World Flights – iPhone App Review

World Flights ($1.99)

Version – 1.1

Review – “Get the latest updates on your flights!”

If you travel a lot by plane you know it can be confusing sometimes trying to keep track of when planes are arriving and departing sometimes. Flights get delayed all the time, and even if it’sonly a few minutes that could make a huge difference to you! Whether you’re just curious, or you really need to know, World Flights for iPhone will allow you to find out the latest flight information from anywhere!

The first thing you see when you open up this app is a screen with a map. If you allow the app to use your current position it will find the closest airport to your current position. to view information about that airport just touch the little arrow button next to the airport’s name. You’ll be taken to a screen where you can choose to view both international and domestic flights and flight schedules.

At the bottom of the airport information screen you’ll see two buttons. On the left side is a button that will give you directions to that airport. This button will launch Google Maps, and using you current alocation, give you detailed directions to the airport you are viewing. The second button on the right will give you the current weather, as observed at the airport you are viewing.

When you go to check out the flight information from this menu it’s divided into departures and arrivals. On the overview screen you’ll see everything from whether the flight is on schedule to it’s flight number and estimated time of arrival/departure. Touching any flight while you are viewing a list of them will take you to a detailed page of information on the specific flight.

So what if you’re not interested in flights from/to your local airport? All you have to do is go back to the main menu and touch the “Airport Search” button below the map on the left. This will allow you to look up any airport by country/state/city or by it’s unique airport code. If you go through a lot of the same airports regularly, you can also add them to your favorites list by touching the button in the upper right corner of the screen from the airport’s main menu!

While there are not a lot of “frills” in this app, I was very impressed with how easy it was to navigate. I did notice a few small bugs that the developers need to sharpen up. For example, there seems to be some small “caching” problems when you go back to view a flight schedule that you have opened up recently. However, the few times this did happen, restarting the app seemed to fix it immediately. I also noticed that not every airport has weather information available. With that said, I don’t think a lot of people are going to be using an app like this to check the weather so this will definitely not be a deal-breaker for most people.

Besides these relatively minor problems, this app can be extremely useful. It is a whole lot quicker to pull out your iPhone and use this app than it is to find similar information on the airline websites, and for business travelers this app will be well worth the money! If you’re still reading this, and the idea of having easy access to flight schedules is appealing, don’t wait another minute. Head to the App Store and download World Flights today!

- David H.

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