The service received extensive exposure in 2010 when international media relied on it to describe the flight disruption over the north Atlantic and Europe caused by the Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruptions. Aircraft located using satellite data are coloured blue on the map, and yellow if located by terrestrial receivers. įrom 3 March 2020, ADS-B data collected by satellite was made available to all users. The service was opened in 2009, allowing anyone with a suitable ADS-B receiver to contribute data.
The service was founded by two Swedish aviation enthusiasts in 2006 as and later Flygradar.nu for Northern and Central Europe. The Guardian considers the site to be "authoritative." The service is available via a web page or mobile device apps. It aggregates data from multiple sources, but, outside of the United States, mostly from crowdsourced information gathering by volunteers with ADS-B receivers and from satellite-based ADS-B receivers.
It can also show time-lapse replays of previous tracks and historical flight data by airline, aircraft, aircraft type, area, or airport. It includes flight tracking information, origins and destinations, flight numbers, aircraft types, positions, altitudes, headings and speeds. Flightradar24 is a Swedish internet-based service that shows real-time aircraft flight tracking information on a map.