Flight Radar 24
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 left.
- 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