What is the blue line on flight radar?


What is the blue line on flight radar? Blue: Aircraft displayed as blue icons are currently being tracked via satellite. Satellites are collecting the ADS-B signals from aircraft and transmitting them to the Flightradar24 network. Space-based ADS-B tracking will be used to supplement our terrestrial receiver network.


What is the blue arrow on flight radar?

Hi Damaris, the blue arrow indicates your direction of view or movement.


What is the balloon on Flightradar24?

To provide additional clarity about what balloons are and are not visible on Flightradar24, we've updated our database entry for N257TH. N257TH is a standard high altitude research balloon, often released over the US and is not the Chinese balloon. flightradar24.com/HBAL617/2f0983…


What does blue arrow mean?

A blue arrow may appear when the app you're using requests your location. There's network activity. Call Forwarding is on. Airplane Mode is on. You can't make calls or use Bluetooth until you turn off this setting.


What does the blue flight mean?

Why are some aircraft shown as blue, yellow or red on the map? Blue: Aircraft displayed as blue icons are currently being tracked via satellite.


What does a dotted line mean on Flightradar24?

Flightradar24. @flightradar24. The dotted line means that aircraft was out of coverage. It's a straight line between points where coverage was lost and resumed. Real flight path can be completely different.


What is the difference between blue and yellow Flightradar24?

From 3 March 2020, ADS-B data collected by satellite was made available to all users. Aircraft located using satellite data are coloured blue on the map, and yellow if located by terrestrial receivers.


What is white line on flight tracker?

The white line is basically estimated position while the green is when the aircraft is actually being tracked.


What is the black line on flight tracker?

For flights that are no longer in our coverage area, we may estimate their position for up to 240 minutes. These flight tracks are shown as black dashed lines. Read more about estimated positions on Flightradar24.


Why does a plane say blocked on Flightradar24?

It appears as BLOCKED due to security and privacy reasons. Aircraft type - (It will only show the 'type code' [LJ35,C750,PA31,etc)] of the aircraft on flightradar24 map. Blocked - Any aircraft without any type codes in the database.


What happens when a plane is red on Flightradar24?

Red: When an aircraft is displayed as red that means that you are currently following that specific aircraft on the map or that an emergency squawk is on for this aircraft.


What is the difference between gold and silver Flightradar24?

Arrival and Departure boards list flight status and the On Ground page lists aircraft currently at the airport. All users see the last 60 minutes of on ground activity, Silver subscribers see the past 7 days, Gold subscribers see the last 30 days, and Business subscribers see the last 90 days.


How accurate is Flightradar24?

The position is calculated based on many different parameters and in most cases it's quite accurate, but for long flights the position can in worst cases be up to about 100 km (55 miles) off. In settings there is an option to set for how long time you want to see estimated aircraft on map.


What is the red trail on flight radar?

The color of the flight path is related to the aircraft's altitude. Red is used for altitudes above ~43,000 feet.


What do the Colours mean on flight radar?

The numbers are in meters. If the plane is below 100 meters in altitude, the trail will be white. If it is above 100 meters, the trail will yellow, then green, then above 2500 meters it will become light blue, then dark blue, purple and for the highest altitude it will be red. I hope this helps.


What is the most viewed flight in Flightradar24?

From the time it lifted off from Kuala Lumpur at 15:42 local time, SPAR19 was already the most tracked flight on Flightradar24 among active flights. By the time it landed in Taipei, SPAR19 was being tracked by more than 708,000 people around the world, making it the most tracked live flight in Flightradar24 history.


What is the GREY line on flight radar?

A note about Estimated coverage: when you see a dashed or gray line behind an aircraft, that's estimated coverage. Colored lines indicate actual positions. When an aircraft is out of coverage, we estimate based on great circle routes to destination.


What is the longest flight in the world?

What is the longest flight in the world by distance? The longest flight in the world by distance is New York (JFK) to Singapore (SIN) on Singapore Airlines clocking in at 9,537 miles. What plane can fly the farthest in the world?