iFly GPS Forum

I don't know why our planes doen't show up from takeoff to landing and beyond, but my theory is that it's part of the vendor program options.  I do know that since I had some issues with our ADS-B, I asked when I was at OSH last summer in the FAA Pavilion.  They called up a plotting of my aircraft and it showed me if not completely then mostly from startup to shut down.  I was tracked (at MDW) on the various taxiways and the runway.  Of course they have ground RADAR there, and that may explain it, but when I look on Flght Aware on line, it only shows me from a couple hundred feet AGL, and sometimes not at all.

I did a short test flight today. FlightAware's track of it is the best I've seen yet for my Searey--shows all but the takeoff and landing (iPhone Xs Max):

The loopy end begins when I was at about 1500 AGL. By the big loop I was at 2700 AGL. The straight end is downwind and turning base. (I had to extend downwind while a military helicopter bivouaced on the runway for a day or two.)

I still don't understand why the takeoff and landing don't show up, because the closest ADS-B antenna is on the field, right where the light blue dot is.  I've never seen that antenna displayed on the 740, but it's not a real tower--only about 30 feet tall.

Just for fun, here's iFly's version: