how flight tracking websites like flight aware make money

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I understand advertisement revenue (though the page doesn’t show me any ads), but I see they have paid plans, which offers additional details like tail numbers and weather information. Who is paying for this information? And what makes it worth their while to retrieve and store this data?

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If you run a FBO (basically a convenience store + gas station for private pilots), you can use it to check how many planes are coming to your airport, what types of planes, and when they’re scheduled to arrive. I imagine you can also get historical data so you can plan when your busy and less busy periods are. Very useful data for a business owner.

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