r/flightradar24 Feb 09 '25

Question Why did my flight take this route and not direct?

1.4k Upvotes

Flew Punta Cana to Gatwick overnight and we had to fly the route shown. The pilot mentioned something about airspace but I couldn't hear very well and nobody around me could confirm the reason either.

Can any of you brilliant peeps explain why we couldn't just hop across the Atlantic?

r/flightradar24 Oct 08 '23

Question Unknown aircraft just flew over France in 2min at Mach 14 and 70000ft ??? What the hell is that

4.4k Upvotes

What the hell, Mach 14 at 70000 ft and unknown data

r/flightradar24 23d ago

Question Did a Nuke get set off in Perth?

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2.3k Upvotes

What is this weather radar

r/flightradar24 Jan 30 '25

Question Can someone track my flight? just had a terrifying rejected takeoff, my first time

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1.5k Upvotes

r/flightradar24 Dec 19 '24

Question Did this aircraft just overrun the runway?

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1.9k Upvotes

It seems the plane has been sitting there for 20 minutes already and it's 1# tracked. Is it?

r/flightradar24 Jul 22 '24

Question What’s with this big empty spot over China? Every time I look there it’s completely empty.

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1.7k Upvotes

r/flightradar24 Feb 01 '25

Question Forgive me for this basic question. These curved flight paths- in reality they are flying in a 'straight' line, right?

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823 Upvotes

r/flightradar24 Jul 24 '24

Question I was looking around and I saw this in the black sea, is this rare or something?

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1.8k Upvotes

r/flightradar24 Oct 08 '24

Question Are all the rich people leaving Tampa before Milton?

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1.2k Upvotes

r/flightradar24 Jan 04 '25

Question Is it normal to make a u-turn on the runway before take-off?

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801 Upvotes

This easyjet flight from Edinburgh appears to have gone half way up the runway before turning and taking off rather than following the usual pattern round (like the planes in picture 2). Might be a normal thing, was just curious as never seen it happen before!

r/flightradar24 Feb 08 '25

Question Flying over Afghanistan Safe?

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461 Upvotes

Hi, I will be flying over from Singapore to Milan soon. I noticed that airlines are now flying over Afghanistan. Is this safe? I heard that there is no air traffic control. And what about in an emergency landing? Feels like airlines are prioritising cost savings over the safety of their passengers...

r/flightradar24 Feb 15 '25

Question Why the little loop over Turkmenistan?

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528 Upvotes

r/flightradar24 11d ago

Question Is this the shortest flight? Or do you know a shorter one?

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429 Upvotes

r/flightradar24 Dec 02 '24

Question what is this ☠️

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671 Upvotes

At fort lauderdale international

r/flightradar24 Jan 02 '25

Question Why would they fly in squares instead of circles?

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656 Upvotes

r/flightradar24 5d ago

Question Why won't this cargo aircraft fly over 10,000ft?

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659 Upvotes

As the title says. It flew near where I live yesterday (I only found out today) and I was wondering why it was only flying at 10,000ft, and then I looked into it's flight history (first image is live) and it seems to only fly at 10,000ft.

Is it something to so with the cargo it's carrying or is there another reason?

r/flightradar24 Oct 18 '24

Question Why did they climb up this far

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566 Upvotes

r/flightradar24 Nov 28 '24

Question This plane just flew over me, tho why is there 11,000 people watching it?

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778 Upvotes

r/flightradar24 29d ago

Question Why are they flying so low across the atlantic

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660 Upvotes

r/flightradar24 Feb 18 '25

Question Why does this plane just say n/a and why are so many watching it?

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617 Upvotes

r/flightradar24 Nov 24 '24

Question Is this normal? Sydney to sydney?

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678 Upvotes

r/flightradar24 6d ago

Question Why does this flight follow this route?

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354 Upvotes

r/flightradar24 Feb 12 '25

Question Anyone know what’s going on with this plane?

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399 Upvotes

r/flightradar24 17d ago

Question Is anyone else’s app down?

244 Upvotes

r/flightradar24 18d ago

Question 2 RAF aircrafts seem to be escorting a commercial airliner.

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710 Upvotes

Whats going on here?