FlightAware for the Snowboarding Traveler

You’re in an airport, waiting a connecting flight to your final destination, which is an airport near a major ski and snowboard destination. It could be Aspen. It could be Jackson Hole. It could be Reno. Wherever it is, you’d like to know if flights are getting into and out of that last airport. What do you do?

If you’ve got a web-enabled device such as a laptop computer with you, head to the flight-tracking web site FlightAware. This site has several features, including one that lets you see recent traffic into and out of any airport.

For example, check out the most recent record for Aspen or Reno.

If you’re a private pilot (or just an aviation geek), you can also get other information such as a Google Earth image, information about FBOs, and a weather history for the last several hours.