Where Do You Find The Point of Origination For A Flight?
Jan 12th, 2007, 07:57 AM
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Where Do You Find The Point of Origination For A Flight?
Where can I find out where a flight orginates from? I have the flight number and the airline.
I am flying to Chicago tomorrow and must switch planes in CLT (I'm flying USAir) and want to go on the offensive to make sure my connecting flight doesn't originate in the Midwest where all the ice and snow is heading.
Does that make sense?
I already went to the US Airways site and it just told me where the flight goes after Charlotte.
I am flying to Chicago tomorrow and must switch planes in CLT (I'm flying USAir) and want to go on the offensive to make sure my connecting flight doesn't originate in the Midwest where all the ice and snow is heading.
Does that make sense?
I already went to the US Airways site and it just told me where the flight goes after Charlotte.
Jan 12th, 2007, 08:01 AM
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Very hard to figure out at a hub, as CLT is a major hub for USAirways.
Sometimes within the last few hours, you can check the gate and call to ask, but substitution and gate change can happen anytime.
Sometimes within the last few hours, you can check the gate and call to ask, but substitution and gate change can happen anytime.
Jan 12th, 2007, 08:52 AM
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She's concerned about where the flight originates because if bad weather prevents it from taking off at its point of origin, then it won't be at her airport waiting for her to get on. Bad weather affects flights across the whole country, not only the airport most immediately affected.
Jan 12th, 2007, 08:54 AM
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Sometimes you can play the game of trying to match incoming gates/outgoing gates, but at hub with so many flights coming and going I don't even try. Also, at hubs, airlines sometimes have standby aircraft on hand.
For example, I recently flew a flight from SFO to JFK on UA. Normally my flight would use the equipment that came in 1hr earlier on the same route, but in this case the inbound flight was delayed 2hrs. It would not have been a safe bet to assume the outbound flight would also be delayed, as they used a backup 757.
At a smaller airport, absolutely. If the incoming flight is delayed I know better than to head to the airport before the incoming equipment is enroute.
For example, I recently flew a flight from SFO to JFK on UA. Normally my flight would use the equipment that came in 1hr earlier on the same route, but in this case the inbound flight was delayed 2hrs. It would not have been a safe bet to assume the outbound flight would also be delayed, as they used a backup 757.
At a smaller airport, absolutely. If the incoming flight is delayed I know better than to head to the airport before the incoming equipment is enroute.
Jan 12th, 2007, 08:56 AM
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I have some doubts about the same plane flying back and forth between CLT and ORD. But Saturday schedule is a bit strange, and I cannot prove the agent wrong. I just don't believe it.
And like I said, at a hub airport, all kinds of substitution can happen.
And like I said, at a hub airport, all kinds of substitution can happen.
Jan 12th, 2007, 09:20 AM
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http://flightaware.com/ might help you.
Jan 12th, 2007, 09:49 AM
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It's practically impossible to tell - since it may not be the same flight. It may just be the same equipment with a totally different flight number and crew. You could call the airline and ask - don;t know if they'll tell.
In any case - exept for flights in the early am - the plane is almost certainly coming from somewhere else - and there's some risk.
In any case - exept for flights in the early am - the plane is almost certainly coming from somewhere else - and there's some risk.
Jan 12th, 2007, 10:06 AM
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Thank you Barbara, exactly.
I fly throughout the northeast in the worst months of the year to be flying and I try to minimize my chances of being stuck in an airport.
Example; flying to and from PHL from MYR last February, the flight I picked on the PHL/CLT leg was an incoming long haul from Amsterdam to PHL. Knowing it was a hub to hub flight on a large aircraft I had less chance of getting stuck.
Low and behold it was the weekend Philly got hit with 22 inches of snow.
My PHL/CLT flight was one of the few that actually was able to takeoff.
I fly throughout the northeast in the worst months of the year to be flying and I try to minimize my chances of being stuck in an airport.
Example; flying to and from PHL from MYR last February, the flight I picked on the PHL/CLT leg was an incoming long haul from Amsterdam to PHL. Knowing it was a hub to hub flight on a large aircraft I had less chance of getting stuck.
Low and behold it was the weekend Philly got hit with 22 inches of snow.
My PHL/CLT flight was one of the few that actually was able to takeoff.
