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 do the colors mean on Flightradar24?
The color of the trail behind the aircraft differs depending on the altitude the aircraft had at that position. The numbers are in meters. If the aircraft is below 100 meters in altitude, the trail will be white. If it is above 100 meters, the trail will yellow, and with increase in altitude, will be green and so on.
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.
What does it mean when a flight is blocked on flight radar?
Print. 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.
What does it mean if a plane is red on flight radar?
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 7600 (Communication Equipment Failure), and 7700 (General Emergency).
How accurate is flightradar24?
For aircraft without known destination, position is estimated for up to 10 minutes. 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.
What does a GREY dot on flight radar mean?
What color is aircraft weather radar?
The on-board weather radar receiver is set up to depict heavy returns as red, medium return as yellow and light returns as green on a display in the flight deck. Clouds do not create a return. Magenta is reserved to depict intense or extreme precipitation or turbulence.
Why does my flight tracker say estimated?
Estimated: The estimated time for leaving the departure gate and pulling up to the arrival gate, provided in local airport times. Left Gate: The actual time the aircraft left the departure gate, provided in local airport time.
What does the red color code mean on the flight list?
From left to right you have airline, flight number, gate, departure time, and status. The Status shows up in a few different colors. Green means the flight is on time, blue means the flight has arrived, orange indicates a delay, and red is for a flight that has been canceled.
Why are some planes blue on 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. Read more at flightradar24.com/blog/satellite…
Does Air Force One appear on FlightRadar?
Some high profile aircraft, such as Air Force One are not displayed. Most other aircraft subject to restriction are shown as anonymized by aircraft type.
What color is a storm on radar?
dark redA patch of dark red moving toward your location means there's a thunderstorm on the way. A line of heavy precipitation moving in unison is a sign of a squall line that could pack gusty winds.
How do you tell if a flight will be oversold?
U.S. airlines are obligated to tell you if you ask – by phone, at the ticket counter, or at the gate. They will tell you if it's overbooked – but not by how many passengers.