# Flight Route Variation **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [November 14, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-route-variation/19282 "2016-11-14T20:47:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![send2gl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/send2gl/32/113341_2.png) [@send2gl](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/send2gl)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-route-variation/19282/1 "2016-11-14T20:47:12Z")
Folks, I’ve just returned from San Diego to London Heathrow, direct flight by BA. My outward journey was tracked by a friend using Flightaware and FlightRadar24 and both appear to vary considerably. Flightaware seems more South, out over N Ireland, missing Iceland, South of Greenland then in over Canada and US whereas Flighradar24 suggests Scotland, passing over Southern Iceland and Greenland then Canada and US. Any suggestions as to why this would be? Geffers ---
**Author:** ![mduell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/mduell/32/115680_2.png) [@mduell](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/mduell)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-route-variation/19282/2 "2016-11-14T21:33:00Z")
Without knowing the date it’d be very hard to say since we can’t compare them. ---
**Author:** ![send2gl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/send2gl/32/113341_2.png) [@send2gl](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/send2gl)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-route-variation/19282/3 "2016-11-15T21:02:09Z")
> [@mduell](#): > > Without knowing the date it’d be very hard to say since we can’t compare them. BA273 Wednesday November 2nd. Hope these images show OK [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/72091535/Capture5.JPG](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/72091535/Capture5.JPG) [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/72091535/Capture6.JPG](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/72091535/Capture6.JPG) Geffers ---
**Author:** ![obj](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/obj/32/118984_2.png) [@obj](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/obj)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-route-variation/19282/4 "2016-11-15T21:35:42Z")
[flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW … /EGLL/KSAN](https://flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW273/history/20161102/1335Z/EGLL/KSAN) ? That shows a route over Iceland. ---
**Author:** ![mduell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/mduell/32/115680_2.png) [@mduell](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/mduell)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-route-variation/19282/5 "2016-11-15T22:35:31Z")
That flight you screenshotted is entirely estimated, you want [flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW2 … /EGLL/KSAN](http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW273/history/20161102/1335Z/EGLL/KSAN) which has the actual track. Not sure why there’s a dupe on that day. ---
**Author:** ![send2gl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/send2gl/32/113341_2.png) [@send2gl](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/send2gl)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-route-variation/19282/6 "2016-11-17T21:24:29Z")
> [@obj](#): > > [https://flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW273/history/20161102/1335Z/EGLL/KSAN](https://flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW273/history/20161102/1335Z/EGLL/KSAN) ? > > That shows a route over Iceland. Thank you, starting to understand. Friend tracked the route as I was obviously on the plane. I did watch the onboard video of the journey but cannot recall precisely the route. Geffers ---
**Author:** ![send2gl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/send2gl/32/113341_2.png) [@send2gl](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/send2gl)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 9:30am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-route-variation/19282/7 "2016-11-19T09:30:47Z")
> [@mduell](#): > > That flight you screenshotted is entirely estimated, you want [flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW2 … /EGLL/KSAN](http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW273/history/20161102/1335Z/EGLL/KSAN) which has the actual track. > > Not sure why there’s a dupe on that day. I thought he was tracking ‘LIVE’ at the time as he had Flightradar24 on too at the time. When you say estimated is that the flightplan? Geffers