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Reasons why aircraft is not displayed

There are several possible reasons why your aircraft may not be visible:

  1. No ADS-B transponder: The aircraft may not be equipped with an ADS-B transponder, which means it cannot be tracked by our receiver network.
  2. Mode S transponder without MLAT coverage: If the aircraft has a Mode S transponder and isn’t visible, it may be flying in an area with limited or no MLAT coverage.
  3. Outside our coverage area: The aircraft might be flying in a region with little or no ADS-B receiver coverage.
  4. Blocked aircraft: The aircraft may be blocked in our system at the request of the owner or operator.
  5. Not in our database: If we haven’t received the aircraft’s details yet, it may not be listed in our database.

How to request the addition of an aircraft to our database

On the Flightradar24 forum


To request the addition of an aircraft to our database, please submit the details in the forum thread below, following the guidelines in the first post: 

https://forum.flightradar24.com/threads/1872-Aircraft-to-be-added-into-Flightradar24-aircraft-database


Contact support


Please submit the following details about the aircraft to support@fr24.com

  • ModeS/Hex-code (mandatory):
  • Registration (mandatory):
  • ICAO Type code (sets aircraft icon):
  • Type:
  • MSN:
  • Airline / Owner:
  • Operator code (ICAO):
  • First flight date - not delivery date - format year-mm-dd (if mm or dd is unknown replace with 00, for example, 2012-06-00):


With this additional information, we will be able to add the aircraft to our database.