Flighty – Live Flight Tracker

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Description of App

"Don't Fly Without This App" WSJ • App of The Year Finalist • Apple Design Award Winner • Made for passengers first

No-credit-card free trial.

No account or email required.

▶ WORLD'S FASTEST DELAY ALERTS

- 2-90 minutes faster than most airlines

- 24-48 hours faster cancellation and schedule change alerts

- Always be the first to know, with no effort

▶ INDUSTRY-FIRST FEATURES

- See WHY you're flight is delayed

- 25-hour where's my plane

- Private friends/family following

- Pilot-Grade FAA data and Eurocontrol data

- Delay forecast

- Taxi times

- Ground radar

- Proximity radar

▶ FULLY AUTOMATED

- Calendar sync

- TripIt sync

- Email forwarding

- Flighty Friends: private flight sharing with friends

▶ PILOT-GRADE DATA

- Live-streaming

- Actual flight plans

- Commercial data – same source used by your pilot

- FAA advisories, warnings, and delays

- Your tail number with birthday and type

- Full flight timetable

- Proximity radar - see flights around you

- Ground radar - radar even while taxiing

▶ BE THE FIRST TO KNOW

- Late arriving aircraft delays – up to 6 hours before your airline!

- Alerts for canceled inbound aircraft

- Alerts for airport weather or traffic

- Delay forecast

▶ ASSISTANTS

- Morning-Of Assistant - wake up informed

- Check In Assistant - your reservation number and check in link at the right time

- Connection Assistant - make tight connections a breeze

- Import Assistant - seamless import from myFlightradar24, App In The Air, OpenFlights.org, FlightMemory, Logmyflight, and JetLovers

▶ WORLDWIDE + LIVE + UNLIMITED

- Every airline

- Every flight

- 24/7/365 live global coverage

▶ FLIGHTY FRIENDS

- Often sharing with Family and Friends? Invite them to see your flights and never manually share again!

- Picking someone up, excited for a friend to visit, meeting a colleague? Share your live flight status with one tap.

▶ WHAT'S FREE?

- No ads

- Unlimited flights

- Flighty Friends

- Live data

- Weather

- Actual flight route

- Aircraft model and image

- Personal flight log and map

- Personal all-time and annual stats

- Apple Watch app

- iCloud backup & sync

- Historical flight input and import limited to past 365 days (due to costs)

- Lock screen widgets (limited refresh for costs)

▶ WHAT'S PRO?

- See why your flight is delayed

- Industry's fastest push alerts

- 25-hour where's my plane

- Live activities

- Live data, even on 'messaging-only' plane wifi

- Live lock screen widgets

- Pilot-grade FAA delay alerts

- FAA delay reasons

- Unlimited past flight lookup

- Unlimited bulk import

- Delay predictions

- Arrival forecast

- TripIt sync

- Calendar sync

- Email forwarding

- Apple Watch complications

- Tail number

- Taxi times

- And more

Pro is included on your first flight. No trial required.

flightyapp.com/privacy Zero personal information is required.

flightyapp.com/terms Personal use only. [email protected] for business usage.

Version

4.5.1

Free or Paid

Free With In-App Purchase

Apple Watch Support

No

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone

iOS Version

16.3.1

Accessibility Comments

The app took me a little while to figure out. It is fully accessible, but may be slightly confusing at first, particularly while adding a flight manually. The button which allows the user to specify whether or not the flight is a friend's flight or your own is unlabeled, however , flicking to the right once after this button will announce the type of flight. Live activities also do not allow consistent navigation while the widgets seem to work significantly better for voiceover users.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads all page elements.

Button Labeling

Few buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

There are some accessibility issues with this app, but it can still be used if you are willing to tolerate these issues and learn how to work around them.

Other Comments

The app itself is free to download, but for the majority of the features a subscription is required. Email sycn worked nicely during mytesting, and the notifications are absolutely wonderful.

Developer's Twitter Username

flightyapp

Recommendations

2 people have recommended this app

Most recently recommended by LBM 2 years 5 months ago

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Comments

By Michael Hansen on Thursday, July 24, 2025 - 12:02

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

As of version 4.5.1 (released April 8, 2025), this app has a number of issues related to element labeling. Many elements (both buttons and images) lack meaningful accessibility labels, and some buttons are not labeled at all. I would normally not use an app with this level of issues, but I am not aware of any more-accessible alternatives and the data that Flighty provides is quite comprehensive.

By TJT 2001 on Thursday, July 24, 2025 - 13:02

Have you tried Flightradar24? I haven't used all its features, but it's possible to use the app notwithstanding its accessibility issues. However, I haven't used Flighty so can't compare the two apps.

By Michael Hansen on Thursday, July 24, 2025 - 14:00

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

I appreciate this suggestion! I have and like Flightradar24, though as you mentioned, it does have some issues too. Comparing accessibility of the two, I think Flightradar24 has fewer issues.