I normally don't do request but if you go into http://www.flightradar24.com/ and look there is a special plane you can't miss. An option for pmdg?

only if he has a weather radar

Sorry, only chimney radar is available I guess

ahh thatll have to do

Cool site, thanks.

Am I the only one not entirely happy with FlightRadar?

 

Seems like half the flight I click on have bogus ORIG/DEST data assigned to them...

LOL Thought it was just me Robert not sure whats going on but nice to check out airport runway numbers, take care.

 

Regards, Rich

The problem with flightradar, is having to maintain the database. Especially domestic (US) or intra European flights like to juggle with call signs, for operational reasons.

Mode S/C or ADS-B does not have the option of origin-destination fields, so they can't read that data from the plane itself. The only way to have at least an idea, is to look at which route had the same call sign before, and use it again.

For long haul flights, this method is perfect, since they hardly ever swap callsigns around. For shorter hops, it doesn't always work.

How do those systems get real time data from flights?

Via ADS-B receivers, sometimes Mode-S or Mode-C data is added in, but ADS-B alone should be sufficient.

I am running a fairly basic SBS-3 setup.

For those of you who missed it, it was santa on his sledge, speed: 984kt, alt: 45000 ft, flight: SANTA1, from: Santa's cargo hub Noth pole, aircraft: Sleigh (Slei), radar: T-HOHO