Alternatives to Flightradar24
A live flight tracker that shows aircraft positions around the world on a map. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Flightradar24
A live flight tracker that shows aircraft positions around the world on a map.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Flightradar24.
FlightAware
A live flight tracking map and flight status service for airline and private flights.
FlightAware is a web-only freemium flight tracker adding historical tracking and airport delay information, with much of the site promoting paid business products.
Plane Finder
A real-time flight tracking service that shows aircraft positions worldwide on a live map.
Plane Finder is a freemium live flight map in the browser, with mobile apps including 3D and augmented reality versions.
ADS-B Exchange
A live web map of aircraft positions fed by a global community network of ADS-B receivers.
ADS-B Exchange is a web-only map showing aircraft broadcasts without filtering from volunteer receivers, with coverage depending on where they run.
Flighty
An iPhone flight tracker with live updates, delay predictions and alerts about gates and baggage.
Flighty focuses on your own flights with gate, delay and baggage alerts, but runs on Apple platforms only instead of the web, iOS and Android.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
MarineTraffic
A live ship tracking map that shows vessel positions worldwide using AIS data.
Stratux
Free software that turns a Raspberry Pi with USB radios into a low-cost ADS-B receiver for pilots.
SkyVector
A free online flight planner built on aeronautical charts, with current weather and fuel prices.
Windy
An interactive animated weather map with wind, waves and radar forecasts from several forecast models.
