Is flightradar24.com safe?
http://flightradar24.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (60 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Established flight-tracking service with subscription complaints and a recent privacy reprimand.
Flightradar24.com is a long-running aviation content site that offers premium subscription features. Independent research shows user complaints about forced subscription changes and a 2025 regulatory reprimand for GDPR handling of aircraft-owner data. No malware or phishing detections were found.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 72/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 2 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Scam. Paid for a version of the app without ads. Now the developers decide to close down that version and force users onto a 'new' version requiring…"
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Swedish privacy regulator IMY issued a reprimand against Flightradar24 AB on June 30, 2025, finding the popular flight tracking service violated aircraft…"
What pushed the score up
- SupportsDomain registered more than 16 years ago.
- SupportsNo malicious detections from Safe Browsing or 93 antivirus engines.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Flightradar24.com is a long-running aviation content site that offers premium subscription features. Independent research shows user complaints about forced subscription changes and a 2025 regulatory reprimand for GDPR handling of aircraft-owner data. No malware or phishing detections were found.
Technical checks and domain history
The domain is over 16 years old and returns clean results from the browser threat feed, a valid TLS certificate, and zero detections across 93 antivirus engines.
Subscription and privacy concerns
An independent review platform's reviews describe users who purchased an ad-free app version only to be moved to a new subscription model that requires fresh payments.
In June 2025 the Swedish privacy regulator IMY issued a formal reprimand to Flightradar24 AB for failing to properly handle aircraft owners' data-erasure requests under GDPR.
Why the score is 72
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsFresh result
No detections across 60 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 33 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Clean
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Unrated
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Clean
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiReference, Travel
- BitDefendernews
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekertravel
- Sophosreference
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
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What the captured page showed
2 observations- 01
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What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Flightradar24: Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24
- Meta description
Flightradar24 is the best live flight tracker that shows air traffic in real time. Best coverage and cool features!
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Flightradar24: Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 60 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 012 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Scam. Paid for a version of the app without ads. Now the developers decide to close down that version and force users onto a 'new' version requiring…"
- 022 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Swedish privacy regulator IMY issued a reprimand against Flightradar24 AB on June 30, 2025, finding the popular flight tracking service violated aircraft…"
- 03Domain registered more than 16 years ago.
Web research findings
Independent findings for flightradar24.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
- Trustpilotopen
"Scam. Paid for a version of the app without ads. Now the developers decide to close down that version and force users onto a 'new' version requiring subscription payments."
- PPC Landopen
"Swedish privacy regulator IMY issued a reprimand against Flightradar24 AB on June 30, 2025, finding the popular flight tracking service violated aircraft owners' data privacy rights"
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainflightradar24.com
- Redirects towww.flightradar24.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesdn0qt3r0xannq.cloudfront.net · googletagmanager.com
Domain Timeline
- Nov 10, 2009Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 16 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 17, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
flightradar24.com has operated for years and this review found no material threat — a long track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for flightradar24.com.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://flightradar24.com/
- 2200https://www.flightradar24.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentpartial
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Scam. Paid for a version of the app without ads. Now the developers decide to close down that version and force users onto a 'new' version requiring…" · 2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Swedish privacy regulator IMY issued a reprimand against Flightradar24 AB on June 30, 2025, finding the popular flight tracking service violated aircraft…"
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | No adverse finding | fresh · analysed Oct 17, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 2 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 17, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is flightradar24.com a scam or is it safe?
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Is flightradar24.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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Does flightradar24.com have a valid SSL certificate?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Established flight-tracking service with subscription complaints and a recent privacy reprimand.
Flightradar24.com is a long-running aviation content site that offers premium subscription features. Independent research shows user complaints about forced subscription changes and a 2025 regulatory reprimand for GDPR handling of aircraft-owner data. No malware or phishing detections were found.
09 · Community
Community
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