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Flight Tracker





Background

Founded in March of 2005, FlightAware is the first company to offer free flight tracking services for both private and commercial air traffic in the United States. FlightAware launched public operations in September of 2005 and in November of 2005 became the most popular flight tracking service on the Internet.

Major Events and Features

DateEvent
2005
March FlightAware founded
April FlightAware begins processing live flight data
April FlightAware opens to private beta
July User registration is implemented
August Graphing available for all airports and total flights
August "My FlightAware" launched
September FlightAware opens to public beta
September Over 1,000 new FlightAware account registrations in the first week of public beta
October FlightAware begins offering tracking of humanitarian relief flights
October 48-72 hours of airport activity history available from airport status pages
October Next-generation maps with ATC-style airport area views released
November FlightAware is released from beta status
November FlightAware becomes most popular flight tracking service on the Internet
2006
January FlightAware registers 25,000th member; serves 100,000 unique users in one week
March FlightAware releases logo and new web site design
March "Resources" section launched with airport information, terminal procedures
March FlightAware celebrates its 1st birthday
March FlightAware registers 50,000th member; serves over 300,000 unique users in March
April Full archive of flight information, track logs, and maps available for past flights
June Airport pictures available on airport information pages
July FlightAware registers 75,000th member; serves over 500,000 unique users in July
August FlightAware flight archives pass 25,000,000 flights
October FlightAware exhibits at NBAA 2006 in Orlando, Florida
October FlightAware release commercial products, AirportAware and FlightXML
November Flight Alerts (e-mail and instant message flight tracking notifications) launched
December Commercial user accounts available for Part 135 and 121 operators
2007
May Beta access to fleet maps, aircraft type maps, and route maps released
June FlightAware registers 150,000th member; serves over 1,250,000 unique users in June
August Weather Maps now available with nationwide and regional views
August FlightAware flight archives pass 50,000,000 flights
September Maps available for flight finder, My FlightAware, aircraft type, and fleet maps
September Squawks released for sharing aviation links