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Re:Jetnet Acquires ADS-B Exchange, a community-fed ADSB aggr... by sokoloff on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @01:18PM (#34522048)
I have a basic (free) Flightaware account. I can't imagine anything relevant to commercial airliner travel that I'd need that I don't get from that free account. Is there something I'm missing?

(I totally get the fun aspect and it's fairly cheap to put a receiver up.)

Re:Jetnet Acquires ADS-B Exchange, a community-fed ADSB aggr... by james_pm on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @01:36PM (#34522305)
From FR24, you get two years of historical data for starters.
Re:Jetnet Acquires ADS-B Exchange, a community-fed ADSB aggr... by dgacmu on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @01:28PM (#34522199)
the only value for me is having no ads. which is, in fact, something i value, but not at the $80/month it would take to subscribe for. But it's worth sending my feed.
Re:Jetnet Acquires ADS-B Exchange, a community-fed ADSB aggr... by Scoundreller on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @03:20PM (#34523612)
Lots of interesting stuff outside of commercial airliners.

Flightaware (and FR24) censors (for a fee).

I remember emailing a journo covering a protest to look up and observe the plane circling around.

But ultimately they’re different services: Adsb is vessel focussed, while FA/FR24 are flight# focussed.

Want to find out what routes your aircraft typically flies? Adsb will be the place to check.

Want to see if your flight is typically on-time? FA/FR24.

Re:Jetnet Acquires ADS-B Exchange, a community-fed ADSB aggr... by Dracophoenix on Thursday January 26, 2023 @02:58AM (#34528952)
> Flightaware (and FR24) censors (for a fee).

Are there any services you're aware of that don't censor?

Re:Jetnet Acquires ADS-B Exchange, a community-fed ADSB aggr... by blitzar on Thursday January 26, 2023 @04:24AM (#34529513)
ADSBExchange ... that is why I contributed.