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Klang Valley crowded, maybe one v-radar from Klang Valley should relocate to say, Kuantan or Mersing? :D

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Send some to India.

 

So far Bombay is quiet. Nothing on FR24 here.

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Story starts with special mention of our PM. How embarassing!

 

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FlightRadar24’s Real-Time Visualization of Air Traffic Uses Global Sensors Network

 

by Stephanie Overby | October 19, 2012 8:27 am

 

Earlier this summer, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was forced to admit that he had used federal funds for a four-day trip to Milan, Italy, with his wife. The revelation came after a member of the Malaysian parliament presented evidence from air traffic website FlightRadar24 that the official plane thought to be bringing the prime minister back from Washington, D.C. made stops in Milan and Dubai (for refueling) before landing in Kuala Lumpur.

 

That was one of the more unexpected uses of the site, which incorporates GPS data from five continents to create a real-time visualization of air traffic, says FlightRadar24 CEO Fredrik Lindahl. Built by Lindahl and a fellow aviation enthusiast in Stockholm, Sweden as a hobby in 2006, FlightRadar24 opened to the public in 2009 and now employs a small team of developers.

 

Using technology called Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), FlightRadar24 has established a network of more than 500 ADS-B receivers around the world, installed and operated by volunteer plane spotters. During flight, an aircraft gets its GPS location from satellites, and many use an onboard ADS-B unit to transmit a signal containing that location and other information. The receiver picks up the signal and, using custom FlightRadar24 software, feeds the data into the company’s MySQL open source database.

 

Roughly 60 percent of all passenger planes are equipped with an ADS-B transponder, but that percentage will increase as ADS-B replaces less precise radar as the primary aircraft surveillance method, says Lindahl. The U.S., for example, will require the majority of aircraft operating within its airspace to be equipped with some form of ADS-B by 2020. Coverage for a receiver varies, based on height of the antenna and visibility, but typically extends about 250 kilometers in all directions with 400 kilometers possible, Lindahl says.

 

FlightRadar24 has integrated aircraft location data from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to provide coverage for all commercial air traffic in the U.S. and Canada, not just those with ADS-B. But the FAA data have a five-minute delay due to U.S. regulations. To account for that, FlightRadar24 displays FAA-provided location data as orange planes and real-time ADS-B data as yellow planes. The site presents the data on a Google Map. The map’s blue pins indicate major airports within FlightRadar24’s coverage areas.

 

Clicking on a plane brings up a window with information including airline, flight number, origin, destination, aircraft type, a photo of the plane model, altitude, speed, and squawk (or transponder code). It also displays the aircraft’s route, with the variegated trail color indicating the aircraft’s altitude along the way. That route is not transmitted by the aircraft, but drawn from FlightRadar24’s own database based on the flight’s call sign, and data integrity issues do arise. A pilot may enter the wrong call sign, for example.

 

Users with the Google Earth plug-in can check out the view from the cockpit. And FlightRadar24 provides access to air traffic data for the previous thirty days. In April 2010, ITOWorld, a U.K.-based provider of web-based transportation services, used that historical data to create a video visualization of air traffic returning to European skies following a shutdown due to volcanic ash from Iceland.

 

FlightRadar24 offers its service for iOS and Android devices, including a professional version of each for $2.99. Lindahl says more than 2 million apps have been downloaded so far. The company also earns revenues from the advertising that appears on the site and apps, making a premium, ad-free version of the site, with additional features like not timing out when the user is inactive, for free to the hosts of its receivers.

 

While FlightRadar24 has a following among aviation enthusiasts and industry professionals, like pilots, it has proven useful to individual travelers as well. Users of the Lonley Planet travel forums have noted its utility in getting real-time updates on flights unavailable elsewhere.

 

This summer, Lindahl signed a deal with Swedish air traffic management software vendor Avtech Sweden to incorporate FlightRadar24’s data into applications where flight efficiency and wake vortex generation are analyzed.

 

“Flightradar24 started as a fun project seven years ago, but as we went forward we realized how valuable this data is and how it can be used in different applications,” says Lindahl, who wants to increase the site’s coverage. “Getting more [data] feeders has been and is the biggest challenge,” he says. “That’s our number one focus.”

 

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Stephanie Overby is a Boston-based freelance writer. Follow her on Twitter: @stephanieoverby.

 

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Story starts with special mention of our PM. How embarassing!

 

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FlightRadar24’s Real-Time Visualization of Air Traffic Uses Global Sensors Network

 

by Stephanie Overby | October 19, 2012 8:27 am

 

Earlier this summer, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was forced to admit that he had used federal funds for a four-day trip to Milan, Italy, with his wife. The revelation came after a member of the Malaysian parliament presented evidence from air traffic website FlightRadar24 that the official plane thought to be bringing the prime minister back from Washington, D.C. made stops in Milan and Dubai (for refueling) before landing in Kuala Lumpur.

 

That was one of the more unexpected uses of the site, [...]

 

And special mention of dear wifey as well. Imagination starts to wander...on whose actual prodding did 9M-NAA "divert" to Milan?

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If recent explanations are anything to go by (specifically on a rm40M 'donation') we'll likely be offered something like 9M-NAA having to divert to Milan on technical issues and inclement weather being responsible for the ensuing four day delay :D

For the record, I don't believe ".....admit that he had used federal funds for a four-day trip to Milan, Italy, with his wife. ....." ever occured - most likely the author's own concoction to add spice to the story :)

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If recent explanations are anything to go by (specifically on a rm40M 'donation') we'll likely be offered something like 9M-NAA having to divert to Milan on technical issues and inclement weather being responsible for the ensuing four day delay :D

For the record, I don't believe ".....admit that he had used federal funds for a four-day trip to Milan, Italy, with his wife. ....." ever occured - most likely the author's own concoction to add spice to the story :)

 

See: http://my.news.yahoo.com/govt-defends-najibs-private-holiday-milan-072637540.html

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"he" did not do any admission, it was ma-chai detailing expenses breakdown and proferring resonings for collegue's earlier slip up :p

 

In any case, thumbs up for what must have been quite frugal spendings on the trip

Originally estimated (=budgetted?) at RM 452,985.75 for a trip to Washington alone

Actual spend was RM273,799.57 for trips to Washington and Milan

40% below budget for double the trips

:good:

Edited by BC Tam

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saw this bird, ZK-MVA on T-WMSA3 at 0930 U.T.C. Delivered on 31.10.2012. Could be on his delivery flight from Toulouse to New Zealand. An ATR-72-600 equiped with transponder.

Edited by Kenneth Chong

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Saw these couple of scenes recently :)

 

fr24.jpg

That yellow plane was AXM-something - never realized MH is so petrified of AK :lol:

 

fr24b.jpg

What on earth is a BKI-SZX flight overflying Peninsular Malaysia ?!! :shok:

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Haha. That's what I thought too. Saw a SBW bound flight from KUL overflying Mt. Kinabalu. :p

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sometimes the ads-b receiver got problem, sometimes network/internet got problem, sometimes owner goes on vacation, sometimes owner got tired of the whole thing. it's truly voluntary service, costs wholly borne by owners (close to RM1k, maybe more). they also take some risk ... so don't expect too much, okay? :)

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Well, to whoever it was providing feed for BKI, a big, though belated thank you :good:

Did not check it out earlier, only chanced upon it within the last week :)

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I remember I saw some wrong flight assigned to specific routes at times on flightdata24, ex-MEL. Sent my input for the correct flight details. Was accepted :)

Edited by S V Choong

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Thinking of getting an ads-b receiver this month. Anyone suggest a good one ? Can these receive radio transmissions as well ?

 

Traveling to the UK so "importing" shouldn't be a problem.

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Thinking of getting an ads-b receiver this month. Anyone suggest a good one ? Can these receive radio transmissions as well ?

 

Traveling to the UK so "importing" shouldn't be a problem.

If got budget, go for SBS-3

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I don't suppose these stuff can be readily picked up from electronic shops ?

Even in UK, elsewhere ?

Understand the usb dongle version now has a long waiting list ?

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