Real time flight radar
Flightradar24 shows live air traffic from around the world. The primary technology we use to receive flight information is called automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast ( ADS-B ). The ADS-B technology itself is best explained by the image to the right. Aircraft gets its location from a GPS navigation source (satellite) ADS-B unit on aircraft transmits signal containing about the location (and much and more) ADS-B signal is picked up by a receiver connected to Flightradar24 Receiver feeds data to Flightradar24 Today, roughly 60% of all passenger aircraft (70% in Europe, 30% in the US) are equipped with an ADS-B transponder. This percentage is steadily increasing as ADS-B is set to replace radar as the primary surveillance method for controlling aircraft. In addition to ADS-B data, we also get data from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the United States. This data is based on radar data and includes all commercial air traffic ...