Data Sources
FlightScope combines several public data providers. Here is exactly what each one supplies, how fresh it is, its known limitations, and how it must be attributed.
| Provider | What it supplies | Update frequency | Known limitations | Attribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adsb.lol | Live aircraft positions, flight traces, squawk/type/radius lookups | Real-time (positions cached ~5s; traces ~30s server-side) | Coverage depends on volunteer ground stations — sparse over oceans and remote areas. Some aircraft limit or block ADS-B. Non-commercial use only. | Flight data © adsb.lol contributors, licensed ODbL |
| AeroDataBox | Flight schedules, routes, times, registrations, aircraft age | Per lookup; schedule/status data updates continuously | Free tier is rate-limited. Schedule and status data can be delayed or incomplete for some carriers. | Schedule & airframe data via AeroDataBox (RapidAPI) |
| Planespotters | Aircraft photographs, keyed by registration (aircraft type pages) and by 24-bit ICAO hex (flight panel & live thumbnails) | On demand (cached ~10 min by hex, 24 h per type, server-side) | Not every airframe has a photo. Images are © their photographers. | Photos via Planespotters.net, © the individual photographers — each photo links back to its Planespotters page |
| Travelpayouts | Cached cheapest business-class fares for the deals watchlist | Cached observations; our scanner samples every 4 hours | Prices are the cheapest fares travellers found recently, not live availability. They can be stale or wrong — always verify before booking. | Fare data via Travelpayouts |
| Airline seat configurations | Cabin layouts (class, seat count, pitch, product) per airline and type, drawn as our own original seat maps | Compiled from public airline information; refreshed as we re-verify | Configurations change with retrofits and vary by airframe, so figures are approximate and some are flagged for review. Each rendered map shows its last-verified date. | Compiled by Aviation Geeks from publicly available airline information — spotted an error? Corrections welcome via our contact page. |
adsb.lol attribution & licence
Live flight data on this site is “Flight data © adsb.lol contributors (ODbL)”. It is provided under the Open Database License (ODbL) and is licensed for non-commercial use only. This attribution also appears in the site footer.
Accuracy
None of this data is suitable for operational or navigational use. Positions, schedules, and fares can all be incomplete, delayed, or wrong. Treat everything here as informational.