GPS jamming & Flightradar24

GPS jamming on Flightradar24

Reading live conditions

If you came to Flightradar24 looking for where GPS is being jammed or spoofed, here is the short answer: flight trackers show where planes are — FLYAWAY reads the same live ADS-B signals to show where GPS is failing, as a map you can check for any spot.

Flightradar24 vs a dedicated GPS jamming map

Flightradar24 is the world's most popular flight tracker, and it has done a lot to raise awareness of rising GPS interference over the Baltic, the Black Sea and the Middle East. But it is built to answer "where is this flight?" — not "is GPS reliable at my location right now?" For a drone pilot, a surveyor or a boater, that second question is the one that matters.

Both tools drink from the same well: the open ADS-B signals that aircraft broadcast. Every modern airliner reports how good its own navigation fix is, through fields called NIC and NACp. When GPS is jammed, those numbers collapse; when GPS is spoofed, the reported position jumps or freezes. FLYAWAY listens to thousands of aircraft, reads those integrity fields, and paints a live map of where GPS is degraded.

What you get here that a flight track can't give you

Search or tap any point in Europe and read its GPS reliability now, coloured by how many aircraft overhead are losing their fix — plus a separate layer for spoofing events, where positions teleport. It refreshes every few minutes over a rolling 24-hour window, so a jammed area lights up as it starts and fades as it clears.

GPS jamming & Flightradar24 — questions

Does Flightradar24 show GPS jamming?

Flightradar24 is a flight tracker: it shows where aircraft are, and it has written about rising GPS interference. It does not give you a dedicated, at-a-glance live map of where GPS is being jammed or spoofed for a specific spot. FLYAWAY fills that gap by reading the same open ADS-B signals and mapping the interference directly.

How can I see a live GPS jamming map?

Open the FLYAWAY live map. It reads GPS accuracy (NIC/NACp) reported by the aircraft overhead and colours each area by how many are losing GPS right now, refreshed every few minutes.

Why does a plane's position jump around or freeze on flight trackers?

That is usually GPS spoofing: a false satellite signal makes the aircraft report a wrong position, so its icon teleports or sits frozen. FLYAWAY flags these spoofing events separately from jamming.

What is the best GPS jamming map for drone pilots?

For drone flying you want the jamming risk at your exact launch point, not just a flight track. FLYAWAY is built for that: search or tap any location in Europe to read its live GPS reliability before you take off.

GPS jamming hotspots