PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Tracking airports
View Single Post
Old 30th Mar 2009, 06:38
  #14 (permalink)  
HEATHROW DIRECTOR
 
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Berkshire, UK
Age: 79
Posts: 8,268
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
No, because the information is derived from equipment receiving Mode S transmissions. Some aircraft equipment can include the precise position of the aircraft in these transmissions and it is these aircraft that you see. Somewhere in excess of 50% of aircraft send this data.
HEATHROW DIRECTOR is offline