In-flight moving maps provide a real-time window into flight progress, combining navigation data with entertainment to keep travelers in the loop.

In time, progress maps could earn airlines extra revenue CNN — On a long flight, there is something tortuously satisfying about making frequent check-ins to the route map.

A flight map shows the staggering number of flights over the United States two days ahead of Thanksgiving. FlightRadar24, which tracks flight paths in real-time, reported 6,972 flights in the skies… ...

JetBlue Airways Corp. has partnered with Google Maps to allow customers to map the routes of their flights in real time on the plane’s seatback televisions.

United Airlines is making it easier for travelers to visualize how weather is impacting flight plans. The carrier has announced that it will begin texting customers live radar maps when weather delays ...

“Time-of-flight sensors can map your environment accurately, so your friend’s avatar isn’t floating in the air, but actually sitting on your couch next to you,” Dr. Lafosse said.

The map appears to start around UTC 00:00 on Friday — or 8 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday — and shows air traffic for Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and American Airlines flights slowing ...

Who among us hasn’t killed time at 30,000 feet tracing the arcing lines of an airline network map in an in-flight magazine? These sterile maps are in fact the descendants of a raucous ...