Originally Posted by
Pseudo Nim
FlightTrack allowed a VERY quick lookup of flights: there was a very easy way to type in from, to airports and get a list of flights between them. It's a really simple function that is totally missing in most apps today. Don't need connections, codeshares, etc: just unique flights between two airports. Of course, it also provided actual departure / arrival times, so delays and so on were shown. Gates were shown. Total flight time was shown
This is critical with Tripit because when I have a trip added in tripit, as I go through security, I open FlightTrack to quickly check the gate # and any delays to my flight. I don't need 50 advertisements for lounges, drink coupons, hotel offers, boarding pass links, weather, etc (I'm looking at you, Appintheair) - I _just_ need my flight, gate, any delays, the equipment flying it and a seatmap link.
It was a very simple app but it was perfect for the busy traveller. It didn't try to do 56 things: it did a half dozen, but very clearly and well.
And I could search more then +/- 2 days as well. Was great for looking at historical information. So fast. It also pushed notifications/delays before I ever got official notifications.
I loved being able to clearly see the scheduled departure and current departure, as well as being able to quickly navigate to seeing pushback, takeoff, landing, and gate arrival times (great for somene like me who likes keeping a flight log). It was just so easy and straightforward to navigate.
Now I miss this again
