Ask HN: What is the best website for tracking flight status?

I like Flight Aware, but that's the only one I've ever really used. They've got a nice map (you can even overlay over the sectional), plus histories for flight numbers, routes, similar routes and lots of other neat stuff.

I will admit it seems a little more geared towards pilots than the masses but there is lots of information presented well.

Flightcaster is a good solution for tracking whether your flight will be on time or not. You could probably use it for this, but it is obviously not going to be 100% accurate like an actual fight tracking app.

http://flightcaster.com

Wish I had seen Flightcaster before her flight took off! Her route had over 80% chance of delay, which it was-- over an hour.

Check out the airline itself. Many of them have their own flight tracking status apps. I personallyy use http://flightaware.com/

I usually have the airline send me SMS notifications.

I think TripIt Pro does notifications too.