World interactive map of regular flights. Aircraft traffic. ADS-B Technology

In Russian, "Flight radar" is translated as "flight radar", or rather, "flight radar". It is to monitor the flights of aircraft, with almost any, that this public resource was created. Even 15 years ago it was impossible to even dream about it, but 30 years ago it was impossible to think about it. However…

The FlightRadar24 website has been operating since 2007, but it became really popular 3 years later, in the spring of 2010, during the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano (Iceland). This case clearly showed the significance and benefits of this project. The world's leading media, thanks to "flight radar", were able to monitor air traffic in the sky over a dangerous region.

Even more excitement around this web service was caused by the flight of the German national football team in mid-2014. Thousands of fans from all over the world watched the flight of the team in real time.

FlightRadar - airplanes online

Despite the convenience and functionality, this service is mainly used by aviation enthusiasts (spotters) or those who need work data, the same reporters. You don't have to look far for an example. Any plane crash instantly attracts an audience to flightradar24.com.

However, in addition to monitoring air crashes, this resource is very well suited for planning your affairs in everyday life. Although few people know about this, or simply do not understand how to apply new features.

As mentioned above, the main audience of the flightradar24.com website is spotters who follow traffic just for fun. But, to whom this resource would be useful for sure, it would be tourists and business travelers. Flight delays happen all the time. Information at airports is not always given in a timely and accurate manner. Where is the plane? Where is it flying at the moment and is it flying at all? All this can be found through the flightradar24.com web service. And, having learned, plan your further actions.

You, for example, meet a plane, and due to weather conditions it will land in another city or circle 400 kilometers from its destination. The scoreboard of your airport will show “flight delay”, but hardly anyone will tell you how much. With flightradar24.com, you yourself will calculate where your plane is at the moment and approximately what time to expect it to land. Convenient and, in general, simple.

To do this, you need, firstly, at least a smartphone with Internet access, and secondly, a flight number. Nowadays, finding the location of an aircraft has become easier than finding out where your minibus is now. So, we go to the website flightradar24.com. In the "search" we write the flight number. This number may look something like this: AFL 0001 or SU 0002. Next, we are waiting for the result. Not only the desired aircraft should appear on the map, but also a list of flights that it has made in recent days.

By the way, in such a simple way you can “break through” any airliner. If only a special radio transmitter was installed on it. Even presidential, it is not at all necessary to know the flight number. To follow the aircraft, it is enough to know its tail number. The last suggestion for newcomers to aviation lovers is noteworthy. I almost forgot, you can use the site for the first half hour for free, and then reload and use it again.

Flightradar24 is a partially commercial project. A paid subscription opens up more options in the settings and removes ads. However, the free version is generally quite convenient. The language barrier is not a problem. Although the site is in English, it will be quite simple to understand its work. For this, minimal knowledge, as well as intuition, is enough. But what may not be enough is the speed of the Internet. On a slow connection, a map of a particular region will take a long time to load, from 2 to 5 minutes. Remember this and be patient.

Many have noticed that in flight the plane performs more than a dozen turns, and often in different directions. There is a popular opinion among passengers that course changes are related to the controller's commands and are intended to prevent aircraft collisions, but this is not entirely true. When flying outside the aerodrome area, in the absolute majority of cases, this task is performed by setting different altitudes and speeds for a particular flight. A natural question arises, why not fly in a straight line with minimal maneuvering during takeoff and landing? The fact is that in the sky, as well as on earth, there are roads - air routes, whose main task is to streamline the flow of aircraft and achieve the most efficient use of airspace. In this article we will tell you why airways are needed, how flight route specific flight, what is the role of the pilot and dispatcher in this process, why the same flight can be operated on completely different routes on different days.

Flight on the shortest route.

Obviously, the most profitable route is the so-called great circle is the shortest distance between two points on the earth's surface. On the map, the great circle looks like an arcuate line, which is due to the fact that the map is a projection of a spherical earth onto a plane.

The shortest distance is Moscow — Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

Of course, flying in a straight line from point A to point B is faster and more economical than flying along a "broken" airway. However, until recently, flying along such a trajectory was almost impossible to perform, which was due to the capabilities of navigation equipment. In addition, if all aircraft were flying on erratic trajectories, at the current stage of development of air traffic control systems, this would lead to the inability to "split" all these aircraft in the air. There are also a wide variety of restricted and restricted areas that cannot be flown through.

Traditional navigation.

Historically, a flight route consists of a sequence of so-called intermediate turning points And " lags"(from English leg) - sections between them.

A network of air routes over Moscow.

At the dawn of aviation, the need to perform en-route flight was associated solely with the performance of navigational tasks. The basic method of navigation is the flight from one characteristic landmark to another, of course, this method is applicable under the condition of visibility of the earth, i.e. in visual weather conditions. By the way, visual navigation is still actively used in "small aircraft".

With the development of aviation, it became necessary to carry out flights in the absence of visibility of the earth's surface, i.e. instrumentation only. Thus, a method of navigation called radio navigation. The essence of this method is that radio stations were installed at certain points on the route, the crew on board determined the direction to the radio station and flew to it. Over time, a device called automatic radio compass (ARC), which allows you to determine the direction to the radio station with high accuracy. The radio stations themselves began to be called "drive" or in English NDB(non-directional beacon). The range of such transmitters is about 250 kilometers, which necessitated the creation of a fairly extensive network of stations. Over time, more advanced and accurate radio beacons appeared. VOR with a range of up to 350 kilometers. It is these distances that determine the length of the route section, while it must be understood that it is possible to maintain the direction not only by flying to the radio station, but also from the radio station.

Driving radio station and air routes.

Ground-based navigation methods are widely used in civil aviation, but today the main method of navigation is. The flight is still carried out from point to point, but now they are only a conventional name and geographical coordinates, the installation of any ground facilities is no longer required.

Route formation.

So, how is the flight route of a particular flight formed, along which the plane will eventually fly. Below we will describe how this happens in major airlines.

Any serious carrier has an air navigation department, which, from the existing network of points and routes, forms several route options for each flight, usually 5-10 routes. These routes are stored in the airline's database and loaded into the aircraft's on-board navigation systems, they are called "company routes".

Variant of the route Vnukovo - St. Petersburg.

It is engaged in the preparation of a specific flight already on the day of departure flight dispatcher, it is this specialist who chooses the best route, evaluating all the restrictions on the route and meteorological conditions. It often turns out that flying along a longer route is much more profitable due to different wind speeds and directions in different areas. The selected route is approved and transmitted to the air traffic services, i.e. dispatchers.

Thus, the pilots receive a ready flight route, in accordance with which the flight will be operated. During the flight, changes can be made to the route, for example, if possible, the controller can allow the so-called "straightening", i.e. exclude one or more waypoints from the route. In addition, by decision of the commander, dangerous weather phenomena, usually thunderstorms, can be bypassed.

Actual track. Sheremetyevo - St. Petersburg.

As already mentioned, the flight route of an aircraft consists of a sequence of points and tracks, below we will give a real route from Vnukovo Airport to St. Petersburg, this is how the pilot and dispatcher see it.

UUWW UM4D UM DCT AR DCT OBELU B239 AJ R369 DB B964 LUKIR LUKI1A ULLI

UUWW– international code of Vnukovo airfield
UM4D– Departure Route Identifier (SID)
UM- driving radio station "Ivanovskoye"
DCT- "right on"
AR- driving radio station "Buzharovo"
DCT- "right on"
OBELU- point designation
B239- route designation
AJ- drive radio station "Staritsa"
R369- route designation
D.B.- drive radio station "Pochinok"
LUKIR- point designation
LUKI1A– arrival route designator (STAR)
ULLI- international code of Pulkovo airfield

The designation of the route already includes a sequence of points, the name of the point or the drive radio station itself is indicated in the route when changing the route. Reduction DCT(direct to) is used in cases where it is not possible to fly on the route, or the planning of off-piste flights is allowed by the air traffic services authority.

As you can see, when forming the route, as well as 50 years ago, drive radio stations are used, however, along with them, unmarked navigation points are also used.

In the process of preparing for the flight, the pilot enters the route into the onboard navigation computer in the form of a sequence of points. The data of each point (name, coordinates, call signs) is already contained in the onboard database. If the carrier uses pre-planned routes company routes, the pilot only needs to select a route index, such as "UUWWULLI01". It is easy to guess that UUWW is the airport of departure (Vnukovo), and ULLI is the airport of destination (Pulkovo), 01 is the serial number of the route option.

On-board navigation computer (FMS) control panel.

Future.

Already today, a number of European states are introducing in their airspace the concept Free Route Airspace, the essence of which is that instead of airways, only information about navigation points is published. Flight planning is carried out along any route passing through the published points, while it is enough to select only two points - entry and exit from the zone.

Another promising development of the organization Eurocontrol- the main air traffic services authority in Europe - the concept Single European Sky, i.e. "single European sky", its essence lies in the abolition of the boundaries between the various sectors of air traffic control in terms of route planning, so it will be possible to fly through the entire European region in a straight line.

Details Oleg Nekhaev

EThat, Without any exaggeration, an amazing resource. You begin to have such unusual and versatile information, as if someone allowed you to become the world's air traffic controller. And now you see in real time the flights of civil aircraft on any routes, assess the situation at the airports of the planet. You can even see unannounced special flights and flights of presidential planes. Previously, such information was strictly confidential. Now it is publicly available. How does this system work?

If earlier air traffic was tracked only by radar, and data was transmitted exclusively through communications dispatcher and crew, then at the end of the last century, automatic radio transponders began to be installed on new aircraft. Their information about the parameters of the aircraft could be received at any point, using small stations, the number of which began to increase rapidly around the world.

Today, such special receivers work everywhere. They are not available only in hard-to-reach regions and in deserted places. And taking into account the fact that these electronic devices can be purchased by ordinary citizens, this network today covers almost the entire globe quite richly. For example, in the countries of the European Union or the USA, any movements in the sky will be tracked, as long as the transponder works on the aircraft. ATTENTION! To display the movement of aircraft, it takes time to load the data. After the session ends, if necessary, reload the page.

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Peculiarities. It is necessary to take into account some nuances. On the map above, as a rule, flights of old aircraft modifications, for example, Boeings (727, 737-200, 747-100, 747-200, 747SP), An-2, An-26, An-32, Tu-134, Tu-154, Il-62, Yak-42 (with the exception of some modifications - "M"), L-410.

Recommendations. By moving the map with the cursor and zooming it with the mouse wheel, you can move to the region of interest. If you hover over the silhouette of an aircraft, it will change color. Click the left mouse button and a panel will open from which you can find out the name of the airline operating the flight, flight number, airport of departure and arrival, type of liner ( type) , height ( Altitude) in feet (1000 feet = 0.3 km.) and airspeed (ground speed ) in knots (one knot equals 1.852 km/h), time of departure and arrival according to the schedule (respectively -- departure and arrival ) ,actual time of departure and arrival (actual and estimated).

On the schematic map itself, you can see the line-track of the previous movement of the aircraft, which changes color depending on the altitude level. Color matching is shown below. In places of lack of data (territories remote from civilization, where there are no receiving radio stations), the flight path is marked with a dotted line.For a convenient continuation of the map review, close the left column(you may have to click on the silhouette of the activated airplane for this). Silhouette "fountain" on an orange background, the circle indicates the places of ash emissions of volcanoes and the direction of distributiondangerous emery clouds.

Explanations. Those who track the flights of aircraft are often frightened when its designation disappears on the map. Once again, it should be clarified that the display of the silhouette on the diagram depends on the availability of information from the transponder and its receipt by the ground receiver. If there is a failure in this chain, the silhouette will disappear. There are large problem areas over the oceans, deserts, Siberian taiga, jungles, arctic spaces, where there are no receiving stations at all. The silhouette can disappear several tens of meters above the ground. Although, often the aircraft is perfectly tracked even when it is on the runway, when taxiing, taking off and landing. Flights of helicopters and military vessels are not displayed at all, with rare exceptions.

M archers with numbers indicate the number of aircraft flights, by clicking you can zoom in on the area and see all current flights as aircraft icons.

By hovering over the plane you will see the flight number, and clicking on the plane will open a window in which information about the flight is displayed in detail, including flight, technical data, and photographs of the aircraft itself.

Options are in the top right corner. interactive map of air travel around the world. In the tab filter airlines and the number of aircraft in flight are displayed.(planefinder)

The Map tab is interesting. Here you can select the type of display of the world map. By default, this is a physical map, but you can see aircraft flights over a road map, satellite image, in black and white. If you double-click on an aircraft, the interactive flight map will show the route of that aircraft as a red line.

You can hide all previously explored routes by pressing the "Hide all" button in the Map tab. It may be useful to set the Display on hover tooltip: by the aircraft flight number, or by its registration number. If you tick the last two additional options, you can see an online map of weather and weather conditions for air travel (very beautiful).

All previously collected data is saved and displayed in the Playback option (top right). Here you can select a specific date and play any flight of the aircraft, increasing the display speed to 120:1! Thus, it is possible to calculate the time on the road and on the segments of the route as clearly as possible. Come back to us again to see the new content of the broadcast of long-distance air flights on an interactive map! Build your routes and plan your flights! (planefinder)

Here are two interactive maps of air travel

ADS-B Technology

IN In the near future, air travel will become more efficient and safer thanks to new aircraft tracking technology being rolled out around the world.

Radar-based air traffic control is a thing of the past. The new technology ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast) based on satellite tracking system provides greater accuracy and reliability of aircraft flight monitoring. ADS-B will allow you to create more efficient air travel with less time and fuel consumption. The ADS-B technology is being implemented as one of the functional elements of the air transport of the new generation of the NextGen transport system.

According to the forecast of the US Federal Aviation Agency FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), more than 90% of aircraft in the US will be equipped with ADS-B by 2018.

TO Every second, an ADS-B-equipped aircraft radios its exact location, speed, altitude, course, climb, and descent. Other aircraft and ground stations equipped with ADS-B within a radius of, say, 150 miles receive this information. Ground stations combine the information received from various points with additional information received from ground radars for non-ADS-B devices and relay the data to all aircraft within the service radius. If the aircraft (AC) is equipped with ADS-B, then air traffic and weather information can be displayed in the cockpit. Passengers and crew members, ground handlers and even private users can watch on the screen flights of aircraft of all airlines of the world online.

Click here for a full-screen display of the Aviaradar map

We live in the era of the age-old dream of all mankind that has come true - to fly like birds! Many people do not even think that at any given time there are thousands of aircraft in the air - planes and helicopters. This program will be especially interesting for kids who dream of choosing a profession related to military or civil aviation. In the program, as follows already from the site address, you can around the clock, in the Mercator projection on a map of the entire Earth, see air routes over any part of it, zooming in or out. Find out which planes are flying at a given time, but only of course from among those with a transponder turned on. By simply clicking the aircraft radar program online on the icon of any of the thousands of aircraft displayed, for example, the one that flies overhead, an inquisitive person can see the points of departure and destination of the flight, the route already passed and the expected route, the time of departure and arrival, speed, altitude of the aircraft, its make and tail number. As well as dozens of photographs of this particular aircraft from the site's database, taken by planespotters. The program displays all the international airports of the Earth, when you click on them, you can see its official name, local time and weather - precipitation, temperature and wind speed. In addition, the display shows the departure and arrival of this airport. Therefore, it is interesting to observe when one of the acquaintances or relatives flies by plane. Knowing the flight number, you can watch their flight from takeoff to landing online. And immediately after landing, when everyone on the plane frantically turns on their mobile phones (previously turned off when landing), send an SMS with congratulations on arrival. The program also displays navigation lines (immediately after sunset) and astronomical twilight (when it is full night) constantly moving on the map of the Earth, which allows you to plan your events. In addition, you can turn on the software-simulated view from the cockpit in any of the four directions. It is especially interesting to watch when another plane is visible ahead. To use all the services of this program, you need to pay a small monthly fee. But the main and most requested online flight radar functions are available for free. You only need to reboot every half an hour, which is not particularly annoying.