How to get flight records?

The easiest ways to look up past flight details are to check your reservation records or frequent flyer account, search your emails for flight confirmations, or call the airline directly.



Obtaining your personal flight records in 2026 can be done through several channels depending on the depth of information required. For recent history (the last 12–24 months), the easiest method is to log into your airline's frequent flyer account, which maintains a digital log of all completed segments for mileage credit. For a more comprehensive "lifetime" history, you can submit a Subject Access Request (SAR) in the UK/EU or a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the TSA or CBP in the United States; these agencies can provide "Travel History" reports based on your passport number. If you are looking for technical data on a specific past flight (e.g., tail number, altitude, or exact arrival time), platforms like FlightAware and Flightradar24 offer "Historical Data Reports" for a fee. Many travelers in 2026 also use personal logging apps like App in the Air or MyFlightradar24, which automatically sync with your email to build a permanent, searchable database of every flight you have ever taken, including aircraft types and total distance flown.

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How long are airline records kept? That depends. Documents used for each flight must be stored for at least 90 days. Documents used for maintenance are stored as long as the aircraft or relevant part exist/are in service.

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CBP and DHS officials responsible for identifying illicit travel and preventing and detecting terrorism and certain transnational crimes will have access to PNR data derived from flights to, from, or through the United States.

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You can request your API/PNR data from the CBSA. You may only access your own information and that of your children under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, you must have a parent or legal guardian sign the access request form. There is no fee to access your API/PNR data.

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PNR data can only be kept for a period of 5 years, and must be depersonalised after a period of 6 months so the data subject is no longer immediately identifiable. member states are required to establish a passenger information unit to handle and protect the data; this unit must include a data protection officer.

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The Passenger Name Record (PNR) will provide you with information about the real-time status of your booking. You will be able to know if your Ryanair tickets have been confirmed, or if you are on the waiting list.

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Easily track the status of your flight, check for any delays on the inbound aircraft, see weather radar, and set up alerts to be notified of any changes – all for free!

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Flightradar24: Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map.

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No. Only way somebody else can check your reservation is if that person knew your name, flight number and the reservation code. Even then, they would not know if you boarded the flight. No airline will give out the passenger list of a given flight.

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While it may sound shocking to some, the simple fact is that some aircraft may simply not have their transponder on, or it may be temporarily off, or they may be carrying passengers or cargo, which warrant deactivation. In addition, not all airspace activity is always relayed to FlightRadar24 at all times.

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By the time it landed in Taipei, SPAR19 was being tracked by more than 708,000 people around the world, making it the most tracked live flight in Flightradar24 history. Over the seven hours from Kuala Lumpur to Taipei, a total of 2.92 million people followed at least a portion of the flight.

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On September 30, 2022, Book on Google for flights will be discontinued in most countries or regions outside the United States. Reservations made before this date won't be impacted.

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