Flightradar24: Live Flight Tracker – A project using a Raspberry Pie and ADS-B dongle to make a flight tracking device using Flight Radar 24. I was selected to represent the school at National Level.
https://www.flightradar24.com/52.52,13.39/4
Flightradar24 is a flight tracker that shows live air traffic from around the world. Flightradar24 combines data from several data sources including ADS-B, MLAT and radar data. The ADS-B, MLAT and radar data is aggregated together with schedule and flight status data from airlines and airports to create a unique flight tracking experience on www.flightradar24.com and in Flightradar24 apps.
ADS-B
The primary technology that Flightradar24 use to receive flight information is called automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B). The ADS-B technology itself is best explained by the above image.
- Aircraft gets its location from a GPS navigation source (satellite)
- The ADS-B transponder on aircraft transmits signal containing the location (and much more)
- ADS-B signal is picked up by a receiver connected to Flightradar24
- Receiver feeds data to Flightradar24
- Data is shown on http://www.flightradar24.com and in Flightradar24 apps
Reelrunner 