On https://flightaware.com/analysis/route.rvt?origin=RCTP&destination=KSFO
we can see that there is some error happening, causing
all but the final four items to be thrown away. Leaving for example
just
3800N/13000W ALLBE PASIF PIRAT2
very often.
It cannot possibly be one airline to blame, as the same error happens a
certain percent of the time regardless of airline.
Also when it happens, it leave exactly four points. The first is
Lat/Lon, and the rest are waypoint names.
And on the map on
Flight status, tracking, and historical data for United 872 (UA872/UAL872) 15-Jun-2022 (TPE / RCTP-KSFO) including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.
we see the ‘planned route’ dashed line has a big turn that reflects data
that is no longer anywhere on
Best Flight Tracker: Live Tracking Maps, Flight Status, and Airport Delays for airline flights, private/GA flights, and airports.
Visiting an average upcoming flight, for example
Flight status, tracking, and historical data for Philippine Air Lines 104 (PR104/PAL104) including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.
on an average day, say today, the route listed just shows the final part,
Route 3900N/13000W DACEM PAINT PIRAT2
But the map shown reveals more to the story. A crook in the route, here,
proves that FlightAware has indeed received the complete flight plan,
but a bug in the software just truncates the route listing to just a few
final reporting points.
My analysis shows only once every few days does the data make it through unscathed,
Thu May 11 22:00:00 2023 270
3900N/13000W DACEM PAINT PIRAT2
Wed May 10 22:00:00 2023 290
3900N/13000W DACEM PAINT PIRAT2
Tue May 9 22:00:00 2023 270
3900N/13000W DACEM PAINT PIRAT2
Mon May 8 22:00:00 2023 290
3900N/13000W DACEM PAINT PIRAT2
Sun May 7 22:00:00 2023 270
3900N/13000W DACEM PAINT PIRAT2
Sat May 6 22:00:00 2023 270
3900N/13000W DACEM PAINT PIRAT2
Fri May 5 22:20:00 2023 370
JOM 1600N/13000E 1800N/14000E 2200N/15000E 2700N/16000E 3200N/17000E 3800N/18000E 4200N/17000W 4400N/16000W 4400N/15000W 4200N/14000W 3900N/13000W DACEM PAINT PIRAT PIRAT2
Thu May 4 22:00:00 2023 310
3900N/13000W DACEM PAINT PIRAT2
Wed May 3 22:00:00 2023 310
4100N/13000W TRYSH AMAKR BDEGA3
And sometimes the whole route is there today,
Fri May 12 23:10:00 2023 370
JOM A590 MUPOB A590 MDE V75 NIRAI V75 CANAI 2800N/14000E 3200N/15000E 4000N/16000E 4500N/17000E 4700N/18000W 4700N/17000W 4500N/16000W 4300N/15000W 4200N/14000W 3900N/13000W DACEM PAINT PIRAT2
Thu May 11 22:00:00 2023 270
3900N/13000W DACEM PAINT PIRAT2
Wed May 10 22:00:00 2023 290
3900N/13000W DACEM PAINT PIRAT2
But sadly gone truncated when you come back and look at it tomorrow:
Sat May 13 23:10:00 2023 270
3900N/13000W DACEM PAINT PIRAT2
Fri May 12 23:10:00 2023 270
4100N/13000W TRYSH AMAKR BDEGA3
Thu May 11 22:00:00 2023 270
3900N/13000W DACEM PAINT PIRAT2