One app for the
whole flight.

It hears your aircraft touch down, knows which restaurants are past security, and has the next flight ready.

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Scheduled
2h 14m
JFKLHR
BA178 · British Airways · Boeing 777-200
Scheduled departure
07:50
7 Sep · GMT-4
Terminal8
Gate
Desk
Scheduled arrival
19:45
7 Sep · GMT+1
Terminal5
Gate
Estimated arrival
19:08 ▾37m
GMT+1
departed 08:04
BA178British AirwaysJFK → LHR
Actual arrival
19:09 ▾36m
7 Sep · GMT+1
Terminal5
Belt9

01 Tracks the flight

Terminal asks the aircraft, not the airline.

An airliner broadcasts its position several times a second, all the way to the ground. Terminal reads that. Most apps show the airline's status field instead, and that updates when the airline gets round to it.

Terminal
< 1 min
from wheels down to your phone
Airline status feed
3h 30m
measured on a real arrival: the feed still said approaching three and a half hours after touchdown
Terminalfrom the aircraft
Landed
JFKLHR
BA178 · British Airways · Boeing 777-200
Actual arrival19:09
on the ground
T5 · belt 9 · told you at 19:09
Any other appairline status feed
Approaching
JFKLHR
BA178 · British Airways · Boeing 777-200
Estimated arrival19:08
+0:00:00
since it actually landed. still waiting.

Same aircraft, same minute. One phone was told. The other is still waiting for a status field to change, and it will show "approaching" until it does.

BA178 with its real schedule for 7 Sep.

02 Knows the airport

Two sides of security. You get one.

The airports publish which side of security each restaurant is on. I read all of it, 753 places across eight airports, and tagged every one. On a connection you only get the list you can walk to.

Landside
    security
    Airsideyou are here

      753 places · 8 airports · side, terminal and gate for every one

      03 Handles the break

      Cancelled? Here is the next one.

      The moment your flight is cancelled, every other departure on the route is on screen: number, time, whether it is still running. You read it walking to the desk, not standing at it.

      Scheduled
      2h 18m
      JFKLHR
      BA112 · British Airways · Boeing 777-300ER
      Scheduled departure
      18:30
      7 Sep · GMT-4
      Terminal8
      Gate
      Scheduled arrival
      06:40
      8 Sep · GMT+1
      Terminal5
      Gate
      a real flight tonight. the cancellation is the example, not the flight.
      Next departures JFK → LHR7 found
        tonight's real departures on the route

        Seven more departures in the next two hours, on three airlines. That is the list you want before the queue forms.

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