Melburnian1
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FR24 and competitors such as Plane Finder are amazing resources, rich in detail for air travellers.
However, be aware that when flights are delayed and subsequently retimed by an airline, FR can show the arrival time as 'green' - which I assume means 'within (either) 15 mins or half an hour of the scheduled arrival' for its purposes - yet the flight will often in reality be 'red' - baldy late.
An example was BI54, the 1215 hours lunctime MEL - BWN on 13 September.
The inbound redeye, BI53 was badly late, so it turned around straight away with BI54 amended to depart at 1315, making the retimed arrival 1825. The flight ended up arriving BWN at 1811 hours.
FR24 shows this as 'green' - on time - when really it was 46 late (1811 instead of the normal 1725).
However, be aware that when flights are delayed and subsequently retimed by an airline, FR can show the arrival time as 'green' - which I assume means 'within (either) 15 mins or half an hour of the scheduled arrival' for its purposes - yet the flight will often in reality be 'red' - baldy late.
An example was BI54, the 1215 hours lunctime MEL - BWN on 13 September.
The inbound redeye, BI53 was badly late, so it turned around straight away with BI54 amended to depart at 1315, making the retimed arrival 1825. The flight ended up arriving BWN at 1811 hours.
FR24 shows this as 'green' - on time - when really it was 46 late (1811 instead of the normal 1725).
