In the majority of these cases, the explanation is that the airport in question has bad coverage. 


Flightradar24 coverage is only available in areas where someone has installed an ADS-B receiver and shares data with the Flightradar24 network. We are unable to provide coverage in areas where no ADS-B receivers are installed.


If you would like to contribute with feeding data as a host yourself to improve coverage in such locations, please see the following options:



Flightradar24 provided hardware: https://www.flightradar24.com/apply-for-receiver

Build your own hardware: https://www.flightradar24.com/build-your-own


Please see this list of locations where we currently would like to provide better coverage:


  • At major airports around the world (ground coverage)

  • Africa (Chad, Congo, Egypt in particular but also other countries are of interest)

  • China

  • Iran

  • Iraq

  • Libya