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How do you track an aircraft that is blocked on FlightAware?

How do I track an aircraft that is not available for public tracking (blocked)? To track a blocked aircraft, you must be the owner or operator and it must be selectively unblocked through a FlightAware Global subscription.



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Information about a small number of flights may be limited or blocked based on requests from owners or operators via third-party services, such as the FAA LADD. Some high-profile aircraft, such as Air Force One, are not displayed. Furthermore, some military and government aircraft are blocked and will not show up.

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It appears as BLOCKED due to security and privacy reasons. Aircraft type - (It will only show the 'type code' [LJ35,C750,PA31,etc)] of the aircraft on flightradar24 map. Blocked - Any aircraft without any type codes in the database.

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Flightradar24 is the more customizable of the two, and while FlightAware says it tracks more flights, it lacks options like showing planes on the ground. (There's also a third flight-tracking app and website, Planefinder, which looks and feels similar to Flightradar24 and has the same price for the premium version.)

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@flightradar24. Our most asked question on social media: “What do the blue planes mean?” Blue planes indicate aircraft are being tracked by satellite-based ADS-B receivers.

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Red: When an aircraft is displayed as red that means that you are currently following that specific aircraft on the map or that an emergency squawk is on for this aircraft.

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Red: When an aircraft is displayed as red that means that you are currently following that specific aircraft on the map or that the aircraft's transponder is squawking an emergency code. These codes are 7500 (Hijack), 7600 (Communication Equipment Failure), 7700 (General Emergency)

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According to Similarweb data of monthly visits, flightaware.com's top competitor in August 2023 is flightstats.com with 9.4M visits.

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Blue: Aircraft displayed as blue icons are currently being tracked via satellite. Satellites are collecting the ADS-B signals from aircraft and transmitting them to the Flightradar24 network. Space-based ADS-B tracking will be used to supplement our terrestrial receiver network.

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The closest competitor to flightradar24.com are flightstats.com, flightaware.com and airportia.com. To understand more about flightradar24.com and its competitors, sign up for a free account to explore Semrush's Traffic Analytics and Market Explorer tools.

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