What Next-Gen means
Starlink is the only next-gen system in the air today. 605 aircraft, 36% of the United fleet. Per-flight odds on a booking site are a different question from this airline-wide share.
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Count and percent share each Forecast-style card. Next-Gen and Streaming answer different questions.
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Data current as of 2026-10 · fleet checked 2026-10-13 · 1,675 aircraft
Next-Gen Starlink today
605 aircraft
36% of fleet
605 of 1,675 aircraft · verified tail by tail at unitedstarlinktracker.com · checked 2026-10-13.
Starlink only today. Amazon Leo is not flying yet. This is your chance of boarding one of these aircraft.
Streaming Video works
1,067 aircraft
64% of fleet
1,067 of 1,675 aircraft · 605 with Starlink plus 462 with older satellite wifi that still streams · checked 2026-10-13.
Usable wifi, video included. Next-gen is inside this count. It is not a second, matching number.
What Streaming means
Aircraft where video works. 1,067 aircraft, 64%. That includes the 605 next-gen tails plus 462 with older satellite wifi that still streams. This card shows coverage, not a quality score.
The rest of the fleet
After next-gen and streaming, the leftover is older onboard wifi, no wifi, or no published system. Older satellite wifi that still streams is already in the Streaming card, not a vendor tile here.
Older onboard wifi Cabin systems that are not the streaming bucket. Panasonic as a gloss, not the lead.
416
No wifi Published as unequipped.
132
No published system Unknown is not zero. These aircraft have no system on the record.
60
416 + 132 + 60 = 608 aircraft not in the Streaming card. 1,067 + 608 = 1,675.
Rollout
Public tracker splits United Starlink tails into mainline and regional. Other systems are not broken out that way.
253 / 1,162 Mainline next-gen
352 / 513 Regional next-gen
Reported unitedstarlinktracker.com (@martinamps), their data last updated 2026-10-13 · checked 2026-10-13.
Not on this page: The retired 0-100 score or its name. Vendor tiles as the opening grid. Streaming-capable older-satellite aircraft sit inside the Streaming card.