Real-time monitoring of aircraft has been available for several years now to anyone with a gadget and the Internet at their fingertips, but what users will not see on their screens for sure and why?
Let's start with the fact that no military aircraft can be tracked, it's done because of security reasons so that no civilian can monitor what a military aircraft of any state does and where it flies. Nor will it be possible to monitor aircraft that belong to State structures, for example, it will be impossible to track flight number 1, which is also done to comply with safety regulations. All the above aircraft are equipped with other types of transmitters so that only those with special access can track them.
Private aircraft cannot be tracked either, but if they are suddenly equipped with ADS-B receivers and transponders, they can be seen in the application. It is up to their owners to install this equipment on their aircraft, but no one is in a hurry to do so, as too much information is revealed to users such as:
- Flight number and flight number;
- Departure and arrival airports;
- Time of departure and arrival;
- Distance between points and the distance the aircraft has already covered and how long it has to overcome;
- The height of the aircraft and its type;
- Registration data;
- The speed at which the aircraft flies.
And if you purchase a paid subscription, you can find out even more data, such as the air temperature overboard, aircraft serial number and year of manufacture, as well as other meteorological data.
Flightradar24 is used not only by those who really need to track the board, in the network every day just curious people sit but it is really interesting to watch, the screen shows a map of the world and shows where and how many planes fly and land, what companies they belong and what airport is most active at the moment, in addition, you can find out the number of flight delays at a particular point of departure, it is indicated by colors.
Every day more than 1.5 million people visit the site and the application, and in total the application has been installed more than 30 million times on various devices, also, according to the App Store, the application Flightradar24 is one of the most popular in more than 150 countries.
Technically, the service is growing and developing, it is already possible to track the trajectories of more than 150 thousand aircraft daily, and the figure is constantly increasing.
The largest airlines have joined the project and are actively using its capabilities. Besides them, leading aircraft manufacturers such as Embraer, Airbus and Boeing have become corporate users.
The active development of the service is due to enthusiasts and premium accounts, and some major companies are also investing money in the project.
Flightradar24 has already helped to track down the hijacked aircraft several times, save lives, and showcase its really useful capabilities to help deal with emergency situations on board.
Source: https://flightradars24.co.uk/flightradar24/
How to find the plane on the map?
To display detailed flight information - tap on the yellow moving aircraft icon. The information will appear on the left:
- Name of the airline that performs the carriage;
- Aircraft type, photo, serial number, and age;
- Place and time of departure;
- Place and time of arrival;
- Flight Speed and Altitude.
To track your flight by flight number online - click on the radar icon in the upper right corner of the map:
- In the Search window that appears, enter the flight number you wish to track.
- The map will show a red real-time icon of the aircraft of this flight, its route, altitude, speed, and remaining time of flight.
The map will show a red real-time icon of the aircraft of this flight, its route, altitude, speed, and remaining time of flight.