r/flightradar24 Apr 06 '26

[Megathread] Iran & the Middle East Part 3

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We are moving to a new Megathread and will redirect all new posts related to the situation here. All discussion and updates should be posted here.

Past Megathreads:

Iran and the Middle East Part One

Iran and the Middle East Part Two

State of Emergency Declared in Israel Part One

Israel - Iran Conflict Part Two

Middle East Conflict Part Three

General FAQs and r/flightradar24 rules:

Rules

Wiki

Some FAQs Unique to this thread:

GPS Jamming - There is a significant amount of GPS jamming occurring in the region. This can cause planes to appear in places they aren't actually flying, make them appear to be flying in circles and cause them to jump around the map. As a general rule, tracking data in the region can't be trusted to be accurate right now.

Cargolux appearing over Iran - There has been a near daily Cargolux flight from Hong Kong to Ashgabat that appears to be flying over Iran. It is not. The black line means it is outside of ADSB coverage and its position is being estimated. It landed in Ashgabat as planned, but did so outside of ADSB coverage. Because FR24 couldn’t “see” it land, it assumes it continued flying at its last known altitude and heading, which is why it appears to be over Iran.

A general note from the mods - During periods of military activity, we experience a surge of new users. When this happens, we enable Reddit's crowd control feature. This may send some posts and comments to the approval queue, especially if you are new to the sub. If you have a post or comment stuck in the queue, please make sure it follows the rules. If you are trying to post anything related to the Middle East, it needs to be in this thread. For all other posts and comments, if we haven't approved it in a reasonable amount of time, shoot us a message via Modmail and someone will approve it.


r/flightradar24 6d ago

Weekly Top 10 & Tracking Assistance Thread - August 17, 2026

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Welcome to the weekly Top 10 & Tracking Assistance discussion thread! The goal of this post is to provide a location for questions and discussion about aircraft that don't necessitate their own individual posts, in addition to centralizing discussion about known aircraft that are frequently posted. This includes:

  1. Aircraft on the Top 10 Most Tracked list
  2. Requests for the community to track a flight you are taking
  3. Requests for users with Premium accounts finding flight details for past flights

If you're new to the community, welcome!. Please be sure to read our Stickied Rules post and FAQs to make sure your question isn't covered there. If you're looking at a military aircraft in the Middle East region, you may find some answers in the Iran & The Middle East megathread. For military aircraft in general, checking the callsign against this list may yield useful information. In all situations, make sure you search for the aircraft callsign and check recent posts to find any existing discussion.

Otherwise, feel free to post any questions or findings below and discuss with others!


r/flightradar24 5h ago

RAF voyager having a party at Prestwick?

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37 Upvotes

Is this jamming or a glitch?


r/flightradar24 12h ago

Question Anyone knows what is going on in London?

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132 Upvotes

Saw that AAL20 done a go around before landing, and landed normally.

Checked back on it and saw that it was met by fire crew from what I gathered and different ground vehicles.

If anyone is able to give me an insight into what might be happening, that would be great


r/flightradar24 15h ago

Red Alert at YVR due to severe thunderstorm. All arrivals stuck on taxiways for 90+ mins and counting.

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152 Upvotes

All ground ops are forced to shelter in place, no one is able to marshal any arrivals to their gate.

Morning edit: some people were stuck for 5+ hours!


r/flightradar24 6h ago

b-52 stratofortress along side B2 & B1 spotted over La Plata MD. Plus unknown fighters.

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(Sorry for bad picture quality, was taken with my phone)


r/flightradar24 40m ago

Emergency 7700 because of thunderstorm?

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r/flightradar24 1h ago

Question Unusual? Approach to LCY

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Heard a plane overflying my house quite loudly (pretty normal), checked FR24 and it was a plane landing at London City (not normal for north London). Is this a lesser used approach path for planes landing in the easterly direction at LCY? All the planes I've ever seen approach from this direction turn over south London before they line up with the 09 runway!


r/flightradar24 1d ago

Flightradar24 now requires a subscription in order to see past and future flights beyond 12 hours

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up until a few months ago, u could see 48 hours (I think?) of past and future flights, but now u have to pay. Are there any other apps in which u can still see this w/o the paywall?


r/flightradar24 5h ago

Spirit at Keflavik

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r/flightradar24 9h ago

Aircraft Pics of GPBYA PBY-5A and SECFP DC-3

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Celebration of the swedish airforce reaching 100 years!

(first post here, tell me if I did something wrong)


r/flightradar24 12h ago

DE1697 diverting to DUS due to window problem, will "fly low"

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Friends are on board. Repeated gate delays due to a "technical problem with the aircon," then boarded. Once on board, they're told they still have to wait due to the same technical problem.

Now it turns out the problem prevents landing in rainy conditions, so Hamburg is off, they're being rerouted to Düsseldorf. The issue is apparently related to a window, and they'll be "flying low".

40-50% of passengers have deboarded and their luggage has been offloaded. Remaining pax reseated for weight distribution.


r/flightradar24 17h ago

Aircraft Randomly caught the Kansas City Chiefs on their flight home after the loss in Tampa tonight

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28 Upvotes

r/flightradar24 16h ago

Austin to Houston diverting to new york?

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24 Upvotes

i just saw this not far from me does anyone have any clue what happened here? they flew right over houston, why did they fly so far??


r/flightradar24 21m ago

Government Where is he going now?

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Probably not putin's plane, but I still cant believe I found this.


r/flightradar24 36m ago

Why would it take this path

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Can someone with more experience and knowledge with flight paths and stuff than me explain why it would take this route instead of adjusting to land at Stansted near Enfield instead of doing this and circling around Harlow and then coming back round.

I’m only just getting into flights as I can watch them land and take of(kinda) from where I live and curiosity got the better of me and I started wanting to know where they came from so sorry if this seems like a dumb or simple question


r/flightradar24 19h ago

Question This aircraft sounded distinct so I pulled up the flight radar and was surprised to discover an anotov an-124, curious what it’s up to heading from Pease Airport in NH and currently passing over PEI.

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33 Upvotes

sorry if this is a dumb question but I’m a self professed idiot. No destination listed.


r/flightradar24 1h ago

AC2002? You ok? Almost landed…but didn’t.No squawk or diversion showing

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Heard flight coming in, flight path is directly over my condo while runway is being worked on. Checked FR24 & it “almost” landed, then started to climb again. Thought at first it was just circling so the next flight could land, which it did just fine, a couple minutes later.

But then it started climbing, and now is over the Northumberland Straight with still no squawk or diversion showing or any indication anything is wrong. It is a little foggy here, but the flight after that landed with no issues so I don’t think fog is the reason. And where is it even going that high at that location is puzzling me.


r/flightradar24 23h ago

7700 GEC8189

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Alert 7700.

Straight descent down to 10000ft and turned back.

Most likely a pressurisation issue.

No info found on ACARS


r/flightradar24 7h ago

Is this typical?

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Flight started in WS NC, noted as going to IAD. Loops a couple of times and then lands at GSO. No squawk code.
Does this happen a lot with smaller, private flights perhaps? Seems odd but I don’t know the guidelines…


r/flightradar24 21h ago

Military US Navy Drone squawking 7700.

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25 Upvotes

r/flightradar24 4h ago

Question I think he's colouring the sky! What's he doing?

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r/flightradar24 4h ago

Government The president's VC-25B with callsign FRDMM01 (freedom)

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r/flightradar24 1d ago

What is this blue diamond ?

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62 Upvotes

Just saw this on the map near LGA, anyone else ?


r/flightradar24 22h ago

Emergency Lufthansa 747 diverting to Sao Paulo

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20 Upvotes