Flight Data Services Competitors

NAV CANADA is the private sector, non-share capital corporation that owns and operates Canada's civil air navigation service (ANS). NAV CANADA co-ordinates the safe and efficient movement of aircraft in Canadian domestic airspace and international airspace assigned to Canadian control. Through its coast to coast to coast operations, NAV CANADA provides air traffic control, flight information, weather briefings, aeronautical information, airport advisory services, and electronic aids to navigation.

FlightAware (flightaware.com) is the leading provider of real-time and historical flight information and insights to the global aviation community. FlightAware serves all segments of the aviation marketplace through best-of-breed applications and data services that provide comprehensive information about the current and predicted movement of aircraft. Through the collection, interpretation, and enrichment of hundreds of sources of data, including data from FlightAware’s own proprietary terrestrial ADS-B network spanning seven continents and in 200 countries and territories, the company is able to transform millions of raw flight data elements and deliver them as coherent, easy-to-consume flight stories. As a single source of accurate and actionable data for aviation players large and small, FlightAware is central to aviation. FlightAware is owned by Collins Aerospace (a Raytheon company) with headquarters in Houston and locations in New York, Austin, Singapore, and London.

Flightradar24 tracks positions of aircraft in real-time and turns that data into engaging consumer and business applications. The data comes primarily from a proprietary, crowd-sourced network of 60,000+ so-called ADS-B receivers hosted by private individuals and companies all over the world and tracks 250,000+ flights per day. This network of ADS-B receivers is the largest in the world. In addition to ADS-B data, Flightradar24 is able to get positional data for non-ADS-B equipped aircraft through the use of Multilateration (MLAT). The ADS-B and MLAT data is merged with schedule and flight status data from airlines and airports to create a unique flight tracking experience. You can read more about how Flightradar24 works here: http://www.flightradar24.com/how-it-works Each day Flightradar24 has over 6 million unique users and our app has been the #1 selling app overall in Apple’s App Store in over 130 countries. Most airlines and many other companies in the aviation industry (including Airbus, Boeing and Embraer) use our services. The Flightradar24 app has been downloaded more than 150 million times. Flightradar24 is frequently featured in the media: Wall Street Journal http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-men-who-know-where-every-flight-is-1440610114 Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/18/us-airlines-flightradar-idUSKBN0O31Q720150518 The Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2204838/Rush-hour-skies-Real-time-map-shows-plane-air-right-now.html Bild http://www.bild.de/digital/handy-und-telefon/apps/neue-live-apps-fuer-das-smartphone-25031054.bild.html Le Monde http://bigbrowser.blog.lemonde.fr/2012/07/02/une-application-pour-savoir-ou-vont-ces-avions-qui-passent-dans-le-ciel