Best flight tracking website?
04-26-2013, 06:09 AM
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The best all-round flight tracking site is FlightAware - Flight Tracker / Flight Status / Flight Tracking . You may be able to see his flight on the website if he is getting flight following from ATC. Otherwise it may be more unlikely to follow if he is just squawking 1200
04-26-2013, 06:57 AM
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Further on down the road
As stated above, IFR for sure, maybe if on VFR fright following.
I use Flight Explorer Pilot Edition. Again, IFR only, thus the "further down the road". It's $15/mo and will track any or all a/c in the system world wide. They have a free version as well.
It's quite versatile - track a tail # (or commercial flight) with emails, flight plan updates, etc. You can filter on just about anything. There are tons of overlays (tracon, airways, cities, wx, SUA, sector, center, etc). The "World View" is quite impressive.
Here's a rather complicated screen shot. Hover over an a/c and see ATC's tag (flight, alt, speed, origin, destination)
I use Flight Explorer Pilot Edition. Again, IFR only, thus the "further down the road". It's $15/mo and will track any or all a/c in the system world wide. They have a free version as well.
It's quite versatile - track a tail # (or commercial flight) with emails, flight plan updates, etc. You can filter on just about anything. There are tons of overlays (tracon, airways, cities, wx, SUA, sector, center, etc). The "World View" is quite impressive.
Here's a rather complicated screen shot. Hover over an a/c and see ATC's tag (flight, alt, speed, origin, destination)
04-26-2013, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Cubdriver
Is this what a lot of smaller company dispatchers use? I think it is.
04-26-2013, 10:36 AM
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If he's going to be flying VFR a lot and you want to be able to keep real time dibs on his location, you iChat consider getting him one of these:
SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger
Real time location, updated every 10 minutes.
The unit is $100 and the service subscription is $99/year. But it's going to be for sure info for any activity he flies (as long as he turns it on) and also can summon help to his location if he needs it.
SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger
Real time location, updated every 10 minutes.
The unit is $100 and the service subscription is $99/year. But it's going to be for sure info for any activity he flies (as long as he turns it on) and also can summon help to his location if he needs it.
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