FlightAware

[ron22]

On FlightAware what does the dotted line mean?
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N79567
That does not look like the path they had me take through Bravo.

 

[Areeda]

Which dotted line? This is what I see

Is it possible it was a projected path that got updated?

Joe

 

[ntbjounin]

it's supposed to be the clearance route... but often its incorrect...

 

[ron22]

I see a dotted line over the city. But that is not the route I took. I wanted to see what it looked like with all the vectoring they had me doing.

 

[flyersfan31]

I saw a dotted line when I checked it too.

No clue why.

 

[TangoWhiskey]

From the FAQ:

What, exactly, is represented by the flight route line on a FlightAware map?

The solid line displayed on a FlightAware map is a connected series of points between every position report received for that aircraft. Generally, we receive a position every 30-90 seconds. However, in some cases (such as trans-ocenaic), position reports may be as infrequent as every 30-60 minutes.

The dashed line is the planned route of flight per air traffic control. Often times, a flight will deviate from the planned route due to weather, shortcuts, traffic, or other operational factors.

You won't see it after the flight completes. To see an example now, view a random flight:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/random

 

[Everskyward]

You won't see it after the flight completes.http://flightaware.com/live/flight/random

You can see it after the flight completes but as far as I can tell it only shows up on the last flight flown.

 

[TangoWhiskey]

You can see it after the flight completes but as far as I can tell it only shows up on the last flight flown.

Apparently it doesn't ALWAYS show it; the flight shown in the OP didn't have it when I looked, but does now. Odd.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N79567

 

[ron22]

From the FAQ:

Well that was cheating.

Thanks for the info everyone.