A new plane-tracker app allows people to watch real-time aircraft soar across the globe on an incredible live 3D map.
Airspace Explorer shows planes above the UK and around the world for iPad users.
NATS provides the data, which allows people to select individual flights showing the plane’s route, altitude, speed and type.
The view can be rotated to see all the different planes in the sky.
‘Secondly, unlike other flight tracking apps, our app includes some UK radar data for showing aircraft positions.
‘We don’t display all of our radar data, as a number of aircraft, such as most military and police aircraft, are removed.
‘Even with aircraft removed, the inclusion of radar helps to increase aircraft coverage and the radar often picks up and displays smaller aircraft that other apps don’t track.
Thirdly, we provide a 3D view of the airspace. The 3D views help to provide a sense of the relative altitudes of aircraft and the shapes and sizes of the controlled airspace areas in the UK.
‘You can pan, zoom and move around the airspace in 3D and view flight paths in and out of airports to gain a sense of the approach and departure routes the aircraft fly.
The organisation’s air traffic control systems handle more than 2.2 million flights and 220 million passengers in the UK skies every year.
Source: New plane-tracker app lets you watch real-time aircraft | Daily Mail Online
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