Flight following was requested… and I don’t know if it makes a difference that the aircraft is equipped with only a mode-c transponder. We were able to produce flightaware tracking maps from the previous leg with flight following.
Thanks for looking into this. This aircraft is equipped with a Mode-C transponder. Could that cause the problem? I imagine if flightaware needs to cross check with ADS-B or MLAT it could cause a problem in the recording. Curious to know how this works.
Unfortunately we will not be able to have the track appear on the site, but the issue is being tracked to hopefully prevent a situation similar to this. Thank you for bringing the issue to our attention.
There could have been a few things that caused it. My UsWAG is we dont have a destination (or assumed destination) for the flight, so with that missing, it likely would not show on the map.
Once we begin to receive positions from the FAA, we infer an origin if the positions are close enough to a nearby airport. If they are not, we simply state the flight departed, “Near (City name)”