Is Flightradar24 Free? Plans and Limits Explained

Yes, Flightradar24 is free to use, but the free tier has limits. You can watch live aircraft, open flight details and look back 7 days of flight history without paying, while seeing ads and a sidebar on the website map and hitting a 30-minute timeout on the web. Paying for Silver, Gold or Business removes the ads and timeout and adds longer history, more saved filters and extra map layers.

As of October 2026, Flightradar24's subscription page lists Silver at $14.99 per year, Gold at $34.99 per year and Business at $499.99 per year, in US dollars with sales tax or VAT added where applicable. Prices in the iOS and Android apps can differ by country.

This guide explains what you get for free, what each paid tier adds, how the trial works, and which free alternatives cover the gaps.

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What is free on Flightradar24?

The free tier, called Free on the plans page, is meant for personal use. Here is what it includes, according to Flightradar24's comparison table:

• Live map of aircraft worldwide, with flight details when you click a plane.
• Flight history for past flight numbers and registrations, going back 7 days.
• One bookmark and one saved filter.
• 3D view for up to 3 sessions, which you open by watching videos.
• Ads throughout the apps and website, plus a permanent ad sidebar on the website map.
• A 30-minute timeout on the website, after which you need to reload.

The free mobile apps also let you point your phone at the sky to identify aircraft overhead, according to the App Store listing. Airport flight history, ATC boundaries, list view and the cloud layer are not part of the free tier.

Flightradar24 plans and prices (October 2026)

The table below summarizes the plans page as checked on October 20, 2026. Prices are annual billing in USD before tax. The monthly figures are what the page shows as the cost of twelve months of monthly billing, divided by twelve.

The page states that Flightradar24 can change plan contents without advance notice, so check it before you buy.

What does Silver add?

Silver is the entry plan for people who use Flightradar24 often. It removes ads and the website timeout, extends flight history to 90 days and adds airport flight history over the same period. You can save 10 bookmarks and 10 filters, use 3D view without limits and see your last-clicked flights.

The App Store listing adds detail: Silver shows more aircraft information such as serial number and age, more flight information such as vertical speed and squawk code, alerts, and current weather at more than 3,000 airports overlaid on the map. If you mostly want an ad-free tracker with filters, Silver is enough.

What does Gold add?

Gold includes everything in Silver and extends history to 365 days for flights and airports. It adds ATC boundaries, which overlay Flight Information Region and Upper Information Region borders and show which controller area a flight is in, plus list view for the flights currently on screen and a cloud layer from infrared satellite imagery refreshed every 60 minutes.

According to the App Store listing, Gold also brings detailed weather layers, aeronautical charts, oceanic tracks and extended Mode S data such as additional altitude, speed, wind and temperature values. Gold is marked as the most popular plan on the pricing page and suits enthusiasts who study routes and weather.

What does Business add?

Business is the only plan that permits commercial use; the plans page notes that commercial use on any other plan is prohibited under Flightradar24's terms of service. It extends flight and airport history to 3 years, adds runway data to airport history, allows 60 bookmarks and filters, and adds a fleet view for passenger airlines. An invoicing option is available for Business subscribers.

The Flightradar24 API is not included in any of these plans. It is sold separately, with its own subscriptions and credits.

Does Flightradar24 have a free trial?

Yes. Silver, Gold and Business each come with a 7-day free trial. You get the paid features immediately, pay nothing for the first 7 days, and are charged at the end of the trial unless you cancel. Flightradar24 asks for payment details up front and limits the trial to one per account.

After the trial you can choose monthly or yearly billing and cancel at any time; the subscription stays active until the end of the period you paid for. A subscription works on the web and in the iOS and Android apps with the same login.

Why app-store prices are different

If you subscribe inside the iPhone or Android app, the store sets the price for your country and currency. On the US App Store in October 2026, for example, the in-app purchase list shows several entries for the same plan, such as Gold Annual at both $39.99 and $34.99 and Silver Annual at both $17.99 and $12.99. Compare the in-app price with the website checkout before you pay.

People who run an ADS-B receiver and share data with Flightradar24 can also qualify for its invitation-only Contributor plan, which the company offers at no charge. If you are curious about how those receivers work, see how ADS-B flight tracking works.

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Free alternatives to Flightradar24

If the free tier's limits bother you, several trackers cost nothing. Our full list of Flightradar24 alternatives compares them in detail.

• FlightAware Basic is free and strong for flight status and alerts on specific flights.
• ADS-B Exchange and airplanes.live run community feeder networks and describe their maps as unfiltered, so they show many military aircraft. See ADS-B Exchange vs Flightradar24.
• adsb.lol and adsb.fi are community networks with open data APIs.
• GodsView AI shows aircraft, ships, satellites, earthquakes and fires on one free browser map with no sign-in. Aircraft come from the OpenSky Network, adsb.lol and adsb.fi and refresh about every 10 seconds. The free tier has ads and pauses after 30 minutes; Pro is $10.99 per month as of October 2026 and adds the military flight tracker, flight alerts and airport timetables, for example at London Heathrow.

What a free flight tracker cannot show you

No tracker, free or paid, sees every aircraft. Positions depend on aircraft transmitting ADS-B and on volunteer receivers being within range, so remote oceans and sparse regions show gaps. Mainstream trackers also hide some aircraft at the owner's request through programs such as the FAA's Limiting Aircraft Data Displayed (LADD) list, and many military aircraft do not broadcast at all, as covered in military aircraft tracking explained.

Data is also slightly delayed and can be wrong in areas affected by GPS interference. Use these tools for curiosity and planning a pickup, not for safety decisions, and read up on whether flight and ship tracking is legal where you live. The GodsView methodology page lists the sources behind its own map, and how to track a flight explains which identifier to search with.

The short version

Flightradar24 is free for casual use, with ads, 7 days of history and a 30-minute web timeout. Silver at $14.99 per year removes those limits for most people, Gold at $34.99 per year adds history and aviation layers, and Business at $499.99 per year is required for commercial use. If you want a free map that also shows ships and satellites, try GodsView.

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