Flight app for pilot commuters
 

I've been using "Flight Track" for years because it was simple to find flights between city pair - they pulled the plug on this app and am looking for advice on an easy to use Flight App. Any recommendations??

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I've switched to FlightView Elite. $3, has the same functionality as flightview and more. Also replaces Flightboard, which also died. They have a free version with ads too. Only advice I have is go into settings and turn off codeshares. Otherwise each flight ends up listed 3 times.

Do any of these apps replicate the FIDS displays like FlightBoard did? I haven't been able to find an app that does.

The developer of FlightTrack Pro actually was offering a new version, FlightTrack 5, for which one had to pay again.

The reviews of it in the Apple app store were horrible, mostly one star.

Then suddenly, every trace of the new app -- and of the developer (Mobiata) -- disappeared from the app store altogether.

I'm holding out hope that they learned from that disaster, and are working on a new app that is as user-friendly as FlightTrack v.4 was.

Yep, Flight Track was the shizz super easy and well laid out. FlightView is my temporary solution and works well enough hoping for something new again from Mobiata. My understanding is that they were purchased by Expedia so not sure what is going on.

I've been using flightstats on the iPhone, free with some small ads. I like that it remembers cities you use often.

I used to use flightboard from Mobita all the time. That app is now obsolete. There's an app just like it called miFlightBoard. Block in, then search for a flight going where you want to go. Especially useful at airports with more than one airline using them as a hub (ORD, NYC). It lacks few functionality I liked on the original flight board, but I think it'll be fixed eventually.

Staff traveler for iOS devices is excellent

It appears Next Flight isn't working either. I think they were a different company though. I liked that app to quickly see the next flights between a city pair.


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So, there is no all in one app that you can input two cities and find the flights and times between them, if the jump seat is open, or what the loads are?

Sounds like an opportunity!

What would you pay for an app that you could input say, MCO to MSP and the time you want to leave and have the flights, times, connections and loads listed in the results?

You're asking pilots what they'd pay? :confused:


Didn't you hear? Copper wire was invented by two captains fighting over a penny. :eek:






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And how would you get loads??

Well since loads are proprietary, I'd doubt one would get away with that very long. But other apps do that very thing already. I would like to see one that easily lists all connections. Most of good ones only list nonstops.


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Not an app but very useful for connections & options...

flightconnections.com - All flights worldwide on a map

My website (airlinecrewhub.com) had a page with flight schedules. It was getting really popular but FlightStats wanted to start charging me over $500 per month just to access the data. I was barely in the black at about $70 per month! These data companies guard their schedule info and charge a big chunk of money to those who want the info. Ad revenue is not enough to pay for the cost and flight crew are too cheap to sign up for subscriptions. If somebody has any ideas, I'm all ears. The site still exists... It's just on pause.

I also had a really good idea for loads but that got shelved when I shut the schedules down.

My website had connections. You could put the city pairs in and it would even connect you using two different airlines. It worked pretty slick.

This is great for jumpseating. No codeshares, route specific, and can get you home in a bind if you need to go an oddball way home.

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