What is an airport warning?

AIRPORT WEATHER WARNING: The AWW is issued by the NWS WFO at (location of WFO) to advise airport officials that locally established hazardous weather criteria, which may adversely affect airport ground operations, have been met. AWWs are not intended for use during in-flight operations.



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Hearing Code Red at the terminal typically means there's a confirmed security risk, such as a bomb or terrorist. Airport security and police are almost immediately mobilized to deal with the situation.

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In fact, the National Weather Service says passenger planes are struck by lightning an average of once or twice every year. But the last confirmed commercial airplane crash in the United States attributed to lightning occurred in 1967.

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Alert 3: Indicates that an aircraft has crashed on or off the airport, or there is a high probability the aircraft will crash, or the pilot has indicated that the aircraft landing gear will not work and, therefore, the pilot will have to crash land on the airport.

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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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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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I was following an aircraft when it suddenly disappeared, why? In most cases, our receiver network is no longer receiving a signal from the aircraft. This tends to be more common when an aircraft is flying over large bodies of water. It can also be a technical problem somewhere.

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What is the longest flight in the world by distance? The longest flight in the world by distance is New York (JFK) to Singapore (SIN) on Singapore Airlines clocking in at 9,537 miles. What plane can fly the farthest in the world?

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Alert 1: Indicates an aircraft is having minor difficulties (i.e., minor oil leak; one engine out on a three or four-engine commercial aircraft or one engine out on a two-engine general aviation aircraft; fire warning lights; etc.). A safe landing is expected.

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Once a pilot has declared an emergency, a chain of events is initiated by ATC. If necessary, controllers will assist the pilot in finding a suitable airport for landing, and begin coordinating with the control facility for that airport.

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The Secured Area is the most restricted area of the airport. Your ID badge has two purposes: 1) It provides access into Restricted Areas of the airport. 2) Your badge is a form of identification and shows you have permission to be in the Sterile or Restricted Areas.

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Lone-wolf and terrorism incidents compromising security. Human trafficking, inadequately documented passengers, contraband smuggling are other causes for concern due to their various degrees of risk.

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Sterile Area – An area of the airport which provides access for boarding onto and off of aircraft (also referred to as the Gate Area). Access to this area is highly restricted, and only ticketed passengers and individuals with an Airport Security ID Card may enter this area via the TSA Passenger Screening Checkpoint.

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Rain is just water, no matter the pressure. Modern aircraft can generate lift regardless of the heaviness of the rain. Planes can and will take off and land in the rain. The only real problem with heavy rainfall is the decrease in visibility for the pilots.

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By the time it landed in Taipei, SPAR19 was being tracked by more than 708,000 people around the world, making it the most tracked live flight in Flightradar24 history. Over the seven hours from Kuala Lumpur to Taipei, a total of 2.92 million people followed at least a portion of the flight.

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