diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b150ab..7a74ebe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.23.2 — 2026-09-20 09:15
+- **On-board package hover previews the route from the carrier's current position (ISS-040).** Hovering a loaded package in the left pane used to draw the great-circle trace from the package's ORIGIN airport; it now starts at the carrying plane's live lat/lon — identical while grounded at the pickup, correct once the plane has departed with cargo still loaded. New pure builder `hoverTraceGeoJson(from: AirportCoord, toIcao, airportsByIcao)` in `lib/mapData.ts` (sibling of `hoverRouteGeoJson`, same shape/conventions; empty collection when the destination is missing); `components/Map.tsx`'s `applyHoverRef` looks up the carrier via the hover's `planeId` and uses it, falling back to the ICAO trace when no carrier is in state. The `[state]` effect now also re-applies the hover so the trace follows a moving carrier between polls while hovered (idempotent: one small setData + ring filters). Endpoint rings untouched — still ICAO-filtered origin/dest circles
+- Tests: unit — `lib/mapData.test.ts` gains a `hoverTraceGeoJson` block (exact endpoints from an arbitrary start coord; empty on missing dest). E2E — `e2e/hover.spec.ts`: new test loads a package at EDDF, dispatches the starter to LEMD via API, waits until its live position is >0.2° away from the hub, pauses the sim, hovers the on-board row and asserts some rendered trace segment starts within EPS of the carrier's live lat/lon AND some ends within EPS of LEMD AND no segment starts near EDDF (per-tile clipping handled via the existing cross-segment endpoint pattern); cleanup resumes + fast-forwards to arrival (auto-delivery) and flies home
+
 ## v0.23.1 — 2026-09-20 08:42
 - **Toasts repositioned to the map's right edge (ISS-039).** The `.toasts` stack was `position: fixed` at the viewport bottom-right, overlapping the 280px right pane; its `right` changed 12px → 292px (= 280px right pane + 12px inset) so it now sits flush against the map's right edge with the same 12px margin. No JSX/endpoint changes — all positioning lives in that one CSS value
 - Tests: e2e wording only — `toasts.spec.ts` header comment, test title, and toast visibility assertion message updated from "bottom-right" to "map right edge / clear of the right pane"; no position assertions added (none existed), suite unchanged at 41 tests in 12 files
diff --git a/components/Map.tsx b/components/Map.tsx
index dece843..851d7ed 100644
--- a/components/Map.tsx
+++ b/components/Map.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { DEFAULT_STYLE_ID, STYLES, STYLE_STORAGE_KEY, isStyleId, localAssetsAvai
 import type { GeoJsonFeatureCollection } from '../lib/airports';
 import type { StateSnapshot } from '../lib/game/state';
 import type { HoverTarget } from './hoverTypes';
-import { hoverRouteGeoJson, planesGeoJson, routesGeoJson, type AirportCoord, type PlaneFeatureProps } from '../lib/mapData';
+import { hoverRouteGeoJson, hoverTraceGeoJson, planesGeoJson, routesGeoJson, type AirportCoord, type PlaneFeatureProps } from '../lib/mapData';
 import { weatherFor } from '../lib/weather';
 import { approxLocalTime } from '../lib/localTime';
 
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ export default function FlightMap({ state, hovered, applySnapshot }: MapProps) {
   useEffect(() => {
     stateRef.current = state ?? null;
     applyDynamicRef.current();
+    // ISS-040 (v0.23.2): re-apply the hover too, so an on-board package's trace follows a moving
+    // carrier between polls while hovered — idempotent and cheap (one small setData + ring filters).
+    applyHoverRef.current();
   }, [state]);
 
   // ISS-002 (v0.15.0): hover highlight — same ref + effect pattern as the snapshot above.
@@ -138,7 +141,14 @@ export default function FlightMap({ state, hovered, applySnapshot }: MapProps) {
     // ICAOs (package origin→dest / relocate fromIcao→toIcao); empty when either endpoint is unknown.
     const hoverSource = map.getSource(HOVER_ROUTES_SOURCE_ID) as maplibregl.GeoJSONSource | undefined;
     if (hoverSource) {
-      void hoverSource.setData(hoverRouteGeoJson(fromIcao, toIcao, airportsIndexRef.current ?? new Map()));
+      // ISS-040 (v0.23.2): an on-board package's trace starts from the carrier plane's LIVE position,
+      // not its origin airport — identical to before while grounded at the pickup, different once it
+      // has departed with cargo still loaded. No carrier in state yet → fall back to the ICAO trace.
+      const idx = airportsIndexRef.current ?? new Map();
+      const carrier = h?.kind === 'package' && h.planeId ? stateRef.current?.planes.find((p) => p.id === h.planeId) : undefined;
+      void hoverSource.setData(
+        carrier ? hoverTraceGeoJson({ lat: carrier.lat, lon: carrier.lon }, toIcao, idx) : hoverRouteGeoJson(fromIcao, toIcao, idx),
+      );
     }
     // Package hovers ring BOTH endpoints (v0.15.0 behavior); 'route' hovers ring the TARGET only —
     // the relocation's destination is what ISS-027 asks to see. Plane hovers ring nothing.
diff --git a/e2e/hover.spec.ts b/e2e/hover.spec.ts
index c674557..9733437 100644
--- a/e2e/hover.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/hover.spec.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ interface PlaneState {
   maxFuel: number;
   locationIcao: string;
   destIcao: string | null;
+  lat: number; // live position — interpolated per snapshot while flying, airport coords when grounded
+  lon: number;
 }
 
 interface PackageState {
@@ -496,3 +498,95 @@ test('hovering an on-board block of a flying plane highlights its route', async
     })
     .toBe(true);
 });
+
+test('hovering an on-board package while its carrier is mid-flight traces from current position', async ({ page }) => {
+  test.setTimeout(600_000); // self-heal + one flight at scale 1000 + fly-home cleanup
+  await flyHomeViaApi(page);
+
+  // Full tank before departure — the EDDF↔LEMD round trip burns ~4970 L of the 6300 L tank.
+  const refuel = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/refuel');
+  expect(refuel.status()).toBe(200);
+
+  await page.goto('/');
+  await waitForAirportCount(page);
+
+  // Load + fly via the API (same pattern as e2e/map-interactions.spec.ts), then speed up.
+  const pkg = await createPackage(page, HUB, DEST);
+  const load = await page.request.post(`/api/packages/${pkg.id}/load`, { data: { planeId: 'plane-starter' } });
+  expect(load.status()).toBe(200);
+  const fly = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: DEST } });
+  expect(fly.status()).toBe(200);
+  await setScale(page, SCALE);
+
+  // Wait until the starter is GENUINELY mid-flight — its live position clearly away from EDDF in
+  // both axes (well past HOVER_ROUTE_EPS_DEG) so "the trace starts at the plane" and "it starts at
+  // the pickup airport" are distinguishable. The ~10 s leg at scale 1000 gives a wide window.
+  const hubLonLat = await airportLonLat(page, HUB);
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => {
+      const p = (await getState(page)).planes.find((x) => x.id === 'plane-starter');
+      if (!p || p.status !== 'flying') return false;
+      return Math.abs(p.lon - hubLonLat[0]) > 0.2 && Math.abs(p.lat - hubLonLat[1]) > 0.2;
+    }, { timeout: 60_000, message: 'waiting for plane-starter to be clearly away from the hub' })
+    .toBe(true);
+
+  // Freeze mid-flight so the position is stable while we assert (same pause pattern as the
+  // flying-plane hover test above): paused, every /api/state snapshot reports the same lat/lon.
+  await postSim(page, { paused: true });
+
+  const row = page.locator(`[data-testid="onboard-package-${pkg.id}"]`);
+  await expect(row, 'the loaded package appears in the On board section').toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
+
+  // Both endpoints must be in-viewport for queryRenderedFeatures to see the trace.
+  await fitToAirports(page, [HUB, DEST]);
+
+  const live = (await getState(page)).planes.find((x) => x.id === 'plane-starter')!;
+  const liveLonLat: [number, number] = [live.lon, live.lat]; // stable — the sim is paused
+  const destLonLat = await airportLonLat(page, DEST);
+
+  await row.hover();
+  // ISS-040 (v0.23.2): the trace starts at the carrier's LIVE position and ends at the destination,
+  // and NO segment may start near the pickup airport (the old origin-based behavior). Same per-tile
+  // clipping/quantization caveats as expectHoverRoute — check endpoints across all segments with EPS.
+  await expect.poll(async () => {
+    const feats = (await renderedFeatures(page, ['hover-route'])) as Array<{ geometry?: { type: string; coordinates: [number, number][] } }>;
+    const segs = feats.filter(
+      (f): f is { geometry: { type: 'LineString'; coordinates: [number, number][] } } =>
+        !!f.geometry && f.geometry.type === 'LineString' && Array.isArray(f.geometry.coordinates) && f.geometry.coordinates.length >= 2,
+    );
+    if (!segs.length) return false;
+    const near = (a: [number, number], b: [number, number]) =>
+      Math.abs(a[0] - b[0]) <= HOVER_ROUTE_EPS_DEG && Math.abs(a[1] - b[1]) <= HOVER_ROUTE_EPS_DEG;
+    const startsAtLive = segs.some((f) => near(f.geometry.coordinates[0], liveLonLat));
+    const endsAtDest = segs.some((f) => near(f.geometry.coordinates[f.geometry.coordinates.length - 1], destLonLat));
+    const noneStartsAtHub = !segs.some((f) => near(f.geometry.coordinates[0], hubLonLat));
+    return startsAtLive && endsAtDest && noneStartsAtHub;
+  }, { timeout: 15_000, message: 'waiting for the hover-route trace to run from the live position to the destination' }).toBe(true);
+
+  await unhover(page);
+  await expect.poll(async () => (await renderedFeatures(page, ['hover-route'])).length, {
+    timeout: 15_000,
+    message: 'waiting for the hover route trace to clear after mouseleave',
+  }).toBe(0);
+
+  // Resume and fast-forward to arrival — landing at DEST auto-delivers the package (v0.12.0), so
+  // flying home afterwards leaves the starter clean for the other specs.
+  await postSim(page, { timeScale: SCALE, paused: false });
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => {
+      const p = (await getState(page)).planes.find((x) => x.id === 'plane-starter');
+      return !!p && p.status === 'available' && p.locationIcao === DEST;
+    }, { timeout: 120_000, message: `waiting for plane-starter to land at ${DEST}` })
+    .toBe(true);
+
+  // ISS-011: the arrival above auto-slown the sim to 1×, so re-set SCALE for this leg.
+  await setScale(page, SCALE);
+  const home = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
+  expect(home.status()).toBe(200);
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => (await getState(page)).planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')?.locationIcao === HUB, {
+      timeout: 120_000,
+      message: 'waiting for plane-starter to land back at the hub',
+    })
+    .toBe(true);
+});
diff --git a/lib/mapData.test.ts b/lib/mapData.test.ts
index 3df4581..2f3e129 100644
--- a/lib/mapData.test.ts
+++ b/lib/mapData.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import type { StateSnapshot } from './game/state';
-import { planesGeoJson, routesGeoJson, hoverRouteGeoJson, greatCircleArc, ROUTE_ARC_SEGMENTS, type AirportCoord } from './mapData';
+import { planesGeoJson, routesGeoJson, hoverRouteGeoJson, hoverTraceGeoJson, greatCircleArc, ROUTE_ARC_SEGMENTS, type AirportCoord } from './mapData';
 import { haversineKm } from './geo';
 
 const AIRPORTS = new Map<string, AirportCoord>([
@@ -176,6 +176,23 @@ describe('hoverRouteGeoJson (ISS-022/025/027 v0.22.0 — hover route trace)', ()
   });
 });
 
+describe('hoverTraceGeoJson (ISS-040 v0.23.2 — on-board package trace from the carrier\'s live position)', () => {
+  it('draws one great-circle line from the given start coord to the dest airport with exact endpoints', () => {
+    const from = { lat: 51.2, lon: 9.1 }; // a mid-flight position — not an airport
+    const fc = hoverTraceGeoJson(from, 'EHAM', AIRPORTS);
+    expect(fc.features).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(fc.features[0].properties).toEqual({ planeId: '' }); // pure overlay — no owning plane
+    const coords = fc.features[0].geometry.coordinates;
+    expect(coords.length).toBe(ROUTE_ARC_SEGMENTS + 1); // sampled arc, not a 2-point chord
+    expect(coords[0]).toEqual([9.1, 51.2]); // live start — exact endpoint
+    expect(coords[coords.length - 1]).toEqual([4.76, 52.31]); // EHAM — exact endpoint
+  });
+
+  it('returns an empty collection when the dest airport is missing from the dataset', () => {
+    expect(hoverTraceGeoJson({ lat: 0, lon: 0 }, 'ZZZZ', AIRPORTS)).toEqual({ type: 'FeatureCollection', features: [] });
+  });
+});
+
 describe('greatCircleArc (v0.12.2 — curved route traces)', () => {
   it('samples >2 points with the endpoints exactly at the airport coords', () => {
     const arc = greatCircleArc(AIRPORTS.get('EDDF')!, AIRPORTS.get('EHAM')!);
diff --git a/lib/mapData.ts b/lib/mapData.ts
index 2fbaa35..f6ba2d7 100644
--- a/lib/mapData.ts
+++ b/lib/mapData.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,32 @@ export function hoverRouteGeoJson(
   };
 }
 
+// ISS-040 (v0.23.2): the on-board package hover trace — same shape as hoverRouteGeoJson but the
+// start is a live COORDINATE (the carrier plane's current position), not an airport ICAO: once the
+// plane has departed with cargo still loaded, the preview must begin where it actually is. Empty
+// collection when the destination is missing from the dataset — never guessed.
+export function hoverTraceGeoJson(
+  from: AirportCoord,
+  toIcao: string,
+  airportsByIcao: ReadonlyMap<string, AirportCoord>,
+): FeatureCollection<MapLineFeature> {
+  const to = airportsByIcao.get(toIcao);
+  if (!to) return EMPTY_LINES;
+  return {
+    type: 'FeatureCollection',
+    features: [
+      {
+        type: 'Feature',
+        geometry: {
+          type: 'LineString',
+          coordinates: greatCircleArc(from, to),
+        },
+        properties: { planeId: '' }, // no owning plane — a pure hover overlay
+      },
+    ],
+  };
+}
+
 // One LineString per FLYING plane — its current leg from locationIcao to dest_icao.
 // Grounded planes draw nothing; a flying plane missing either endpoint from the
 // dataset is skipped, never guessed. The line is sampled along the great circle
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 746394e..e88975c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "flight-ops",
-  "version": "0.23.1",
+  "version": "0.23.2",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "next dev -p 3000",