There are other threads about this - search for them, but here goes:

BTS uses the AA Tail #, because that's what AA gives the Gov, N<tail>AA as the aircraft but it's not the same as the actual N number.

For example:

Ship Actual N# Reported as
5TT N717TW N5TTAA
223 N223AA N223AA

BTS will eventually have every flight - it takes a couple of weeks to be reported & posted.


Acars is a loosely linked database of people who have radio receivers, sound cards, software, it's up and running and reports what it hears to a central database. So if the PC was down, or no messages were transmitted while the aircraft was in range, no data found.



-----Burton