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Re: Flighty Airports

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Post by wlonkly »

donalhunt wrote: post #184
ZeWaka wrote: post #30

If you fly a lot, you might also be aware of the National Airspace System Status: https://nasstatus.faa.gov/ It also has links to a lot of other information useful for people in the airline industry. I find the Airport Arrival Demand Chart to be good for seeing a big picture of all the flights: https://www.fly.faa.gov/aadc/

The equivalent for Europe is probably https://www.public.nm.eurocontrol.int/PUBPORTAL/gateway/spec... (at least what I use when there is major disruption).

And here's Canada's: https://spaces.navcanada.ca/workspace/ois/

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Post by signatoremo »

sneak wrote: post #183
nemothekid wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> one of the most important pieces of data for a flight, its duration, What is your use case for Flighty, and why would this information be important at all?

I regularly fly all over the world, and it's nice to know how long my flights are going to be? I'm not always flying direct, and seeing the lengths of the legs and the lengths of the layovers allows me to plan my day and my sleep schedule.

You do have landing time for all of the legs? That’s more useful than duration. For your sleep, you care about landing says, at midnight, as oppose to a 10 hr flight from Paris that may or may not arrive during day time at the destination.

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Post by wayne »

culopatin wrote: post #69

How does an app like this make money? I made an app that I simply can’t promote because it would bankrupt me. Every person I share it with thinks it’s genius and been using it but if it ever hits critical mass without me knowing it, id be those guys with the “my cloud provider reamed me overnight” posts.

If you search for them on LinkedIn, it's a small team of ~5 outside of Silicon Valley (Austin, Spain, Norway). I'm sure they're doing quite well but even if they were doing just ok it doesn't have to make billions for everyone to do ok.

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Post by ggsp »

drdec wrote: post #176
ggsp wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My guess is that's because boarding a plane is a little bit like being an extra for a film, it's a hurry up and wait situation. If they printed the exact time boarding starts and people showed up then (and later), no flight would ever board on time. Better for the airline to print an earlier time and have people wait longer, so they can board as quickly as possible. Every minute behind schedule costs the airline mone…

AA displays the boarding time in the app instead of the departure time once the flight gets close enough (like same day) >If they printed the exact time boarding starts and people showed up then (and later), no flight would ever board on time I don't understand the logic. If everyone is there at the stated boarding time and the airline has correctly allocated enough time for boarding, aren't they winning?

The point is "everyone is there at the stated boarding time" never actually happens IRL, so you give an earlier time.

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Post by [deleted] »

malfist wrote: post #132
bodhiJhawken wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Flighty is generally built around supporting your flight experience. I’m a touring lighting designer, and I spend a fairly large portion of my life in the air. Myself and most other touring crew I know adore Flighty. We get precious few hours to sleep, and being able to sleep in a few extra hours due to delays or spend an extra 30 minutes in the lounge eating and showing makes the difference between a good show and a…

You created this account 14 minutes prior to this post. Forgive me if I don't trust your testimonials. Feels very astroturf

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Post by pgwhalen »

malfist wrote: post #182
bzillins wrote: post #154

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Flighty was recommended to me by a flight attendant and I also have been notified hours ahead of the airlines by it.

You logged in after a 5 year hiatus to advertise for an app?

As not a shill myself, who comments on a variety of stuff regularly, I could totally see why the mention of a product someone loves is the thing that pulls them out of lurking.

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Post by runeks »

HarHarVeryFunny wrote: post #127

I'm not sure the use case for this. It seems the information provided is just number of on-time/delayed/cancelled flights, but how is the user meant to use that information? Check before booking flight and choose another airport it it has more on-time flights? I think most people are just going to fly out of the nearest/most convenient airport and hope for the best. I was hoping this might have information about leng…

> I think most people are just going to fly out of the nearest/most convenient airport and hope for the best.

There are many cities in the world with more than a single airport at relatively close distance. Just to name the few I've been to recently: New York City, London, Paris, Dubai.

I think it's useful information if it turns out one of these choices has significantly higher cancellation rates.

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