Flight planning console

Plot the whole trip before you take off.

Sketch a route, see the distance and the clock change, and get a clean sample itinerary to plan around. Every sample is clearly watermarked, because a plan isn’t a booking.

  • 5332 airports in the planning dataset
  • GC great-circle distances
  • DST date-aware time zones

Quick itinerary builder

Sample mode · not valid for travel

Trip type

Free, no sign-up. Need a connection, airline or flight times? Open the full builder.

Your sample itinerary will appear here

Choose airports and dates, then build. You’ll get a printable document stamped SAMPLE. It contains no booking references or ticket numbers, so it can’t be mistaken for a booking.

The sample, annotated

A planning document that can’t be mistaken for a booking

The builder gives you everything useful for planning and leaves out everything that would make a document look verifiable.

Sample itineraryNot valid for travel

Your Flight Help · Trip plan

Lahore to Dubai, one-way

Plan reference
PLAN-EXMP
Status
Planning sample

Outbound Example date

LHELahoreAllama Iqbal International Airport
DXB DubaiDubai International Airport
Flight no.
Not specified
Distance
1,985 km
Clock change
Dubai is 1 h behind Lahore
Planning sample created on Your Flight Help. Not a reservation, ticket or booking confirmation.
  1. Banner and stamp

    Every sample says SAMPLE and NOT VALID FOR TRAVEL in three places: banner, stamp and a tiled watermark.

  2. Plan ID, not a booking code

    A random plan reference that only exists on your screen. There’s no PNR, booking reference or ticket number.

  3. Real airport data

    IATA codes, full airport names and great-circle distance, computed from each airport’s coordinates.

  4. Your details, never invented ones

    Flight numbers and times appear only if you type them in, and are marked unverified. We never generate booking codes or ticket numbers.

  5. Clock change, with daylight saving

    The time difference is worked out for your travel date, so seasonal clock changes are included.

Route chart

Every route is a curve

Aircraft follow great circles, the shortest path across a sphere, which is why routes bend on a flat map. Pick a pair to see the distance, the initial heading and today’s clock change.

Chart of 1172 large airports plotted by latitude and longitude, with great-circle arcs for 12 example routes. The selected route is highlighted.LHEDXB

Equirectangular projection · centred on 40°E · graticule 15°

LHEDXB

Lahore to Dubai

Great-circle distance
1,985 km
In miles · nautical miles
1,233 mi · 1,072 nm
Initial heading
254°
Clock change today
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Plan this route in the builder
Example routes

Airport information

Local time, on the board

IATA and ICAO codes with live local time for major airports, calculated from each airport’s time zone so daylight-saving changes are always right.

Airport directoryBeing charted

Selected airports with codes and current local time
CodeAirportCountryLocal timeUTCICAO
LHELahoreAllama Iqbal International AirportPakistanUTC+5OPLA
DXBDubaiDubai International AirportUnited Arab EmiratesUTC+4OMDB
LHRLondonLondon Heathrow AirportUnited KingdomUTC+1EGLL
JFKNew YorkJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited StatesUTC−4KJFK
DOHDohaHamad International AirportQatarUTC+3OTHH
ISTIstanbulİstanbul AirportTurkeyUTC+3LTFM
SINSingaporeSingapore Changi AirportSingaporeUTC+8WSSS
SYDSydneySydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustraliaUTC+11YSSY

Guides

Know what each document actually proves

Start hereAirline codes decoded: designators, ICAO codes and flight numbersMost airlines have three codes. The two-character IATA designator (EK, PK, 6E) starts every flight number. The three-letter ICAO code (UAE, PIA, IGO) is used in flight plans. A three-digit number starts each ticket the airline issues.Read the guide

Topics we cover

  • Dummy Tickets & Flight DocumentsSamples, reservations, e-tickets, booking references and what each one proves.10 guides
  • Visa Travel PlanningWhat consulates usually ask to see about your flights, and where to check.7 guides
  • Flight ItinerariesReading, checking and planning the document that ties a trip together.10 guides
  • AirportsIATA and ICAO codes, multi-airport cities and airport data.1 guide
  • AirlinesCarrier codes, flight numbers, codeshares and alliances.2 guides
  • Routes & DistanceGreat-circle distance, flight time and why routes curve.In preparation
  • Trip PlanningOne-way, return, open-jaw and multi-city trips.In preparation
  • Connections & LayoversMinimum connection times, self-transfers and sensible buffers.2 guides
  • Aviation TerminologyThe vocabulary on tickets, boards and booking screens.In preparation
Browse all guides

Planning scenarios

What are you planning for?

Four situations people bring to a planning tool, and the honest next step for each.

  1. SCN 01

    A visa appointment is coming up

    Read the consulate’s checklist first. Sketch your dates with a sample so the application is consistent, then get a real reservation if the checklist asks for one.

  2. SCN 02

    The airline wants proof of onward travel

    Check-in staff may need to see that you’re leaving the destination. That needs a genuine booking. A planning sample won’t do.

  3. SCN 03

    Choosing between two London airports

    Heathrow and Gatwick share a city but not a code. Compare both against your origin before you commit.

  4. SCN 04

    A long-haul trip across many time zones

    On London to Sydney the clocks move nine or more hours, and you can land two calendar days after you leave. Lay it out before you pick dates.

How we work

Built to be trusted, not just used

  1. Every sample is marked

    Banner, stamp and watermark on every document, and no booking codes. Our samples are useful for planning and impossible to pass off as a reservation.

    Acceptable use
  2. Data with a paper trail

    Airport codes, coordinates and time zones come from public datasets, and we compute distances and offsets rather than store them.

    Data sources
  3. Official sources for rules

    Visa and entry rules belong to governments and airlines. Our guides explain the concepts and link to the people who decide.

    Methodology

Your route, plotted in under a minute.

Pick two airports and a date. We’ll draw the rest.