Question 1

What is GPS jamming?

Accepted Answer

GPS jamming floods the radio frequency that satellites use, so receivers on the ground and in the air lose their position fix. For a drone it shows up as refused take-offs, drift, and an unreliable return-to-home.

Question 2

What is the difference between GPS jamming and spoofing?

Accepted Answer

Jamming denies the signal, so accuracy collapses and the aircraft knows something is wrong. Spoofing feeds a fake signal, so the aircraft trusts a false position and flies to it without warning. FLYAWAY detects and shows the two separately.

Question 3

How do I know if GPS is jammed where I fly?

Accepted Answer

Open the live map and check your spot. FLYAWAY reads the GPS accuracy that aircraft overhead broadcast and turns it into a colour-coded risk layer, updated every few minutes.

Question 4

Is it safe to fly my drone during GPS jamming?

Accepted Answer

In a high-risk area, treat GPS as unreliable. Keep the drone in line of sight, be ready to fly manually, and do not count on return-to-home. In severe jamming, do not fly.

Question 5

Will my drone fly away if GPS is jammed?

Accepted Answer

It can. Without a trustworthy fix a drone may drift, refuse to hold position, or trigger a failsafe that sends it the wrong way. Checking the map before launch is the simplest way to avoid a flyaway.

Question 6

Where is GPS jamming happening in Europe right now?

Accepted Answer

The strongest and most persistent interference sits around the Baltic (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden) and near Kaliningrad, with spoofing common over the Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean. The live map shows the current picture.

Question 7

Where does FLYAWAY data come from?

Accepted Answer

From the open ADS-B network. Aircraft broadcast how accurate their own navigation is, and we aggregate that into a jamming and spoofing risk map. It is advisory only and not a navigation instrument.

Question 8

How often is the map updated?

Accepted Answer

Every few minutes, around the clock, so day and night swings in interference are visible as they happen.

Question 9

Is GPS jamming the same as GNSS jamming?

Accepted Answer

Mostly yes. GNSS is the umbrella term for satellite navigation (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS and BeiDou), and jamming or spoofing usually hits all of them at once. FLYAWAY reads the overall GNSS accuracy that aircraft report, so the map covers GPS and GNSS interference together.

Question 10

How is FLYAWAY different from Flightradar24 or GPSJam?

Accepted Answer

GPSJam publishes one map per day and Flightradar24 shows jamming inside an aviation product. FLYAWAY is built for drone pilots: it updates every few minutes, separates jamming from spoofing, works in your language, and can email you an alert for a specific spot.

Question 11

What causes GPS jamming?

Accepted Answer

Most of the interference over Europe comes from military electronic warfare, much of it around Kaliningrad and the war in Ukraine. Jammers drown out the weak satellite signal, while spoofers broadcast a stronger fake one. It is rarely aimed at drones directly, but it degrades GPS for everyone nearby.

Question 12

Does GPS jamming affect phones, cars and boats?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The same interference degrades car navigation, ship and aircraft systems, and can even disturb GPS-guided robotic lawnmowers. Phones usually keep a rough position from mobile networks, but their GPS accuracy drops inside a jammed area.