Louisville (SDF) | 1 |
| 263 | Louisville (SDF) → Syracuse (SYR) | 1 |
| 264 | Honolulu (HNL) → Anchorage (ANC) | 1 |
| 265 | Billings (BIL) → Las Vegas (LAS) | 1 |
| 266 | Seattle (BFI) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD) | 1 |
| 267 | Portland (PDX) → Des Moines (DSM) | 1 |
| 268 | Spokane (GEG) → Ontario (ONT) | 1 |
Top 10 United Parcel Service flights we tracked
| # | Flight | Route | Times seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UPS72 | Anchorage (ANC) → Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX) | 10 |
| 2 | UPS62 | Anchorage (ANC) → Hong Kong (HKG) | 9 |
| 3 | UPS274 | Cologne (CGN) → Budapest (BUD) | 8 |
| 4 | UPS67 | Anchorage (ANC) → Louisville (SDF) | 8 |
| 5 | UPS76 | Louisville (SDF) → Jebel Ali (DWC) | 8 |
| 6 | UPS109 | Tokyo (NRT) → Louisville (SDF) | 7 |
| 7 | UPS63 | Anchorage (ANC) → Louisville (SDF) | 7 |
| 8 | UPS64 | Louisville (SDF) → Anchorage (ANC) | 7 |
| 9 | UPS81 | Shanghai (Pudong) (PVG) → Louisville (SDF) | 7 |
| 10 | UPS99 | Seoul (ICN) → Anchorage (ANC) | 7 |
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.