What is the purple line on the flight radar?


What is the purple line on the flight radar? In the image above, a detailed flight path indicating completed lines (purple), yet to be flown lines (green), and the current status of the aircraft (the square near the center).


How far back does FlightAware go?

FlightAware makes record keeping, fact checking, and logbook maintenance easy by giving you historical flight data from 3, 5, or 8 months back.


Why do some planes not show up on flight radar?

A flight may not be visible on Flightradar24 for different reasons, but most likely it is either outside our coverage in that area or not equipped with a compatible transponder or a combination of the two.


What is the black line on flight tracker?

For flights that are no longer in our coverage area, we may estimate their position for up to 240 minutes. These flight tracks are shown as black dashed lines. Read more about estimated positions on Flightradar24.


How do you identify an aircraft on radar?

Radar identification may be carried out in several different ways:
  1. By use of Transponder (SSR). For example, by: ...
  2. By comparing the reported position of the aircraft with the radar response;
  3. By observing the response of the aircraft to a request to turn onto a specified heading;
  4. By transfer of radar identification.


Can I track a flight in real time?

While the specifics vary depending on your tracker of choice, generally speaking, you can input any flight number into a flight tracking app or website and see all the key data about that flight, from its ETA to its altitude to its ground speed.


What is the color code for flight radar?

Flightradar24 Support center Below are the meanings behind these colors: Gray: The flight is scheduled and there isn't an additional status available. Green: The flight is estimated to be on time or arrived at time. Orange: The flight is estimated to be delayed or was delayed.


What are the lines on Flightradar24?

On the map a coloured line shows the route of the aircraft. Purple colours indicate cruising altitudes. White colours indicate the plane is on the ground. As a plane takes off, the colours change from white, to yellow, to green, to light blue, to dark blue and finally to purple.


What color are the planes in flightradar24?

Aircraft located using satellite data are coloured blue on the map, and yellow if located by terrestrial receivers.


What does squawk 7500 mean?

The first emergency code that you may have become familiar with is Squawk 7500. This code is used to indicate that the aircraft has been hijacked, and therefore requires urgent emergency support from both security services and air traffic control.


How accurate is Flightradar24?

The position is calculated based on many different parameters and in most cases it's quite accurate, but for long flights the position can in worst cases be up to about 100 km (55 miles) off. In settings there is an option to set for how long time you want to see estimated aircraft on map.


What does purple line on flight radar mean?

On the map a coloured line shows the route of the aircraft. Purple colours indicate cruising altitudes. White colours indicate the plane is on the ground. As a plane takes off, the colours change from white, to yellow, to green, to light blue, to dark blue and finally to purple.


What does a red dot mean on Flightradar24?

@flightradar24. Hi James, the colored dots represent delay status: Green = on time, yellow = 15-45 min delay, red = 45+ min delay.


What is the blue arrow on Flightradar24?

Hi Damaris, the blue arrow indicates your direction of view or movement.


What does squawking 7700 mean?

Squawking 7700 in an emergency The most well know of these is the code 7700. This is used to indicate an emergency of any kind. A pilot will enter this when in an emergency situation - either instructed by ATC after declaring an emergency or without communication if there is no time.


What does it mean if a plane is red on Flightradar24?

when you click on it it's red. this is a ryanair aircraft. it's currently skorkin 7700. which means it's in an emergency.


What does squawk 7600 mean?

Code 7600. Code 7600 is the code for a loss of radio. If a pilot's radio goes out during a fight, they can enter 7600 into the transponder. Then they should proceed to their intended airport following a standard landing plan. Pilots should be extra careful and on alert for other aircraft around them in the sky.


What is the most viewed flight in Flightradar24?

From the time it lifted off from Kuala Lumpur at 15:42 local time, SPAR19 was already the most tracked flight on Flightradar24 among active flights. 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.


Do fighter jets appear on Flightradar24?

Generally, aircraft requesting that they not be displayed on Flightradar24 are military aircraft. Some military aircraft, such as various transport aircraft, are visible. How do I see only a military plane on Flightradar24? In Flightradar24, you normally cannot see military planes, they're filtered out.


What is the GREY line on Flightradar24?

A note about Estimated coverage: when you see a dashed or gray line behind an aircraft, that's estimated coverage. Colored lines indicate actual positions. When an aircraft is out of coverage, we estimate based on great circle routes to destination.