What is purpose of the extra green line that points between the plane and departure airport? It didn’t used to be there and is something they added at one point (and IMO, it’s annoying).
Can you post a screenshot to show which line you mean?
Well of course I don’t see it now. I guess they removed that feature/bug. It was just a straight green line that always connected the plane and departure airport (separate from the green route and dashed planned route lines). So there were 3 lines total. Surprised you’re not aware of it.
Hopefully it’s gone for good. Thanks anyway.
I’ve been meaning to ask about this very thing.
Example:
This flight? https://flightaware.com/live/flight/EJA753/history/20190217/0537Z/KBED/KBNA
The extra line isn’t showing up on the final flight or on the replay, so I suspect it’s a transient bug in the rendering while the flight is active. Does the extra line go away if you refresh the page when you see it?
“Does the extra line go away if you refresh the page when you see it?”
No.
It’s happened a few more times since then. Here are two happening right now:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N2244/history/20190404/2200Z/KHOU/KABE
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N1539V/history/20190404/2305Z/KXNA/KBNA