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Title: Interesting Site - Real Time Air Traffic Maps
Post by: zirk on 09 December 2013, 19:32:54
Come across this by accident whilst trying to find out happened to friends delayed Arrival. gives World Wide real time mapping of Flights, which can be searched by Airline, flight No. Call Sign etc, or click on the map, zoom in and out, click on a plane etc.

Gives Speed, Altitude, Track, heading in real time and can give a Pilots View via Google Earth down to Runway Level. So next time you need some info, Arrival touch down or Departure, your probably end up knowing more about whats going on than the Airport Infomation or the Passingers sitting inside the Plane.  :y

http://www.flightradar24.com/
Title: Re: Interesting Site - Real Time Air Traffic Maps
Post by: chrisgixer on 09 December 2013, 19:39:18
Is that what they where using on sky news to cover the air traffic disaster?

Looks familiar.
Title: Re: Interesting Site - Real Time Air Traffic Maps
Post by: chrisgixer on 09 December 2013, 19:53:33
There's an Emirates 380 taxing about at  Heathrow. Heeeuge.
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Post by: cam2502 on 09 December 2013, 20:24:53
Simply amazing how many aircraft are in the air at any one time,
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Post by: Vamps on 09 December 2013, 20:37:41
Could have done with that in 1940................ ;) ;)
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Post by: plym ian on 10 December 2013, 01:26:42
Got the app on iphone, well worth downloading just for the camera bit where you can point it towards a plane and the info comes up about said plane :)
Title: Re: Interesting Site - Real Time Air Traffic Maps
Post by: chrisgixer on 10 December 2013, 08:56:18
Really? Wow. I like that. :y

Wonder if it works on that poxy little bi plane that thinks he's the Red Baron round here. >:(
Title: Re: Interesting Site - Real Time Air Traffic Maps
Post by: Kevin Wood on 10 December 2013, 09:40:13
Really? Wow. I like that. :y

Wonder if it works on that poxy little bi plane that thinks he's the Red Baron round here. >:(

Depends if he's got an SSR transponder.
Title: Re: Interesting Site - Real Time Air Traffic Maps
Post by: chrisgixer on 10 December 2013, 09:56:23
Really? Wow. I like that. :y

Wonder if it works on that poxy little bi plane that thinks he's the Red Baron round here. >:(

Depends if he's got an SSR transponder.
Guessing not then, given its a smaller aircraft? shame. Back to sparrow hawk missiles then. >:(
Title: Re: Interesting Site - Real Time Air Traffic Maps
Post by: chrisgixer on 10 December 2013, 10:33:14
Got the app on iphone, well worth downloading just for the camera bit where you can point it towards a plane and the info comes up about said plane :)

Yes got it. Quite a responsive app with loads of info. Brilliant, thanks gents. :y
Title: Re: Interesting Site - Real Time Air Traffic Maps
Post by: chrisgixer on 10 December 2013, 10:41:36
Select a plane, click 3d and you can watch a virtual image of the forward view. Looking at one as it lands at heathrow.
Title: Re: Interesting Site - Real Time Air Traffic Maps
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 10 December 2013, 10:50:11
That's good that!!  :y

There's a surprising amount of private aircraft, Learjets and the like.  Who are they? Where have they been/ are they going? What are they doing?  :-\
Title: Re: Interesting Site - Real Time Air Traffic Maps
Post by: plym ian on 10 December 2013, 13:18:51
That's good that!!  :y

There's a surprising amount of private aircraft, Learjets and the like.  Who are they? Where have they been/ are they going? What are they doing?  :-\
And a few military planes, saw an Israeli on over uk a week or so back didn't have any flight plan just hight and speed :o