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Plane Finder is a United Kingdom-based real-time flight tracking service launched in 2009, [1] that is able to show flight data globally. The data available includes flight numbers, how fast an aircraft is moving, its elevation and destination of travel. [2]
Flight tracking enables travellers as well as those picking up travellers after a flight to know whether a flight has landed or is on schedule, for example to determine whether it is time to go to the airport. Aircraft carry ADS-B transponders, which transmit information such as the aircraft ID, GPS position, and altitude as radio signals.
FlightAware is an American multi-national technology company that provides real-time, historical, and predictive flight tracking data and products. As of 2019, it is the world's largest flight tracking platform, with a network of over 32,000 ADS-B ground stations in 200 countries. [2]
Flightradar24 ADS-B receiver based on jetvision Radarcape [24]. Flightradar24 aggregates data from six sources: [25] Automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast (ADS-B). The principal source is a large number of ground-based ADS-B receivers, which collect data from any aircraft in their local area that are equipped with an ADS-B transponder and feed this data to the internet in real time.
On July 25, 2023, Flighty released an update adding "Flighty Friends," a feature designed to share your upcoming flights with friends. [12] On December 12, 2023, Flighty released an update adding "Flighty Passport," a way to view your flight stats at a glance. [13] Additionally, you can summarize your delays and view your aircraft history. [14]
Darby instructed her 272,000 TikTok followers to text themselves their flight number on the morning of their scheduled trip. “The key is you have to include your airline code,” she explained.
This list is only of aircraft that have an article, indexed by aircraft registration "tail number" (civil registration or military serial number). The list includes aircraft that are notable either as an individual aircraft or have been involved in a notable accident or incident or are linked to a person notable enough to have a stand-alone Wikipedia article.
GPS aircraft tracking is a means of tracking the position of an aircraft fitted with a satellite navigation device.By communication with navigation satellites, detailed real-time data on flight variables can be passed to a server on the ground.