Like many spotters, I could probably give tap out ICAO codes for a hundred airports, so that’s not useful.
Are you even working on an Andoid app?
I know of no “real” phone users who use the iPhone. My Evo 4G crushes them. It’s time for real phone users to get an app. FlightAware needs to bring its great flexibility and power to the Android Market.
Yesterday would be fine… 
I have the iPhone 4 and love it. Hope you guys get your app sometime in the near future because its great. 8)
The Android market is growing all the time. It’s time to shake the dust off and develop the app!
A good question to be asked but only answered as…
Android has been out for over 2 years now and it is growing by leaps and bounds. I’m not trying to be obnoxious or rude, but why are we still waiting for an app that is continuously getting asked for?
Sure website updates are needed and good, but there are lots of users out there that would like to have an Android App for this site. Look at the poll on this thread.
In fact, a recent survey ( reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20040598-251.html ) indicates that the Android market is almost 1/3 of the total smartphone market. Apple has fallen to approximately 1/4 of the market.
The iPhone WAS hot, but it’s been superseded. Time to get with the times.
I just got an android phone, would love a flightaware app.
The iPhone app is not as fancy as you think, so it’s not worth getting all spun up about the lack of an Android app. IMHO the mobile website is much more feature-rich than the app. Y’all should try it. In fact, tell 'em what you think is missing from the mobile website, rather than posting yet another plea for attention.
Love my Android 2. Only thing missing is a FlightAware app! Please!
I would also like to see an Android app. I am on flight aware all the time when I’m out flying a trip and would like to have a FA app on my phone.
I would also like to see an Android app. I am on flight aware all the time when I’m out flying a trip and would like to have a FA app on my phone.
Here are the features you find in the iPhone app.
– Track by flight # – track one flight at a time, by airline & flight #
– Track by tail # – track one flight at a time, by tail #
– Search by flight route – get a list of flights between 2 airports
– View airport activity – concentrate on one airport, look at Arrivals, Departures, En Route, or Scheduled, one at a time.
– Nearby - Google map with airplanes in the vicinity of your location. Needs iPhone location service (from GPS or networks). Works very much like the website for real computers, running “airport activity”.
Of these, only the “Nearby” function doesn’t exist in a real useful way from the mobile version of the website. The closest equivalent on the website is “airport activity”, which allows you to focus attention on whatever airport you want, not just your current location.
- Pro: watch flights near any airport in the US;
- Con: only one zoom level, i.e. only one size rectangle around the airport; and no tapping, zooming, or other interaction with the map.
The website opens with a form allowing
– Track by flight #
– Track by tail #
– View airport activity
and a link to a search for flights between 2 airports.
As I said, it doesn’t have that “Nearby” map per se, and so far none of the maps seem to be clickable (anything you can interact with). So you can choose an airport and see a map with airplane icons, but you can only look at the map and click on a list of flights to or from that airport. “Nearby” is definitely much better, so if that’s the main thing you’re looking for, the app is the way to go.
But in addition to those 4 main functions, the website also has buttons for
– Pilot Resources (airport information, aircraft registration)
– Aviation Photos
– Squawks & Headlines
– Discussions
– Contact
These are not available in the app. The first three are definitely useful for some people. “Discussions” is currently having a bad month or two, but might be pretty sweet after the upgrade. I don’t know whether you need the “Contact” page from your mobile device.
So that’s why I said the website has more features than the iPhone app. There’s only one thing the app has that the website doesn’t (yet) have: Nearby. There are several things the website offers that the app doesn’t have.
So I strongly recommend you try the website through your Android machine, and see if it meets your needs. Since the app doesn’t seem to be coming soon, and probably won’t have more than the iPhone version, it’s more worthwhile to concentrate on the adequacy of the web interface, which does seem to get occasional updates.
You can also add an Icon to your home screen for fast access just like the app.
The Nearby option would be what I would like. Right now I have to put in the nearest airport but the map isn’t user friendly for seeing the flight info. I’m running a droid app “FlightTrack” which was around $5 and very nice if you know the flight number or route but it doesn’t have the live tracking…just shows a straight line between destinations. I enjoy spotting particularly when I’m out on the road and it’s tough on the mobile app.
would love one.have one for flight view but it’s no comparison to flight aware
I’m as anxious as everyone else for an Android app - as I’ve already posted.
But today I tried the new Firefox for Android. When you first go to flightaware.com, the mobile site comes up. When you tap the link to go to the full site, you get the ability to track flights including current location. And the map refreshes, so you can see the changing location. The refresh is buggy at times, but if you reload the page, you get the updated map.
I still want an Android app that let’s me do this, but this is a work-a-round.
I just got a new EVO and FA was the first app I tried
Using both native browser and FF for Android, I found that the airport activity maps show up as raster images. The can be expanded but no no vector image resizing. Bummer
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Yes, I’ll appreciate a FlightAware app for my Droid X. Can’t find any other Android apps with tracking by tail number.
Now that I got an Android phone, I’m interested in getting an Android apt also.