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American Airlines Wi-Fi

American Airlines gives AAdvantage members free Wi-Fi, sponsored by AT&T and powered by Viasat and Intelsat satellites. You sign in at aainflight.com with your AAdvantage number.

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AAdvantage members get free Wi-Fi, sponsored by AT&T.

Checked 1 November 2026. Prices and policies as of November 2026.

Who provides it

  • Viasat

    Satellite Wi-Fi behind the free member service, alongside Intelsat.

  • Intelsat

    Satellite Wi-Fi behind the free member service, alongside Viasat.

  • Starlink

    Announced for more than 500 narrowbody aircraft, with installations planned to start in the first quarter of 2027. This is a future rollout.

What’s free

  • AAdvantage members get free Wi-Fi, sponsored by AT&T. American began the rollout in January 2026.
  • AAdvantage is free to join, before your trip at aa.com or during the flight at aainflight.com.
  • American’s announcements describe no extra Wi-Fi perk for AT&T customers. The sponsorship covers all members.

As of November 2026.

Prices

PlanPrice
Pay as you flyFrom $10

American says paid Wi-Fi is available on almost all routes. AAdvantage members get free Wi-Fi on equipped aircraft.

As of November 2026.

Streaming and calls

American says members can “stream and share almost anywhere” on the free Wi-Fi. It doesn’t publish speed figures or a list of blocked services.

VPNs

American doesn’t publish a VPN rule in its Wi-Fi announcements.

Which planes have it

American lists all single-aisle mainline jets, select Boeing 787-8 and 787-9 wide-bodies, and most regional aircraft. It says free Wi-Fi is on most domestic flights and select international flights. Not every plane has it.

How to connect

  1. Connect to the aainflight.com Wi-Fi network and open aainflight.com in your browser if the portal doesn’t appear.

  2. Log in with your AAdvantage number and password.

  3. Select Free Wi-Fi.

Not a member yet? Join for free on the same page during the flight.

On board with Kilobat

Kilobat is a Mac menu-bar app that shows what each app sends and holds back what can wait. On a plane:

  • The sign-in page. When it doesn’t open by itself, the menu bar says This Wi-Fi wants you to sign in, with Open sign-in page. Turn your VPN on after you’ve signed in.
  • Mark it metered. macOS treats plane Wi-Fi as unlimited. Mark it Metered in Kilobat’s Wi-Fi menu or with kilobat networks cost metered, and Kilobat skips its own speed tests. If automatic switching is enabled, it switches to Travel.
  • Updates wait. With Pro, paused updaters enabled and the network filter on, macOS Software Update, App Store downloads, Google Updater and Microsoft AutoUpdate wait for an unmetered network. The apps keep working.
  • See what’s using it. Every app’s upload and download, live in the menu bar, so a messaging-only plan isn’t spent on a sync you forgot.
  • Send later. A big upload, such as Dropbox syncing a folder, shows as a row with its speed. With Pro, Send later can hold it until you’re on unmetered Wi-Fi again, for up to eight hours while Kilobat is open.
  • Know what’s slow. Health shows latency and loss, and with Pro their history through the flight. Those measurements can help you investigate a slow connection. When Slack or Zoom won’t load, Is it them or me? reads the service’s status page.

More in what to do before you board.

Download for Mac ↓
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat

Questions

Is American Airlines Wi-Fi free?

Yes, for AAdvantage members on aircraft with Viasat or Intelsat Wi-Fi. Membership is free, and you can join on board.

Do I need to be an AT&T customer?

No. AT&T sponsors the service, but American offers it to all AAdvantage members.

Sources

Checked on 1 November 2026.