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 92 days of our own live tracking we logged 1443 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)47
2Louisville (SDF) → Anchorage (ANC)32
3Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Louisville (SDF)19
4Ontario (ONT) → Louisville (SDF)19
5Louisville (SDF) → Oakland (OAK)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
10Denver (DEN) → Louisville (SDF)15
11Tokyo (NRT) → Louisville (SDF)14
12Hong Kong (HKG) → Anchorage (ANC)14
13Louisville (SDF) → New York (EWR)13
14New York (JFK) → Louisville (SDF)13
15Louisville (SDF) → Honolulu (HNL)13
16Minneapolis (MSP) → Louisville (SDF)13
17Boston (BOS) → Louisville (SDF)12
18New York (EWR) → Louisville (SDF)12
19Philadelphia (PHL) → Louisville (SDF)12
20Barcelona (BCN) → Valencia (VLC)12
21Louisville (SDF) → Spokane (GEG)12
22Austin (AUS) → Louisville (SDF)12
23Seoul (ICN) → Anchorage (ANC)12
24Louisville (SDF) → Jebel Ali (DWC)12
25Louisville (SDF) → Pittsburgh (PIT)11
26Oakland (OAK) → Louisville (SDF)11
27Louisville (SDF) → Seattle (BFI)11
28Louisville (SDF) → Sydney (SYD)11
29Louisville (SDF) → Minneapolis (MSP)11
30Louisville (SDF) → Denver (DEN)11
31Cologne (CGN) → Budapest (BUD)10
32Portland (PDX) → Louisville (SDF)10
33Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Osaka (KIX)9
34Louisville (SDF) → Philadelphia (PHL)9
35Nottingham (EMA) → Philadelphia (PHL)9
36Louisville (SDF) → Las Vegas (LAS)9
37Louisville (SDF) → Phoenix (PHX)9
38Phoenix (PHX) → Louisville (SDF)9
39Louisville (SDF) → Ontario (ONT)9
40San Juan (SJU) → Louisville (SDF)9
41Shanghai (Pudong) (PVG) → Louisville (SDF)9
42Miami (MIA) → Louisville (SDF)8
43Louisville (SDF) → San Diego (SAN)8
44Las Vegas (LAS) → Louisville (SDF)8
45Los Angeles (LAX) → Louisville (SDF)8
46Louisville (SDF) → Portland (PDX)8
47Calgary (YYC) → Louisville (SDF)8
48Chicago (ORD) → Louisville (SDF)8
49Seoul (ICN) → Louisville (SDF)8
50Albuquerque (ABQ) → Ontario (ONT)8
51Louisville (SDF) → Boston (BOS)7
52Osaka (KIX) → Anchorage (ANC)7
53Atlanta (ATL) → Louisville (SDF)7
54Cologne (CGN) → Dublin (DUB)7
55Reno (RNO) → Louisville (SDF)7
56Prague (PRG) → Cologne (CGN)7
57Honolulu (HNL) → Louisville (SDF)7
58Des Moines (DSM) → Louisville (SDF)7
59Louisville (SDF) → Houston (IAH)7
60San Diego (SAN) → Louisville (SDF)7
61Louisville (SDF) → Shanghai (Pudong) (PVG)7
62Denver (DEN) → Ontario (ONT)7
63Louisville (SDF) → New York (JFK)6
64Baltimore (BWI) → Louisville (SDF)6
65Washington (IAD) → Louisville (SDF)6
66Louisville (SDF) → Atlanta (ATL)6
67Cologne (CGN) → Louisville (SDF)6
68Philadelphia (PHL) → Nottingham (EMA)6
69Seattle (BFI) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)6
70Louisville (SDF) → San Juan (SJU)6
71New Orleans (MSY) → Louisville (SDF)6
72Houston (IAH) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)6
73Honolulu (HNL) → Ontario (ONT)6
74Albuquerque (ABQ) → Denver (DEN)6
75Boston (BOS) → Philadelphia (PHL)5
76New York (JFK) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)5
77Louisville (SDF) → Baltimore (BWI)5
78Atlanta (ATL) → Philadelphia (PHL)5
79Orlando (MCO) → Philadelphia (PHL)5
80St Petersburg-Clearwater (PIE) → Philadelphia (PHL)5
81Louisville (SDF) → Fort Wayne (FWA)5
82Louisville (SDF) → San Antonio (SAT)5
83San Antonio (SAT) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)5
84Richmond (RIC) → Columbia (CAE)5
85Honolulu (HNL) → San Bernardino (SBD)5
86Kowloon City, Kowloon (HKG) → Cologne (CGN)5
87Ontario (ONT) → Boston (BOS)5
88Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Minneapolis (MSP)5
89Louisville (SDF) → Los Angeles (LAX)5
90Billings (BIL) → Louisville (SDF)5
91Sacramento (MHR) → Louisville (SDF)5
92Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Louisville (SDF)5
93San Antonio (SAT) → Phoenix (PHX)5
94Denver (DEN) → Las Vegas (LAS)5
95Louisville (SDF) → Tokyo (NRT)4
96Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → New York (JFK)4
97Louisville (SDF) → Buffalo (BUF)4
98Philadelphia (PHL) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)4
99Louisville (SDF) → Washington (IAD)4
100Norfolk (ORF) → Philadelphia (PHL)4
101Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX) → Osaka (KIX)4
102Charlotte (CLT) → Philadelphia (PHL)4
103Charlotte (CLT) → Louisville (SDF)4
104Philadelphia (PHL) → West Palm Beach (PBI)4
105Cleveland (CLE) → Louisville (SDF)4
106Detroit (DTW) → Louisville (SDF)4
107Louisville (SDF) → Detroit (DTW)4
108Philadelphia (PHL) → New York (EWR)4
109Rome (CIA) → Cologne (CGN)4
110Cologne (CGN) → Venice (VCE)4
111Oakland (OAK) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)4
112Phoenix (PHX) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)4
113Vienna (VIE) → Cologne (CGN)4
114Cologne (CGN) → Stockholm (ARN)4
115Baltimore (BWI) → Philadelphia (PHL)4
116Stockholm (ARN) → Helsinki (HEL)4
117San Antonio (SAT) → Guadalajara (GDL)4
118Louisville (SDF) → Sioux Falls (FSD)4
119Omaha (OMA) → Louisville (SDF)4
120New York (EWR) → New York (JFK)4
121Cedar Rapids (CID) → Des Moines (DSM)4
122Greensboro (GSO) → Charlotte (CLT)4
123Chicago (ORD) → Ontario (ONT)4
124Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → San Antonio (SAT)4
125Boise (BOI) → Louisville (SDF)4
126Louisville (SDF) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)4
127Louisville (SDF) → Chicago (ORD)4
128Anchorage (ANC) → Ontario (ONT)4
129Louisville (SDF) → Oklahoma City (OKC)4
130Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)4
131San Antonio (SAT) → Laredo (LRD)4
132Denver (DEN) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)4
133Charlotte (CLT) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)4
134Ontario (ONT) → Reno (RNO)4
135Ontario (ONT) → Oakland (OAK)4
136Manchester (MHT) → Greer (GSP)4
137Spokane (GEG) → Ontario (ONT)4
138Hartford (BDL) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)3
139Manchester (MHT) → Louisville (SDF)3
140New York (EWR) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)3
141Columbus (LCK) → Louisville (SDF)3
142Greensboro (GSO) → Louisville (SDF)3
143Louisville (SDF) → Raleigh/Durham (RDU)3
144Philadelphia (PHL) → Charlotte (CLT)3
145Louisville (SDF) → Miami (MIA)3
146Louisville (SDF) → Cleveland (CLE)3
147Cologne (CGN) → Philadelphia (PHL)3
148Philadelphia (PHL) → Paris (CDG)3
149Atlanta (ATL) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)3
150Cologne (CGN) → London (STN)3
151Cologne (CGN) → Madrid (MAD)3
152Madrid (MAD) → Madrid (MAD)3
153Louisville (SDF) → Billings (BIL)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
172Chicago (ORD) → Philadelphia (PHL)3
173Philadelphia (PHL) → Chicago (ORD)3
174San Antonio (SAT) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)3
175Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Los Angeles (LAX)3
176San Jose (SJC) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)3
177Seattle (BFI) → Ontario (ONT)3
178Sacramento (MHR) → Los Angeles (LAX)3
179Ontario (ONT) → Spokane (GEG)3
180Louisville (SDF) → Manchester (MHT)2
181Pittsburgh (PIT) → Philadelphia (PHL)2
182Philadelphia (PHL) → Pittsburgh (PIT)2
183Harrisburg (MDT) → Louisville (SDF)2
184Louisville (SDF) → Richmond (RIC)2
185Osaka (KIX) → Kitakyushu (KKJ)2
186Fort Myers (RSW) → Huntsville (HSV)2
187Philadelphia (PHL) → Raleigh/Durham (RDU)2
188Providence (PVD) → Louisville (SDF)2
189Atlanta (ATL) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)2
190Philadelphia (PHL) → Atlanta (ATL)2
191Jacksonville (JAX) → Fort Myers (RSW)2
192Jacksonville (JAX) → Louisville (SDF)2
193Louisville (SDF) → Jacksonville (JAX)2
194Louisville (SDF) → Orlando (MCO)2
195Louisville (SDF) → Fort Myers (RSW)2
196Sydney (SYD) → Mabalacat (CRK)2
197Pensacola (PNS) → Louisville (SDF)2
198Memphis (MEM) → Louisville (SDF)2
199Memphis (MEM) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)2
200Louisville (SDF) → Columbus (LCK)2
201Philadelphia (PHL) → Cleveland (CLE)2
202Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX) → Bangkok (BKK)2
203Cologne (CGN) → Bangalore (BLR)2
204Hong Kong (HKG) → Cologne (CGN)2
205Honolulu (HNL) → Hong Kong (HKG)2
206New York (EWR) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)2
207Louisville (SDF) → Cologne (CGN)2
208Chicago (ORD) → Hong Kong (HKG)2
209Ontario (ONT) → Raleigh/Durham (RDU)2
210Ontario (ONT) → Fort Lauderdale (FLL)2
211Cologne (CGN) → Nottingham (EMA)2
212Ontario (ONT) → Orlando (MCO)2
213London (STN) → Louisville (SDF)2
214Arnavutköy, Istanbul (IST) → Arnavutköy, Istanbul (IST)2
215Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)2
216Salt Lake City (SLC) → Ontario (ONT)2
217Ontario (ONT) → Honolulu (HNL)2
218Cologne (CGN) → Helsinki (HEL)2
219Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → San Jose (SJC)2
220Portland (PDX) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)2
221Seattle (BFI) → Louisville (SDF)2
222Honolulu (HNL) → Sydney (SYD)2
223Sydney (SYD) → Singapore (SIN)2
224Cedar Rapids (CID) → Louisville (SDF)2
225Tampa (TPA) → Louisville (SDF)2
226Minneapolis (MSP) → Chicago/Rockford (RFD)2
227Minneapolis (MSP) → Chicago (ORD)2
228Oklahoma City (OKC) → Louisville (SDF)2
229San Antonio (SAT) → Houston (IAH)2
230Lubbock (LBB) → Louisville (SDF)2
231Ontario (ONT) → Denver (DEN)2
232Sacramento (MHR) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)2
233Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Phoenix (PHX)2
234Sacramento (MHR) → Ontario (ONT)2
235Spokane (GEG) → Seattle (BFI)2
236Louisville (SDF) → Tulsa (TUL)2
237Fargo (FAR) → Louisville (SDF)2
238Lubbock (LBB) → Phoenix (PHX)2
239Louisville (SDF) → Memphis (MEM)2
240Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Denver (DEN)2
241Ontario (ONT) → Salt Lake City (SLC)2
242Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX) → Cologne (CGN)2
243Ontario (ONT) → Long Beach (LGB)2
244Oakland (OAK) → Ontario (ONT)2
245Portland (PDX) → Springfield (SGF)2
246Louisville (SDF) → Syracuse (SYR)2
247Portland (PDX) → Des Moines (DSM)2
248Manchester (MHT) → Bangor (BGR)1
249Manchester (MHT) → Philadelphia (PHL)1
250Philadelphia (PHL) → Manchester (MHT)1
251Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → New York (EWR)1
252Seoul (ICN) → Tianjin (TSN)1
253Hartford (BDL) → Albany (ALB)1
254Louisville (SDF) → Albany (ALB)1
255Syracuse (SYR) → Philadelphia (PHL)1
256Philadelphia (PHL) → Buffalo (BUF)1
257Louisville (SDF) → Harrisburg (MDT)1
258Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX) → Tokyo (NRT)1
259Chicago/Rockford (RFD) → Baltimore (BWI)1
260Richmond (RIC) → Louisville (SDF)1
261Raleigh/Durham (RDU) → Louisville (SDF)1
262Louisville (SDF) → Charlotte (CLT)1
263Columbia (CAE) → Louisville (SDF)1
264Philadelphia (PHL) → Orlando (MCO)1
265Philadelphia (PHL) → Fort Myers (RSW)1
266Philadelphia (PHL) → Jacksonville (JAX)1
267Philadelphia (PHL) → Albany (ABY)1
268Birmingham (BHM) → Louisville (SDF)1
269Louisville (SDF) → Huntsville (HSV)1
270Albany (ABY) → Louisville (SDF)1
271Louisville (SDF) → Knoxville (TYS)1
272Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX) → Sydney (SYD)1
273Jackson (JAN) → Louisville (SDF)1
274Louisville (SDF) → Jackson (JAN)1
275Cologne (CGN) → Bangkok (BKK)1
276Phoenix (PHX) → Ontario (ONT)1
277New Delhi (DEL) → Cologne (CGN)1
278Ramstein (RMS) → Louisville (SDF)1
279Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) → Hong Kong (HKG)1
280Philadelphia (PHL) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)1
281Ontario (ONT) → New York (EWR)1
282Sharjah (SHJ) → Cologne (CGN)1
283Manchester (MHT) → Buffalo (BUF)1
284Philadelphia (PHL) → Ontario (ONT)1
285Columbia (CAE) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)1
286Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Orlando (MCO)1
287Jacksonville (JAX) → West Palm Beach (PBI)1
288Orlando (MCO) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)1
289Kailua-Kona (KOA) → Kahului (OGG)1
290Dublin (DUB) → Shannon (SNN)1
291Louisville (SDF) → Fargo (FAR)1
292Cologne (CGN) → Arnavutköy, Istanbul (IST)1
293Cologne (CGN) → Warsaw (WAW)1
294Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Albuquerque (ABQ)1
295Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Ontario (ONT)1
296Des Moines (DSM) → Burbank (BUR)1
297Los Angeles (LAX) → Orlando (MCO)1
298Oakland (OAK) → Philadelphia (PHL)1
299Philadelphia (PHL) → Oakland (OAK)1
300Des Moines (DSM) → Sacramento (MHR)1

Top 10 United Parcel Service flights we tracked

#FlightRouteTimes seen
1UPS64Louisville (SDF) → Anchorage (ANC)16
2UPS109Tokyo (NRT) → Louisville (SDF)14
3UPS59Hong Kong (HKG) → Anchorage (ANC)14
4UPS72Anchorage (ANC) → Shenzhen (Bao'an) (SZX)14
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.