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Most Wanted Receiver Hosts
Flightradar24’s Most Wanted New Receivers: ReSEAvers Edition

As we begin the new year, we begin a new semi-regular series detailing where we want to send additional ADS-B receivers the most. Over the past 10 years our coverage area has expanded from a small area around Stockholm to near global terrestrial coverage with nearly 25,000 receivers in over 200 countries. But we’re always … Read More

Ian Petchenik
Aircraft Incident
Delta 777 dumps fuel on school during emergency return to LAX

Ian Petchenik

Major Incident
Ukrainian flight PS752 shot down shortly after take off from Tehran

Ian Petchenik

Inside Flightradar24
Flightradar24’s 2019 by the numbers

2019 was a record year for Flightradar24 and flight tracking. We tracked more flights than ever before and added thousands of new ADS-B receivers to the Flightradar24 network. Read More

Ian Petchenik
New Receivers
New Flightradar24 ADS-B Receivers Activated in December 2019

Each month we send out complete ADS-B receiver kits that include an ADS-B receiver, antennas, and all necessary cabling to qualified hosts. You can apply to host one of our receivers or easily build your own. The dozens of new Flightradar24-supplied receiver kits and the hundreds of home-built receivers activated in December combined with over 20,000 existing ADS-B receivers, helped … Read More

Ian Petchenik
JetPhotos
The JetPhotos 19 for 2019

In 2019, photographers added nearly 300,000 photos to JetPhotos, bringing the total catalog to nearly 4.4 million photos featuring 294,000 unique registrations. Each photo uploaded to JetPhotos is viewed by the JetPhotos screening team. Here are 19 of the JetPhotos screeners’ favorite photos from 2019. Read More

Ian Petchenik

Major Incident
Bek Air flight Z92100 crashes shortly after take off from Almaty

Bek Air flight Z9 2100 crashed shortly after take off from Almaty International Airport, the airport confirms. Flight 2100 was operating from Almaty to Nur-Sultan. The flight was operated by a Fokker 100 registered UP-F1007. Read More

Ian Petchenik
Special Event
The Boeing 787 celebrates 10 years in the sky

On a cold, wet 15 December, 10 years ago today the Boeing 787 took flight for the first time. Today, nearly 1000 787 across 3 variants have been delivered to almost 5 dozen airlines. Read More

Ian Petchenik
New Receivers
New Flightradar24 ADS-B Receivers Activated in November 2019

Each month we send out complete ADS-B receiver kits that include an ADS-B receiver, antennas, and all necessary cabling to qualified hosts. You can apply to host one of our receivers or easily build your own. The dozens of new Flightradar24-supplied receiver kits and the hundreds of home-built receivers activated in November combined with over 20,000 existing ADS-B receivers, helped … Read More

Ian Petchenik
Inside Flightradar24
A Closer Look at the Weather: New High Resolution North American and Australian Radar

High resolution North American and Australian radar is now available on Flightradar24.com and in our flight tracker app for iOS and Android. The new weather layers offer higher resolution and faster refresh rates and add to our global satellite weather coverage already available. Both the new North American radar and Australian radar layers are available … Read More

Ian Petchenik

The Boeing 737 MAX Grounding

Overview The Boeing 737 MAX has been grounded worldwide since 13 March 2019 following the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302. The crash of ET302 was the second crash of a 737 MAX following Lion Air 610 the previous October. Read More

Alex Macdonald

Featured Article
Flightradar24 data regarding the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302

Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, a 737 MAX 8 (registration ET-AVJ) operating from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, crashed shortly after takeoff on 10 March around 05:45 UTC. Read More

Ian Petchenik
Featured Article
Flightradar24 Data Regarding Lion Air Flight JT610

Lion Air flight JT610 departed Jakarta for Pangkal Pinang at 06:20 local time (23:20 UTC) on 29 October and lost contact shortly after departure. Flightradar24 received the last ADS-B message from the aircraft at 23:31:56 UTC at an altitude of 425 feet AMSL. The flight was operated by Boeing 737 MAX 8 registration PK-LQP. The … Read More

Ian Petchenik
Aviation Explainer Series
Squawking 7700—In-flight Emergencies from a Pilot’s Perspective

We track hundreds of thousands of flights every day and invariably a few will declare an emergency and possibly “squawk 7700” during the day. This common occurrence often leads to numerous questions about what the flight is doing and why. We field many inquiries each time a flight declares an emergency, so we spoke with … Read More

Ian Petchenik