--- title: "United Airlines Wi-Fi: Starlink availability and how to check your flight" url: "https://kilobat.app/in-flight-wifi/united-airlines" description: "United offers Starlink on selected flights, free for MileagePlus members. Check the rollout and find United’s flight-specific availability tool." --- Airline · United States # United Airlines Wi-Fi United is fitting Starlink to its fleet. The service is available on selected flights and is free for MileagePlus members on equipped aircraft. Provider [Starlink](https://kilobat.app/in-flight-wifi/starlink-aviation) Network See connection instructions below; the network name may depend on the aircraft. Free United says Starlink is free for MileagePlus members on flights with the equipment. **Checked 2 November 2026.** Prices and policies as of November 2026. ## Who provides it - **[Starlink](https://kilobat.app/in-flight-wifi/starlink-aviation)** Available on selected United and United Express aircraft. United is fitting more aircraft and expects to finish by the end of 2027. ## What’s free - United says Starlink is free for MileagePlus members on flights with the equipment. - United says MileagePlus membership is free. Its guidance describes signing up before travel. As of November 2026. ## Prices United’s Starlink tracker does not give a general price for other onboard Wi-Fi. Check the offer for your aircraft and flight. As of November 2026. ## Streaming and calls United says its Starlink service supports streaming on equipped flights. Availability and performance can vary during a flight. ## VPNs United’s Starlink tracker does not give a general VPN compatibility rule. Check the onboard instructions for the service on your flight. ## Which planes have it United’s tracker lists regional, narrowbody and widebody aircraft in its rollout. It expects installations across its fleet to be complete by the end of 2027. Equipment can change, so a fleet plan is not a guarantee for a particular flight. ## How to connect Before departure, check your booking and United’s instructions for the service on your aircraft. 1. Use [United’s Starlink tracker](https://starlinktracker.united.com/program/starlink) to check a flight up to three days before departure. 2. Make sure you have your MileagePlus sign-in details if you plan to use the member offer. 3. On board, follow the crew’s instructions for airplane mode and Wi-Fi. 4. Choose the network shown in United’s onboard instructions, then follow the sign-in page. United’s tracker is its own flight lookup. Aircraft assignments can change; the service shown before departure is not a guarantee. ## 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?](https://kilobat.app/is-it-down) reads the service’s status page. More in [what to do before you board](https://kilobat.app/in-flight-wifi#before-you-board). [Download for Mac ↓](https://kilobat.app/downloads/Kilobat-1.31.1.dmg?via=site) ``` brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat ``` ## Questions **Is United Starlink free?** United says it is free for MileagePlus members on equipped flights. The Starlink rollout is still in progress. **Can I check whether my United flight has Starlink?** United’s Starlink tracker can check a flight up to three days before departure. Confirm again with the airline if the aircraft changes. **Does every United flight have Starlink?** No. United’s tracker describes a fleet rollout, with completion expected by the end of 2027. ## Sources - [United: Starlink availability tracker](https://starlinktracker.united.com/program/starlink) - [United: Second-quarter 2026 results and Starlink rollout](https://ir.united.com/static-files/ce6406f9-25c7-422a-bd4f-606597d74c85) - [United: Third-quarter 2025 results and Starlink service](https://ir.united.com/static-files/ea71062e-287e-4e61-bfb2-1c48732e6709) Checked on 2 November 2026. ## More airlines - [American Airlines](https://kilobat.app/in-flight-wifi/american-airlines): Providers and aircraft availability - [Delta Air Lines](https://kilobat.app/in-flight-wifi/delta-air-lines): Providers and aircraft availability - [Southwest Airlines](https://kilobat.app/in-flight-wifi/southwest-airlines): Providers and aircraft availability - [Alaska Airlines](https://kilobat.app/in-flight-wifi/alaska-airlines): Providers and aircraft availability