Over the weekend a Lion Air Boeing 737 crashed just short of the runway in Bali.  At the time we covered the event just after it happened. Lion Air 737 crashes into the sea in Bali This was a brand new Aircraft delivered last month direct from Boeing in Seattle. Here at planefinder.net we have [...]

We are delighted to announce the release of a completely new version of our Plane Finder app for Android. It’s taken us a while but we hope you agree that it has been worth the wait! For existing users this is a free update. New users can take advantage of a limited time sale price [...]

Latest from planefinder.net… We’re delighted to say that Santa and his reindeer are on time and looking good! You can see him live here: http://planefinder.net/flight/S4NTA2012 Or alternatively some of his earlier deliveries via playback… (you can speed up the playback too to really see that guy move!) New Zealand Australia Japan China Those reindeer sure [...]

Plane Finder is tracking Santa! Santa’s sleigh is equipped with the very latest NextGen ADS-B tracker technology. This means that children, young and old, can once again follow Santa live as he delivers presents across the globe. We are already tracking Santa here on planefinder.net and the Plane Finder apps as he gets ready for [...]

We are pleased to announce a new “micro site” that has been launched and we think it is lots of fun! http://planefinder.net/route/ allows you to click on any of the airports on screen and see an amazing visualisation of the routes that airport offers!  The image above doesn’t do it any justice as the lines [...]

We’ve had reports of two people being aprehended at the UK’s second busiest airport, London Gatwick for running onto the runway! London Gatwick only has a single runway and despite being the UK’s second busiest airport it ranks high up on the lists for traffic levels despite only having the single runway. We have little [...]

Here on planefinder.net we’re delighted to be tracking United Airlines very first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The aircraft is now on its way from Seattle to United’s hub in Houston. This is the first 787 to be delivered to an American airline. The Dreamliner, tail number N20904, is scheduled to go into service on 4th November. [...]

Today we launched “Version 1″ of our comprehensive aviation database.  This allows you to search for detailed information on flight, aircraft and airports across the globe. All of the links are context sensitive so you can carry on drilling down inside the database almost forever!  All of our data goes back to April 2011 and [...]

Here at planefinder.net we are delighted to announce a stunning update to our Plane Finder apps. Highlights include… Near real time tracking of ALL scheduled traffic across North America! Huge increase in general aviation tracking in the USA and Canada Beautiful new icons with accurate detailing New white aircraft icon set – this looks great [...]

Here at planefinder.net we are delighted to announce a major update to the site. Highlights include… Near real time tracking of ALL scheduled traffic across North America! Huge increase in general aviation tracking in the USA and Canada. Stunning new icons with accurate detailing. Customizable labels. Search by flight number or callsign. Various performance and [...]