time to say goodbye to FR24. Complacency.
ADS-B and FR has been getting worse over the last 2 years.
And the better alternative to FR24 is?
And the better alternative to FR24 is?
FlightAware… maybe…
FA is much better, although it uses interpolation to fit a curve to your track so detail is sometimes lost, in the interest of delivering non-jagged tracks.
Peter wrote:
Were you radiating ADS-B? If so, that tends to confirm my view that FR24 is abandoning the Mode S multilateration approach (which needs lots of ground stations) in favour of pure ADS-B (which can cover e.g. much of central Europe with a single decent size antenna on a hill).
Yes.
aart wrote:
ADS-B and FR has been getting worse over the last 2 years.
Agreed. In my area I now see frequent dropouts where previously there were none. The strange thing is that this does not seem directly related to removal of receiving stations as aircraft taxying on the ground are still shown.
The GUI is powerful but takes some time to learn. What I like about it is that you can go back in time and look at all the aircraft around you at a particular time. It still suffers with some gaps in coverage, like the others.
Correct me if I’m wrong but airliner tracks are displayed properly on FR, even while low, on dep or appch. A different data feed?
