FlightView is company that develops flight tracking tools for the general public and commercial and private aviation. FlightView Dispatch, the first product introduced in 1994, was the only commercial radar-based set of applications available in real-time flight tracking. Founded in 1981 as RLM Software and headquartered in Allston, MA, FlightView's mission is to make real time flight information ubiquitous and actionable for a smoother travel experience.

For the general public application, families of travelers can visit the FlightView website (also available on mobile devices) to access free real-time airline-independent flight tracking information. For commercial use, FlightView’s flight data is used by aviation and travel companies in different formats and in a variety of situations.

A real-time flight tracking system allows the user to graphically view up-to-the-minute positions and status of all aircraft within a specific area of interest in a given time. FlightView combines airline schedule data, airline operational data, and radar-based flight information for aircraft flying with Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) in or near the US and Canada.

Aircraft flying IFR transmit data such as airspeed, heading, altitude and lat/long position used by air traffic controllers as well as private users.

A screenshot of FlightView's Airport Delay Map, showing weather affecting airports nationwide.

[edit] FlightView Products

• Dispatch — An interactive flight tracking application for tracking commercial and private instrument flight rule (IFR) flights in the context of current air traffic and weather conditions.

• Web Components — Multiple modules of different flight and weather information, such as Air Traffic, Airport Delay, FIDS, and a Flight Tracker, that are integrated into existing websites.

• Displays — Electronic screens, placed anywhere air travelers who are interested in current flight conditions gather, show multiple modules of information: live air traffic, live weather, airport delays, FIDS, and flight tracking.

• Data Feeds — Flight tracking data presented in different formats: XML data integrated into FIDS, websites, IVR and scheduling software or a visual flight en route. Data feeds come in 4 "flavors" to suit a variety of needs: subscription or query-based XML, Airport Delay data feed or batch-feed Flight Tables.

• Reports — Flight history or landing reports showing far distant or recent history, trends, market size and audit of landing fees. It uses a multitude of search parameters and data is served in a table format that can be used in any spreadsheet program.

• Consulting — FlightView has 20+ years of experience designing, building and supporting mission critical systems and delivering comprehensive solutions for a number of air traffic initiatives for the FAA and the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.