r/flightradar24 • • 3d ago

[Megathread] Middle East Part 4

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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

Middle East Part Part Three

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 • • 3d ago

Weekly Top 10 & Tracking Assistance Thread - October 12, 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 • • 6h ago

Emergency United Airlines 7700

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103 Upvotes

r/flightradar24 • • 9h ago

Aircraft Flight of Zeros?!

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99 Upvotes

I was sitting in my house and I heard the common low drone of airplanes approaching. But based on the tone of this one, I knew it was something special, so I ran outside to take a look. It looks like it was a formation from the CAF headed somewhere. Flight radar said they were Harvard Mk IV’s, but it looks like they’re painted like Japanese Zeros. Anyone know what the story is? Either way, always cool to see a formation of historic planes flying over!


r/flightradar24 • • 1h ago

Putin on the move? 7 jets in convoy…

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r/flightradar24 • • 19h ago

Sq31 diverting back to SF

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347 Upvotes

What’s happening here?


r/flightradar24 • • 2h ago

Dreamlifter spotted on the way to work

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6 Upvotes

Saw it in the sky and decided to check where it was going and turns out it was a Dreamlifter. Sorry for the photo quality took it from my phone.


r/flightradar24 • • 7h ago

Balloon The Piacenza "Balloon Cup" seen on flightradar!

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8 Upvotes

r/flightradar24 • • 19m ago

A rare Turbine Legend is over New England right now

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• Upvotes

r/flightradar24 • • 10h ago

Question Did this C5 just almost land on a taxiway?

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15 Upvotes

Looked like a close call


r/flightradar24 • • 10h ago

Featured Flight First A330 to use AeroShark wrap for improved aerodynamics

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11 Upvotes

r/flightradar24 • • 2h ago

The Omega Air KC-10 at DMA is showing it’s new registration

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2 Upvotes

This came up a few hours ago today still as it’s USAF registration. Pretty cool to see these coming back.


r/flightradar24 • • 6h ago

Question Search pattern? India Coast Guard D228

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3 Upvotes

Filling in the gaps in tracking thats what it looks like to me. Anything leading to this? Previous flights were same area or around it.


r/flightradar24 • • 5h ago

WAW Airport what’s going on

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What’s going on WAW, a lot of ground vehicles around and I see Polish Air Force in the air


r/flightradar24 • • 5h ago

Military German air force jet identification

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My friend send me this screenshot, sadly he couldn't see the jet, only hear it. I suspect that it is a tornado, as they are somewhat common to see here.


r/flightradar24 • • 17h ago

Emergency VOE8YV diverting to Limoges

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6 Upvotes

Weather seems okay in Caen, pretty far from Limoges. Medical emergency ? They did a low pass first so maybe technical ?


r/flightradar24 • • 1d ago

Emergency AC165 YYZ to YEG diverted to YWG

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57 Upvotes

Runway 18/36 closed.
No evacuation.
Anyone know a the reason?


r/flightradar24 • • 2d ago

Skywriting Picasso is drawing something in his Cessna again

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2.9k Upvotes

Can’t wait to see what the finished product is


r/flightradar24 • • 1d ago

UK MQ9B drone HCHMN13 returning from a prolonged flight over the English Channel

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32 Upvotes

r/flightradar24 • • 7h ago

Question AF C-32 in upstate NY?

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Anybody know the scoop behind this Air Force C-32 doing loops around Albany, NY?


r/flightradar24 • • 1d ago

United 767-400 having an unique flightpath

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24 Upvotes

Hi! I saw this aircraft flying quite low at a strange path. When I checked FR, I saw this path, why would they do this?


r/flightradar24 • • 1d ago

istanbul traffic

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20 Upvotes

anyone else notice/know whats going on at istanbul tonight? few cancelled approaches, many holding loops? is this normal, is it just busy?


r/flightradar24 • • 1d ago

Does anyone know why this swiss A340-300 went to Twente?

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139 Upvotes

I was wondering, as, according to Wikipedia, the airport does not do passenger (and military) flights, and I doubt they do maintenance there...


r/flightradar24 • • 1d ago

Question Zadar, Croatia, to Dubrovnik, Croatia, Diverted to Dublin Airport

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304 Upvotes

Was looking around Dublin Airport and noticed a flight from Zadar, Croatia, to Dubrovnik, Croatia, diverted all the way over to Dublin Airport. Was wondering if anybody has any ideas on why such a large diversion.


r/flightradar24 • • 1d ago

Emergency Turkish Airlines squawk 7700 over Istanbul

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39 Upvotes