Wed, Oct 11, 2006
FlightAware.com To Introduce DirectFlight, AirportAware
We're big fans of the
website FlightAware.com, which bills itself
as the world leader in flight tracking (given how many times we
check the site each day to track our favorite flights, we see no
reason to dispute that.) Representatives with the company told
Aero-News this week they will release two new products --
DirectFlight and AirportAware -- at the National Business Aviation
Association (NBAA) 59th Annual Meeting & Convention in Orlando,
FL on October 17.
FlightAware DirectFlight API (Application Programming Interface)
allows customers to seamlessly incorporate FlightAware technology
and flight tracking data into existing or new aviation software
applications. DirectFlight provides an industry standard web
services-based programmatic interface to FlightAware data and
statistics.
AirportAware provides intuitive and appealing arrival and
departure boards designed for use by FBOs and general aviation
airport facilities. AirportAware uses live FlightAware data to
provide general aviation operation information on an LCD or Plasma
flat-screen television. AirportAware can be easily tailored to
inform FBO personnel and customers of the live flight tracking data
that's most important to them and their customers.
FlightAware -- a free website -- receives and processes over
6,500,000 FAA radar position and flight information messages daily
to provide flight tracking information for over 50,000 flights a
day over the United States. In addition to specific flight
tracking, the FlightAware.com web site features live maps of the
entire United States showing every plane in the sky, as well as
animations showing an entire day of air traffic activity.
The FlightAware.com web site offers online arrival and departure
"boards" for every airport in the country, even airports that only
serve private planes. Web site users can not only view and track
every inbound and outbound aircraft, but also see a live air
traffic control-style map of the airport area. Airport information
for pilots and aviation enthusiasts is also available such as
runway information, airport diagrams, and airport procedures.
FlightAware was the first company to offer free flight tracking
services for both private and commercial air traffic in the United
States. FlightAware offers flight tracking and aviation data
analysis services to over half a million users via the free
FlightAware.com web site as well as enterprise commercial services
directly to aviation businesses.
Founded in 2005, FlightAware is privately held and based in
Houston, TX.
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