Whether you are an aviation enthusiast or a person who is used to traveling regularly, you are interested in monitoring the flights at some point. This is possible thanks to a multitude of applications that we find in the App Store but one stands out above all: Fligthradar 24 . In this article we analyze this application to see what it can offer you.
Why it is interesting to follow a flight
If you are a person who loves airplanes and aviation in general, Flightradar 24 gives you extremely valuable information about each of the planes that flies through the air in real time. This information highlights the path followed by each of the ships accompanied by speed or altitude. It is always interesting to see what route a specific plane is taking to find out if it is in the process of returning to the airport for an emergency, or mapping the terrain or any other action.
Flightradar 24 is also very interesting for someone who is not an aviation lover. This is because you can track a plane where a loved one is traveling to find out how much time is left to reach your destination. With this information you can know precisely when you have to go to the airport to pick it up. It can also be used when you are waiting for a flight, to have the most accurate information possible about where the plane you are going to catch is flying in a few hours. This way you can relax if you still have many kilometers to go, and know exactly if you will be late or not .
Flight information
As soon as you start the application, it will ask you for the necessary permissions to access your location. In this way it will locate you on the map at the airport or in the area you are in at any given time to have a view of all the planes that are flying. But if you are not interested in the information of the flights in your area, include a search at the top to track by flight number or by the name of the airport in question you are looking for.
If you click on one of the planes that are passing through the airspace, you will instantly have access to a lot of information. Visually, you will see the route it has been following since its origin, and both the origin and destination airports will appear at the bottom of the screen. If you click on this part, you will have access to the information of a specific airplane such as altitude or speed . It is true that there is a lot of information that is blocked since payment must be made to the premium function to have access to all the data of a specific aircraft.
In addition to the specific data on speed or latitude, you can also access the specific meteorology and also how much time you have left to reach the destination. It is true that this time value is a bit imprecise, since it does not take into account the approach maneuvers that the plane must perform to arrive at the airport.
In the interface, which is extremely simple, we find different functions at the bottom to be able to see the route or track it. It is also possible to have a 3D view of the map to visualize the plane in a much more realistic way.
Airports information
In addition to aircraft information, you can also obtain the necessary information about the airports where we are or those that interest us. Here you will be able to see precise information about the flights that are scheduled to arrive in the next few hours and also those that are going to leave. In addition, you will always have access to the information of the flights that are on the ground.
If it is true that there may be some access limitations here for the same problem as before. If you want to have access to all the information without any type of problem, you must pay the corresponding subscription , but obviously it is not worth it if you are a passenger who simply wants to check the status of a flight or where it is going.