Help with Isoplanes
Need a hand? Email [email protected]. Say which flight or airport it was and roughly when (with your time zone), and include a screenshot if you can.
An aircraft I can see isn't on the map
Positions come from volunteer ADS-B receivers. Where none is in range of an aircraft, it can't be heard, so coverage is best near cities and big airports and thinner over remote land and open sea. Some older aircraft don't broadcast their position, and military flights are often absent. To track a flight that isn't on the map yet, search its flight number and choose Track under Not on the map.
Aircraft look a little behind
They are, on purpose. Each aircraft is drawn behind real time by about how often it's heard, usually 12 to 50 seconds, so it glides smoothly between reports instead of jumping. Isoplanes is unofficial and not for navigation.
Tracked flights and alerts
Tap the bell on a flight, or track a flight number from search. Isoplanes then tells you when it starts taxiing, takes off, begins its descent, is on approach and lands, and also about go-arounds, diversions and emergency codes. Alerts come from what the receivers hear, so a flight that's out of range may be reported late; if it lands out of range, Isoplanes infers the landing from where it was last heard. Turn alerts off in the iPhone's Settings › Notifications › Isoplanes.
The Live Activity
A tracked flight shows its progress and time to landing on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Swipe it away to stop it for that flight; the alerts carry on. Time to landing is an estimate from the aircraft's distance, speed and descent, and gets better as it gets closer.
Sky AR points the wrong way
Sky AR uses the compass, which metal, magnets and cases can throw off. Wave the phone in a figure of eight, away from cars and steel. If labels are still offset, drag sideways to line a label up with its aircraft; Isoplanes remembers the correction.
Times are in the wrong time zone
Times follow your phone's time zone. To see them in India Standard Time wherever you are, open About and turn on Show times in IST.
Privacy
There are no ads and no analytics, an account is optional in the apps (the website asks for one), and your exact location never leaves your phone. Details are in the privacy policy.