| Date | Event |
|---|
| March | FlightAware founded |
| April | FlightAware begins processing live flight data and opens to private beta |
| July | User registration is implemented |
| August | Graphing available for all airports and total flights |
| August | "My FlightAware" launched |
| September | FlightAware opens to public beta |
| September | Over 1,000 new FlightAware account registrations in the first week of public beta |
| October | Next-generation maps with ATC-style airport area views released |
| November | FlightAware is released from beta status |
| November | FlightAware becomes most popular flight tracking service on the Internet |
| January | FlightAware registers 25,000th member; serves 100,000 unique users in one week |
| March | FlightAware releases logo and new web site design |
| March | "Resources" section launched with airport information, terminal procedures |
| March | FlightAware registers 50,000th member; serves over 300,000 unique users in March |
| August | FlightAware flight archives pass 25,000,000 flights |
| October | FlightAware exhibits at NBAA 2006 in Orlando, Florida |
| October | FlightAware release commercial products, AirportAware and FlightXML |
| November | Flight Alerts (e-mail and instant message flight tracking notifications) launched |
| December | Commercial user accounts available for Part 135 and 121 operators |
| May | Beta access to fleet maps, aircraft type maps, and route maps released |
| June | FlightAware registers 150,000th member; serves over 1,250,000 unique users in June |
| August | Weather Maps now available with nationwide and regional views |
| August | FlightAware flight archives pass 50,000,000 flights |
| September | Maps available for flight finder, My FlightAware, aircraft type, and fleet maps |
| September | Squawks released for sharing aviation links |
| March | FlightAware begins displaying airline schedules and delayed flight information |
| March | FlightAware celebrates third birthday; has 15 employees with offices in Houston and New York |
| May | Member #250,000 registers |
| June | FlightAware Photos released; photos embedded into flight tracking pages. |
| July | Endorsements, Flight Crew, and Remarks released |
| September | Flight Planning released. |
| December | Flight Planning now supports diversions, holds, fuel tankering. |
| January | FlightAware Photos section passes 20,000 photos |
| February | Registered members can subscribe to daily/weekly/monthly aviation news and photo email. |
| July | United Kingdom added to service area |
| August | Zooming, panning, map styles (Earth View, Sectionals) added to flight tracking maps |
| August | Google Earth support added |
| August | Airliner photos displayed on flight tracking pages |
| August | FlightAware joins Twitter and Facebook |
| September | Average Arrival Time (7-day average) added to all airline flight tracking pages |
| September | US VFR Sectional Viewer released |
| October | Free Flight Tracking iPhone App released |
| October | Interactive airport maps with data tag cycling, hovering, zoom/pan |
| October | Version 2.0 of Flight Planning released |
