Posts Tagged flight tracking app

There are all kinds of resources on the Web for flight tracking. But FlightView—which is being officially released tomorrow for the iPhone—makes it simple.

The folks at Flightview offered me a preview of their brand-new version for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. I can see lots of uses for this app. And no one should hesitate over the $.99 price.

The iPhone/iPod version is designed for easy use with one hand. New flights are simple to enter by selecting an airline, date and flight number.

Then, FlightView will show any delays, track the progress of the flight on a map and also show airport delays across the U.S.

One feature I immediately liked allows the grouping of flights for a trip. For example, if I’m flying to a city where I’ll meet others coming from different places, I can track all their incoming flights to see when they arrive. This would also be handy for vacations, where friends or family members are flying in from different places.

Besides getting information on scheduled and actual departure times, arrival times and delays, flights can be tracked on a map. This is a great feature for watching your route on planes equipped with Gogo Inflight Internet.

There’s also a place for notes for entering things like hotel or auto-rental reservation numbers.

And when bad weather starts disrupting flights—the kind of delays that can cascade across the country—FlightView’s airports map shows delays with a weather-radar overlay. This is very handy for checking the weather between departure and arrival airports.

FlightView isn’t just for those flying, either. It’s also very useful for showing arrival times when picking up someone at the airport.

As I said, this information is already available on the Web. What FlightView does is bring it together in an easy-to-use app that should be an essential for air travelers.

If you don’t have an iPhone or iPod Touch, versions are already available for the Blackberry and Palm Pre. Other smartphones can access some of the information on FlightView’s mobile website.

For those who fly a little or a lot, FlightView for the iPhone/iPod brings together a lot of useful information in an elegant and simple app. For less than a buck in the iTunes store, buying FlightView is a no-brainer.