Flightradar24 App!

[markmarples]

well ive moved in to the modern age and got a android phone

anyway ive added the flight radar app!

there are 2 versions

1 - FREE over the top rader of live airtraffic
2 - £1.35 which has all of the above and you can aim your phone at it and it will use the camera to see the plane and give you the details

hours of fun!

at least till the battery dies

[DH764]

Ayup Mark ...Ive got a HTC Desire and this app is THE best ....well not really 100% true because since the latest update its been crashing a lot .
I live under the upper Level AR that runs parallel to the NE coastline so I get to see A380s , BA Cargo 747-800 and if I see a trail but its not on FR I know it will most probably be the Ramstein USAF C17 flight .
You can even get Squawk 7600 and 7700 alerts !!
7600 for lost comms and 7700 Emergency .

Wish this was around twenty plus years ago when CP Air Dc10s and OK IL-62s used to come across

Andy

[markmarples]

i havent turned on the squarks yet, but will now i know what they are

[DH764]

Got a SQ7700 alert at 3pm this afternoon :

FR24 Squawk 7700 (general emergency). D-ABOH (Condor B753) from Munich to Antalya

Must of landed OK thankfully

Andy

[markmarples]

yep got that too!

[davedubya]

Can you explain to the layman/someone that's been up a long time today what the squawk settings do?

[markmarples]

the squarks are radio signals

when a plane sends out a 'transponder code' signal of 7700 or 7000 i think it flags up and you get alerts, these codes are for emergencies

[Mapo]

Just purchased for zee ayephone

[markmarples]

me and John (softbill man) tracked the virgin atlantic plane the other day back in to heathrow after getting a squark warning

[Flying Warden]

7500 is the hijack squark.



7000 is the under no-one's control but just so's you know I'm here squark, if I remember rightly.

[markmarples]

thanks i can never remember

so heres a list

Emergency codes
7500: Unlawful Interference, i.e., Aircraft hijacking[6]
7600: Lost Communications[6]
7700: General Emergency[6]

Routine codes
0000:
Military intercept code (in the U.S.)[11]
Mode C or other SSR failure (in the UK).[12]
Shall not be used — is a non-discrete mode A code (Europe)[13]
0021: VFR squawk code for German airspace (5000 feet and below) — from 15 March 2007 replaced by the international 7000 code for VFR traffic.[14]
0022: VFR squawk code for German airspace (above 5000 feet) — from 15 March 2007 replaced by the international 7000 code for VFR traffic.[14]
0033: Parachute dropping in progress (UK)[12]
0041 to 0057: In Belgium assigned for VFR traffic under Flight Information Services (BXL FIC)
0100: In Australia: flights operating at aerodromes (in lieu of codes 1200, 2000 or 3000 when assigned by ATC or noted in the Enroute Supplement Australia)[15]
1000:
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight below 18,000' when no other code has been assigned (Canada)[6]
Non-discrete mode A code reserved use in Mode S radar/ADS-B environment where the aircraft identification will be used to correlate the flight plan instead of the mode A code[13]
1200:
Visual flight rules (VFR) flight, this is the standard squawk code used in North American airspace when no other has been assigned.[6]
In Australia civil VFR flights in class E or G airspace.[15]
1201: Visual flight rules (VFR) glider operations for gliders not in contact with ATC, through February 2012 (United States).[16]
1202: Visual flight rules (VFR) glider operations for gliders not in contact with ATC; effective February 2012 (United States).[16]
1255: Aircraft not in contact with an ATC facility while en route to/from or within the designated fire fighting area(s).[17]
1277: VFR aircraft which fly authorized SAR missions for the USAF or USCG while en route to/from or within the designated search area.[17]
1400: VFR flight above 12,500'ASL when no other code has been assigned (Canada).[6]
2000:
The code to be squawked when entering a secondary surveillance radar (SSR) area from a non-SSR area used as Uncontrolled IFR flight squawk code in ICAO countries[13]
In Canada for uncontrolled IFR at or above 18,000'[6]
In Australia: civil IFR flights in Class G airspace.[15]
2100: Australia: Ground testing by aircraft maintenance staff.[15]
3000: Australia: Civil flights in classes A, C and D airspace, or IFR flights in Class E airspace.[15]
4000:
Aircraft on a VFR Military Training Route or requiring frequent or rapid changes in altitude (U.S.)[18]
In Australia: civil flights not involved in special operations or SAR, operating in Class G airspace in excess of 15NM offshore.[15]
4400 to 4477: Reserved for use by SR-71, YF-12, U-2 and B-57, pressure suit flights, and aircraft operations above FL600 (USA only).[18]
5000: Aircraft in Military Operations[15]
6000: Australia: Military flights in Class G airspace.[15]
7000:
VFR standard squawk code when no other code has been assigned (ICAO).[13]
UK: this code does not imply VFR; 7000 is used as a general conspicuity squawk.[12]
7001:
Sudden military climb out from low-level operations (UK)[12]
Used in some countries to identify VFR traffic (France, ...)
7004: Aerobatic and display code in some countries.[12]
7010: VFR circuit traffic code in the UK
707X: Paradrop activities in France (7070, 7071, 7072...)
7615: Australia: civil flights engaged in littoral surveillance.[15]