Obtaining flight tracking data has been made possible because of Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast technology, or ADS-B technology used in modern aircraft.

For a lot of people flying from one place to another without knowing where they can be a very daunting task. This is where the flight tracking websites come to the rescue. These tracking websites work to find the exact location of the flight.

Flight-tracking technology has been revolutionising the aviation industry. Generally, the data for tracking the planes used to be obtained with the airports as the source of information, but the accuracy of this data used to be a bit off.

By using new methods, now the data is directly obtained from the aircraft. This has been made possible because of Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast technology, or ADS-B technology used in modern aircraft.

The ADS-B technology is a complicated, relatively new system used for tracking flights. For better understanding, here we have explained how plane tracking sites work to find the exact location of an aircraft.

Source: Civil Aviation Authority – Qatar