Flight Radar24 Pro App

CaptainSkidmark

Anyone tried this yet?

Gives you practically every bit of info but ive yet to get a clear sky to use the camera mode





well worth the €2.99

Su Campu

Yes I've been using it for a few weeks now and it's very good. It will send you alerts of emergency squawks, of which I'm receiving two or three a day. The camera mode is a bit iffy though as other seems to shows several flights on the screen, though I'm beginning to think maybe I'm not using it correctly.

CaptainSkidmark

Su Campu wrote: »

Yes I've been using it for a few weeks now and it's very good. It will send you alerts of emergency squawks, of which I'm receiving two or three a day. The camera mode is a bit iffy though as other seems to shows several flights on the screen, though I'm beginning to think maybe I'm not using it correctly.

id say you are but it can be a bit shaky, sometimes they keep jumping left to right, maybe an update will address that issue.

Zonda999

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flightradar24pro&hl=en

Was thinking of getting this for Android as well. Its a pain at the moment with the free app, which tells you nothing but the flight code

Su Campu

I have it on android and my camera mode looks nothing like that screenshot in the first post. There is no radar and it seems to completely have the direction wrong. I point it south and it picks up planes on the ground at Dublin Airport, to my northeast!

Strumms

I downloaded it a couple of months back and it's pretty good. Zero time lag from what i can see. Where i live i can see aircraft out of runway 28/10 and straight away it will be on the app.

If I have an AM start I can check in advance if my inbound flight is running late and grab me some more shut eye or at least a lazy breakfast. Also if I'm away with work my GF has it on her phone so she can know when I've landed or am on approach so she can pick me up. It came in handy too earlier in the year in Nice when I checked it ut to see the outbound hadn't left Dublin and there was an hour to our departure so it defo has its uses.

jimbis

My favourite app on my phone! Ive spent hours on end just looking at it.
Camera mode can be a bit off but sometimes is spot on. I think its more down to the compass on your phone rather than the app itself.

bluecode

I have it as well. Using it for a while. It's cool to check out something flying overhead. I even like the emergency thing. Surprising number of 7700 squawks.

I thought I would use to track when my wife's flight from Brussels was inbound. But frustratingly I lost the signal at night in my Mother's house where I was staying. So when she got in early. I was caught out. Not the apps fault though. If you download ATC live and run both simulataneously you'll be in spotter heaven.

scudzilla

Nice, just downloaded the .apk for this, looks pretty good, was running the free version but now i gone all Pro

eastmayo

Su Campu wrote: »

Yes I've been using it for a few weeks now and it's very good. It will send you alerts of emergency squawks, of which I'm receiving two or three a day. The camera mode is a bit iffy though as other seems to shows several flights on the screen, though I'm beginning to think maybe I'm not using it correctly.

I have the pro.just woundering how do ya get the alerts for emergency squawks.thanks in advance.

Su Campu

eastmayo wrote: »

I have the pro.just woundering how do ya get the alerts for emergency squawks.thanks in advance.

Settings -> "Show Notifications"

It will automatically send you 7700 and 7600 squawks alerts, which when you click on them will bring you straight to that aircraft.

davidd24

Have it a while too,
When i was delayed in ACE i watched our replacement plane come from Manchester..
One of my favorite apps.

b318isp

BTW, there is an option to limit the visible radius (I've mine limited to 60km) and to not show ground traffic. All helps give a clearer AR view.

harr

Hi
I have this a few weeks now and am surprised at the amount of 7700 squawks,what would they be in general? I have the ATC app as well which I play in the back ground so I can listen to the planes I am watching on screen.
One squawk last week was a serious medical issue and the flight was diverted to Frankfurt and the pilot was requesting police and medics to meet the plane

Su Campu

There were three 7700 squawks last Thursday evening alone which didn't appear on AvHerald. I emailed Simon Hradzecky and he said they were all medical emergencies. He said he's stopped using this alert feature as there are so many of them that turned out to be just low key medical emergencies that were of little importance in general and just increased his workload.

eastmayo

Su Campu wrote: »

eastmayo wrote: »

I have the pro.just woundering how do ya get the alerts for emergency squawks.thanks in advance.

Settings -> "Show Notifications"

It will automatically send you 7700 and 7600 squawks alerts, which when you click on them will bring you straight to that aircraft.

Thanks for that su

b318isp

harr wrote: »

I have the ATC app as well which I play in the back ground so I can listen to the planes I am watching on screen.

Out of curiosity, which ATC app are you using?

harr

its LiveATC but for some reason it does include UK airports,does anyone else know of one that can pick up the UK ATC?

IRLConor

harr wrote: »

its LiveATC but for some reason it does include UK airports,does anyone else know of one that can pick up the UK ATC?

http://www.liveatc.net/faq/#uk

I doubt there would be any reliable feeds from the UK. Based on anecdotes on the LiveATC forums they get shut down fairly quickly.

harr

Thanks for that info,strange law to have in place

scudzilla

Aircraft Emergency right now, Faro to Leeds, Jet 2

Seems like it's being diverted to Manchester, no idea's what it is yet

ian_m

scudzilla wrote: »

Aircraft Emergency right now, Faro to Leeds, Jet 2

Seems like it's being diverted to Manchester, no idea's what it is yet

http://www.flightradar24.com/2012-09-15/13:10/EXS252

harr

ian_m wrote: »

http://www.flightradar24.com/2012-09-15/13:10/EXS252

Went right over Leeds airport and did and a circle and then went straight to Manchester airport.Strange