Many times, when we enter or leave the airport, we see a line of cars that are parked in the surroundings of the enclosure, even in places where it is not possible to park, waiting for their relatives or friends to arrive, whom they have promised to pick up.
The objective of these nearby car parks is to save on expensive airport parking since, in the large terminals (Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga or Valencia), cars are only allowed to enter the premises free of charge to drop off passengers who are go. On the other hand, to pick up those people who arrive, it is necessary to leave the car in the parking lot since, normally, between the time the plane lands and the person leaves the door, there may be a time margin of 15 or 20 minutes, which which would cause large traffic jams in the “arrivals” area, since taxis, tour operator buses and airlines meet there, along with urban public transport.
The portal shows flights from around the world in real time.
For this reason, the strategy of those drivers who park around the airport is to wait for the person they are going to pick up to send them a message that they have already gone up to the “departures” area and thus save parking .
But what happens if there is a problem with the flight such as a delay or a diversion to another airport? The person who is inside the plane will not be able to communicate with whoever is waiting for him and, whoever awaits the arrival, not being inside the terminal, cannot see the information panels where the status of the flight is updated.
The solution to this problem can be solved with Flightradar 24, a free platform that shows real-time information on air traffic around the world. This portal offers all the information on position, height and expected time of arrival, type of plane or company, flight number or origin and destination, among other things. According to the portal itself, its daily traffic is around more than 1.5 million users.
Through its network of 17,000 receivers spread all over the globe, they collect all the data from the ADS-B (Automatic Surveillance System) and MLAT (Multilateration) surveillance systems that most aircraft (both commercial and private) have incorporated. ). With the data provided by these systems, they obtain all those details to make it possible to track the flight, using a graphic representation of the map of the Earth, on which the route traced by the plane is shown in real time.
The portal has an app available for both iOS and Android.
This tool is very useful to know where the flight of the person to be picked up at the airport is and to see if there is any problem or delay. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to wait in the car on the edge of the terminal for the passenger to leave, since it is possible to know if the plane has landed, is still in the air or there has been a problem. In this way, the driver will be able to better organize himself when leaving home and arrive with the necessary time to enter and pick up his family member or friend in the “departures” area.
In addition to access through a browser, Flight Radar 24 has an application available for both Android and iOS totally free. Although there are also subscription plans, but those are more focused on aviation fans since they offer more professional features.
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