Flightradar24 is a Swedish Internet-based service that shows real-time aircraft flight tracking information on a map.
[6] The service received extensive exposure in 2010, when international media relied on it to describe the flight disruption over the North Atlantic and Europe caused by the Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruptions.
[citation needed] In November 2015, The Guardian newspaper reported that Metrojet Flight 9268 en route to Saint Petersburg from Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport had broken up in the air based on information available from Flightradar24.
This feature utilizes the platform's flight-tracking interface to display Santa's sleigh on a virtual map, complete with animated visuals and real-time updates, as if it were an actual flight.
[22][23] Flightradar24 aggregates data from six sources:[25] The site blocks some ADS-B information from display for "security and privacy" purposes.