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UPS Air Cargo Tracking
Worldport super-hub & 747-8F fleet – live milestones
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Track Your Shipment
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About UPS
Louisville-based UPS Airlines powers the brown-tail express with ≈292 owned wide-body freighters—from 30 747-8Fs (largest operator) to 94 767-300Fs—and supplements lift with ≈210 chartered jets, pushing its effective fleet past 500 aircraft. At its 5.2 million-ft² Worldport hub the sort system turns 2 million parcels a night and launches 380 + flights daily. A December 2024 deal for 8 more 767-300Fs keeps deliveries running through 2027 as legacy MD-11Fs retire. Visibility got a healthcare-grade boost with UPS Premier, a sensor-tagged, priority-handling product launched in 2020. TrackCargo fuses UPS’s Cargo-IMP feed with live ADS-B, refreshing flight position every 2 min and stitching 406-prefix milestones—from tender to proof-of-delivery—into a single timeline.
How to Track Your Shipment
Follow these simple steps to get real-time updates
1
Enter the 11-digit airway bill beginning with
406- (hyphen optional, e.g. 406-12345673 or 40612345673).2
Press Track air shipment – flight feed refreshes every 2 min.
Carrier Quick Facts
Essential information about UPS
Service launched – UPS Premier (2020)
Freighter fleet – 292 owned (30 × 747-8F, 94 × 767-300F, 75 × 757-200F, 52 × A300-600F, 28 × MD-11F, 11 × 747-400F)
Additional lift – ≈210 chartered aircraft (500 + total)
On order – 8 new 767-300F (deliveries 2026-27)
Mega-hub – Worldport, 5.2 M ft², 380 + daily flights
Network reach – 815 airports, 220 + countries
AWB prefix – 406 (IATA)
Free plan – Track up to 30 shipments for any carrier
HQ – Atlanta, USA
Frequently Asked Questions
Get answers to common tracking questions
Which AWB prefix does UPS Air Cargo use?
TrackCargo recognises the IATA prefix 406. Enter the full 11-digit number with or without the hyphen—e.g.
406-12345673 or 40612345673.How large is the UPS freighter fleet today?
UPS owns about 292 wide-body freighters and supplements capacity with roughly 210 chartered aircraft, giving it more than 500 jets in brown livery worldwide.
What is UPS Premier?
UPS Premier is a sensor-equipped service that tags critical healthcare shipments for fast recovery and real-time location & condition updates.
How often are flight and milestone updates pushed?
Flight position refreshes every 2 min and milestones every 5 min. Both can be streamed instantly to your system via webhook.
Is UPS Air Cargo included on the Free plan?
Absolutely. The Free tier lets you follow up to 30 live shipments—UPS or any other carrier—at once.
Can I integrate UPS tracking via API?
Yes. Use the TrackCargo REST endpoints to POST an AWB, pull live status in JSON and receive webhook events—ideal for OMS, WMS or ERP integrations.
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