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Flightradar24 is a Swedish Internet-based service that shows real-time aircraft flight tracking information on a map. It includes flight tracking information, origins and destinations, flight numbers, aircraft types, positions, altitudes, headings and speeds.
Avare is a free open source "moving map" aviation GPS, A/FD and EFB app for phones or tablets using the Android Operating System.The app uses any internal Android or compatible external GPS receiver to determine location, allowing real-time display of location, heading, speed, distance, time, and altitude on free U.S. FAA IFR or VFR aviation charts; or on select topographic charts.
GeoFS (previously known as GEFS-online) is a free French multi-platform browser-based multiplayer flight simulator. GeoFS was launched as GEFS-Online version 0.1 using a Google Earth plug-in on October 1 2010. [1] [2] [3] The game was originally designed for web browsers, and versions for iOS and Android were released in 2018. [1] [3] [4]
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.
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 Traffic Mapping uses animation to depict flight traffic. The mapping of flights [ 1 ] in real-time is based on a sophisticated air traffic control system that was developed for North America. The air traffic control system is a complex combination of electronics and people that helps guide planes from departure to destination.
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.
On March 17, 2004, FlightAware was officially founded and began processing live flight data. [4] It earned over one million dollars in revenue in its first 18 months. [5] FlightAware has been profitable since 2006 and is growing at the rate of 40–50% per year, as of April 2014. [6]