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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.
Inbound aircraft to London Heathrow Airport typically follow one of a number of Standard Arrival Routes (STARs The STARs each terminate at one of four different RNAV waypoints (co-located with VOR navigational aids), and these also define four "stacks" [1] where aircraft can be held, if necessary, until they are cleared to begin their approach to land.
Heathrow Airport (/ ˌ h iː θ ˈ r oʊ, ˈ h iː θ r oʊ /), [6] called London Airport until 1966 (IATA: LHR, ICAO: EGLL), [7] and now known as London Heathrow, is the main international airport serving London, the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Shanghai Pudong International Airport: Pudong, Shanghai, China PVG/ZSPD 479,902 5 6.8% 11. Charles de Gaulle Airport: Paris, France CDG/LFPG 479,199 1 0.7% 12. London Heathrow Airport: London, England, United Kingdom LHR/EGLL 474,983 1 0.2% 13. Toronto Pearson International Airport: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada YYZ/CYYZ 456,536 3 2.8%
A flight information display system (FIDS) is a computer system used in airports to display flight information to passengers, in which a computer system controls mechanical or electronic display boards or monitors in order to display arriving and departing flight information in real-time.