How to determine if I'll be switching planes during a layover?

12/2/2015 5:34:56 AM

One way you can check is to look at the airline’s flight status for the flights on days before yours (e.g., check the flights now). If you see that the two legs are operated by different types of aircraft, then you know that you will have to change planes and likely change gates. If you see that the two legs are operated by the same aircraft, and the first leg flew in to the same gate as the second flight departed from, then that is a hint (but not a guarantee) that the airline operates it as the same plane. But even then, the airline could change it’s mind in the future. You could then check again the morning of your flight to see if the inbound and outbound flights are scheduled for the same gate.

10/22/2014 1:55:03 AM

Short answer: if both flights have the same flight number, you are probably staying on the same plane. If the flight number changes, you are connecting to a different aircraft.

Alternate answer: if the airline told you what city you are changing in and told you what time you land and take off in that city, you are connecting to a different aircraft. In the circumstance where you are staying on the same aircraft, they usually just tell you that your plane will be making a stop, without telling you where or when.

This is true 97% of the time. Rarely, the airline messes around with flight numbers, sometimes to disguise a connection as a direct flight, and this rule doesn’t hold.

See also: What's the difference between a direct and a non-stop flight?

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