FlightRadar24 Question

[Biggles]

I was watching flights over the the Labrador Sea heading towards Canada, and noticed that ANZ 1 flight path was looking like a heart beat trace from an ECG machine.
Several others today have shown the same.

I opened the the show me more app of the particular flight thinking it may have been a trace glitch, but saw that the compass headings shown matched the course alterations meaning it was an in-putted flight deviation and not a glitch.
Anyone else seen this or have an idea why ?

[speedbird1960]

Nov 1, 2012 21:42:35 GMT 1 Biggles said:

I was watching flights over the the Labrador Sea heading towards Canada, and noticed that ANZ 1 flight path was looking like a heart beat trace from an ECG machine.
Several others today have shown the same.

I opened the the show me more app of the particular flight thinking it may have been a trace glitch, but saw that the compass headings shown matched the course alterations meaning it was an in-putted flight deviation and not a glitch.
Anyone else seen this or have an idea why ?

Hi Biggles.

If the Aircraft where Orange, the Data comes from FAA which is an estimated position based on data and flight plans from US Air Traffic Control.
The data is five minutes delayed. Flightradar24 has no control over what is shown on the Map, unlike the data coming from the Feeders which is checked for errors, although some do still occur.

Mike

[Biggles]

Thanks but these where Yellow trace aircraft, I did check tonight and some showed same deviations although the ones I checked were not as pronounced. ?

Check this trace back over the sea its airborne now 21.33 go close up on flight path

fr24.com/BAW197

[speedbird1960]

Hi Biggles.

The trail can still show with a wavy line even if the Aircraft shows on the Map in yellow as in the case of this one fr24.com/KLM643 because the Aircraft has flown through an FAA coverage area, it will have been Orange an hour earlier in the flight.

Here is one doing the heart monitor effect: fr24.com/AIC126

Mike

[Biggles]

Thanks Mike the link is a good example.
Just 2357 hrs Thursday watching a Sun Country Airlines 737-8K2 reg N817SY flight SCX8900 apparently crossed from Ontario near Las Vegas, across the US and then the pond to Shannon and is now SE of Aberystwyth Fl Lv 390 headiing East no idea of destination or even if this flight is a real one. ?

[paravion]

Anyone having problems this morning (sat 3rd nov ) ?
Seems to have frozen !!

Brian......

[speedbird1960]

Nov 3, 2012 10:40:54 GMT 1 paravion said:

Anyone having problems this morning (sat 3rd nov ) ?
Seems to have frozen !!

Brian......

It looks like the Server has crashed, i will contact them to get it fixed.

Update: it seems to be working ok now @ 10:20, but there are some track errors.

[kevmul]

Nov 3, 2012 10:50:42 GMT 1 speedbird1960 said:

Update: it seems to be working ok now @ 10:20, but there are some track errors.

Does anyone know whether FR24 any nearer to getting the track errors fixed?

There seem to be a huge number every time I look at the screen
.........unless the new route from Seattle to Chicago is via Basingstoke! ;D

Kev

[speedbird1960]

Hi Kev.

Hopefully we should see an improvement starting early next week, as we are hoping to have an Automated Updater go live.
There are two reasons that the routes are wrong. The flights that are affected by Flightstats (FAA orange coloured Aircraft.) automatically updating the Database, these are often wrong as Flightstats will add the same via Airport when an Aircraft swap happens in the US. I have stopped updating Trans Atlantic routes, for instance AWE735 routing is MAN-MCO via PHL gets changed to PHL-PHL via MCO by Flightstats and i have updated it five times only to see its been changed back the following day.
The other reason is the Winter Timetable and Callsign change has caused the other errors.

Mike

[kevmul]

Thanks Mike

I must admit its made for some interesting reading!

Kev