Flight no / Callsign

[paulmarshall36]

Hi all,

Is there any way I can tie in a flight number with a callsign. For example - Ryanair have a flight number but when its in the air the callsign is something different. Very difficult to track a flight.

Thanks
Paul

[RodBearden]

Hi Paul and welcome to the forum.

One way to see the tie-ups is to use Airframes.org (http://www.airframes.org/airlines/) and enter either the first three letters of the Flight ID (the ICAO code) to look up the callsign. Or you can enter the callsign in the Name box and see the airline code.

Hope that helps

Rod

[DaveReid]

I think Paul is actually referring to the distinction between the Flight ID/radio callsign on one hand (which for Ryanair, and many other European airlines, is often an alphanumeric ID) and the flight number shown on tickets, airport departure boards, etc, which is usually just a number and may bear no relation at all to the callsign.

For example RYR42AQ (Bristol to Dublin) = FR509

Paul, if you do a forum search on "alphanumeric" you will see that this topic has been widely debated, but with no conclusive solution so far.

We're told that the network is running a process that ties the alphanumeric Flight ID to an arrival and/or departure airport (from which it is then fairly easy to work out the ticketed flight number), but I've yet to see any evidence that this process is producing results, or even a full explanation of how it is meant to work.

[paulmarshall36]

Thanks guys for the replies.

Yes Dave that was what I meant. Wasn't sure if it was me being stupid not being able to tie these two numbers in. Very frustrating when trying to track a flight when the numbers don't tally

thanks again
Paul