After listening to feedback from users, we’ve improved existing filters and added new ways to filter flights on Flightradar24.com. All of the information covered in this post relates only to the new filters on the Flightradar24 website. We explore the changes to filters in the mobile app in detail here.
Categories
The biggest change to filters is one of the most requested Flightradar24 features of all time — categories. You can now filter for different types of flights with just one click.
Custom filters
We’ve added new custom filters and improved existing filters to give you an even better experience following just the flights you want to see.
Filter by Airline
Add an airline filter by ICAO code or just start typing the airline name and select it from the list. When selecting an airline, you’ll now see the option to choose “Painted as” or “Operating as”.
“Painted as” filters all aircraft that are painted in a specific airline’s livery, but may in fact be operated by different airlines. The most common example of this is when a regional airline like SkyWest Airlines is operating flights for a larger airline, like United Airlines.
“Operating as” filters will show all aircraft operating under than airline’s ICAO call sign, regardless of whether or not they are aircraft owned by that airline.
Separate airline ICAO call signs with a comma to choose multiple airlines, or after selecting an airline return to the search bar and begin searching for another airline. Once you have selected all the airlines you want to add to this specific filter, click continue to choose other parameters or save your filter.
Filter by Aircraft
Changes to the Aircraft filter have also been heavily influenced by user feedback. The biggest change to aircraft filtering is the ability to filter for aircraft based on exact matches for the ICAO code. Previously, if you wanted to filter for C-17 cargo aircraft using aircraft filter “C17” you would see C-17s and Cessna C-172s.
Now, you’ll only see what you want to see. Entering or searching for an ICAO aircraft type code will allow to choose that aircraft and that aircraft only.
If you want to use partial ICAO codes to see all aircraft types in a family, use a *. For example, to see all Boeing 777s, use “B77*”. To include multiple specific aircraft, separate each with a comma. Just like with airlines, separating multiple entries with a comma will allow you to select multiple options quickly.
Filter by Airport
With airport filters, we’ve added the ability to select entire countries. If you want to see flights to Australia or from New Zealand, search for the country names and choose which direction of travel you’d like to view. You can of course still select individual airports via name, city, IATA or ICAO code. And once again, separate entries via a comma to make multiple selections.
Filter by Route
Take airport filters a step further and see flights between two airports or two countries. Or 3 countries and 4 airports. Or… you get the idea. Combine airports and countries in origin and destination and easily flip the filter to see the reverse flow.
Advanced filters
We’ve moved call sign filtering to advanced filters as it now filters on specific call signs instead of whole airlines. You can add a * at the end of a call sign to see all call signs matching that prefix, for example, “BAW1*” will show all British Airways flights that begin with BAW1.
The registration filter acts much the same way as call sign.
Newly added is filter by squawk. Enter any four digit squawk code to view flights broadcasting that code. Common codes include 1200 and 2000. Or you can enable filtering for codes like 7600 (radio failure) and 7700 (general emergency).
Filter by radar allows you to enter a specific Flightradar24 receiver ID to see which flights are being tracked by that receiver.
Speed and altitude remain available as filter options.
And the final new filter is aircraft age. Want to see the oldest aircraft being tracked by Flightradar24? Just use the sliders to select the years you’re interested in and click add.
Combining filters
The best part of all the new and updated filters is that you can combine them to find exactly what you’re looking for in a single filter.
If video is more your style, check out our tutorial of all the new filters on Flightradar24.com.
![An example full flight summary response from the Flightradar24 API: { "data": [ { "fr24_id": "0987654321", "flight": "SK1415", "callsign": "SAS1415", "operated_as": "SAS", "painted_as": "SAS", "type": "A20N", "reg": "SE-DOY", "orig_icao": "ESSA", "orig_iata": "ARN", "datetime_takeoff": "2023-01-27T05:15:22", "runway_takeoff": "12R", "dest_icao": "EKCH", "dest_iata": "CPH", "dest_icao_actual": "EPWA", "dest_iata_actual": "WAW", "datetime_landed": "2023-01-27T06:15:10", "runway_landed": "27L", "flight_time": 3600, "actual_distance": 1007.74, "circle_distance": 6245, "category": "Passenger", "hex": "4A91F9", "first_seen": "2023-01-27T05:06:22", "last_seen": "2023-01-27T06:18:10", "flight_ended": "true" } ] }](https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Flight-summary-API-cover-300x148.jpg)
![An example full flight summary response from the Flightradar24 API: { "data": [ { "fr24_id": "0987654321", "flight": "SK1415", "callsign": "SAS1415", "operated_as": "SAS", "painted_as": "SAS", "type": "A20N", "reg": "SE-DOY", "orig_icao": "ESSA", "orig_iata": "ARN", "datetime_takeoff": "2023-01-27T05:15:22", "runway_takeoff": "12R", "dest_icao": "EKCH", "dest_iata": "CPH", "dest_icao_actual": "EPWA", "dest_iata_actual": "WAW", "datetime_landed": "2023-01-27T06:15:10", "runway_landed": "27L", "flight_time": 3600, "actual_distance": 1007.74, "circle_distance": 6245, "category": "Passenger", "hex": "4A91F9", "first_seen": "2023-01-27T05:06:22", "last_seen": "2023-01-27T06:18:10", "flight_ended": "true" } ] }](https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Flight-summary-API-cover-768x378.jpg)
