I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D

Re:I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D by sledprocyon on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @11:13AM (#47049104)

This is really cool. Have you considered showing the aircraft model/type? Since the ICAO24 is already available, a lookup could add it.

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Re:I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D by kewonit on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @11:28AM (#47049296)

That is definitely up there in the todo, I wanted to try and render out 3d aircraft models too, if i could even get like 10-15 commonly used models and keep rest generic, it would still improve the viewing experience by a lot, for now the next update would for sure indicate the model number and the origin/destination on hover itself.

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Re:I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D by Patrick_Devine on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @09:23PM (#47056361)

The Departing / Arrival airports plus a full track would be absolutely amazing.

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Re:I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D by sledprocyon on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @06:42AM (#47060001)

Glad to hear you’re adding origin/destination. I’ve seen other users mention it as well, but being able to quickly filter or search by country would also be very useful.

Modelling only the most common aircraft types sounds like a good approach.

With the ICAO type code, maybe you could group aircraft (wide-body / narrow-body / regional / cargo) to provide an accurate visual fallback when a specific 3D model isn’t available. Also, a slightly different shade for the generic aircraft could help signal that it’s just a placeholder rather than a real model.

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Re:I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D by connoronthejob on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @01:40PM (#47051235)

Agreed. Seeing a 737 airplane flying at 1000ft over my office made me a little concerned for a second. FlightRadar24 uses a few standard type aircraft icons.

The altitude seems a little off - is it supposed to be to scale? Some aircraft flying around 1,000-3,000 ft looked closer to FL20 from my experience as a passenger and pilot.

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Re:I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D by brontitall on Thursday February 19, 2026 @06:36PM (#47081381)

FL20 is 2000ft. Did you mean FL200?

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