FlyteComms Flight Tracker / Flight Status Tool…Why are some International Flights missing data?
The graphical display can be incorrect because of the way the FlyteTrax software was originally written. We’ve always had a problem with flights crossing the International Date Line. The SW has trouble understanding the ‘date’ change and does the best it can to try and compensate. The time error also has to do with the International Date Line. When flights leave the US Flight Tracking Range and enter a Foreign Control Zone, the FlyteTrax software can then only estimate the flight’s location; it does this until ETE (Estimated Time Enroute = 0) and then ‘drops’ the flight. FYI…Over the Atlantic Ocean, this happens when the flight passes 20W. FlyteTrax 2000 is a ‘Domestic Air Traffic Monitoring System’ (including Canada). As more countries make their flight tracking data available, FlyteTrax’s coverage area will continue to expand.
