# Flighty 42 Hacker News commenters recommended Flighty and 16 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** People recommend Flighty for early delay and cancellation alerts, native iOS design, and clear flight data. Common caveats: unreliable data for some airlines and subscription prompts. ## Why people recommend it - Alerts before airlines report delays (5 comments): "Last year Flighty literally saved me from an overnight delay because it notified me the incoming aircraft was still on the ground" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47512977)) "Flighty was recommended to me by a flight attendant and I also have been notified hours ahead of the airlines by it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47517566)) "Every fellow LD I know uses Flighty, any time i get delayed flighty tells me before the airline does." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47516263)) - Native app with clean design (5 comments): "They’ve hurt their brand here really, which is a high quality native app experience that makes sense of a lot of granular data from different sources." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47512987)) "one of the reasons Flighty is so good is that the developer picked a platform and created a native app" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47517032)) "This app brings me so much delight. Seeing the incoming plane, knowing % chance of onetime or late." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47516721)) - Clear presentation of flight data (5 comments): "It's a flight tracking app that takes available data and presents it in the best possible wway." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46934398)) "This is way more reliable than any airport announcement and monitors." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49311414)) "They display the most important information I need well imo." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47514132)) - Useful airport boards and info (2 comments): "It correctly shows LaGuardia as having issues but also shows nearby airports as having issues due to severe arrival delays." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47514115)) "Having the departure / arrival boards of the airports in the app in a easy to find and uniform way is a great feature" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47515870)) ## What people warn about - Unreliable data and delay tracking (3 comments): "it didn't work satisfactorily for a flight delay of a few hours" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47512635)) "I wish the data would be more reliable (or they have better sanity checks) though." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47512001)) "I have seen other data issues. It usually depends on the airline" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47512111)) - Pushes app downloads and subscriptions (3 comments): "A website requiring me to download their app for detailed report on certain airport is not worth my time." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47512324)) "super annoying that they try to force the subscription every single time you open the app" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47432552)) "I'm getting real tired of sites trying to force me to download their spyware apps" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47515733)) - Airports flicker on map (2 comments): "airports blink in-and-out of existence as you zoom or pan the map around" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47517876)) "as you zoom into the US west coast, SAN is visible before LAX" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47511698)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [ADS-B Exchange](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ads-b-exchange.md): 8 recommend - [Flightradar24](https://hackerapproved.com/p/flightradar24.md): 6 recommend - [Flight-Viz](https://hackerapproved.com/p/flight-viz.md): 6 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://flighty.com/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Flighty", https://hackerapproved.com/p/flighty/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).