FlightRadar24 - Watch air traffic over Europe in real time

[Arthur]

This is really cool. FlightRadar24 receives information from several ADS-B receivers in real time and presents this as airplanes on a Google map.

 

http://eu.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/Picture-232.png

 

This is what the map looked like back in April when the ash clouds were over the UK.

 

http://eu.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/Picture-252.png

 

Source: http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/04/15/ashes-no-crashes-watch-live-online-as-aircraft-clear-from-the-uks-ash-filled-skies/

 

How does it work (More Info)

Flightradar24 shows live airplane traffic from different parts around the world. The technique to receive flight information from aircraft is called ADS-B. That means the Flightradar24.com can only show information about aircraft equipped with ADS-B transponders. Today about 60% of the passenger aircraft and only a small amount of military and private aircraft have an ADS-B transponder. Flightradar24.com has a network of about 100 ADS-B receivers around the world that receives the information from aircraft with ADS-B and sends this information to a server, and then displays this information on a map on Flightradar24.com. Only aircraft within the coverage area of the 100 receivers are visible.

[SimpleSi]

Yeh - its been posted before

 

If you use it to track loved ones on incoming flights - stop looking at it as they approach the runway as you can't tell the difference between a landing and another type of event as they go off the radar before they reach the runaway!

 

Simon

[Arthur]

Ah. That's good to know. I thought it probably wouldn't be that accurate.

 

I did do a search for "flightradar" and "flight radar" on EduGeek but nothing was listed so I thought it hadn't been posted.

[Martin]

See http://www.edugeek.net/forums/jokes-interweb-things/54175-live-aircraft-tracking.html et al for some other links.

 

mb

[6Foot2]

A simpler live flight tracking website:

 

Link: Aviation Tracker

 

The greater the height of the plane, the larger the image of the plane silhouette:

 

 

[MatthewL]

Go on this one ADS-B Exchange, click global radar view. You get things you don't see on the others.