FUTURE FEATURE REQUEST'S - For apps (iOS and Android)

[gekkoguy82]

In my app currently I've got UTC time selected, but airport pages still show the time as local. Airport pages on the website show the time as UTC per my settings. Would love to be able to have that in my iOS app as well.

[stevepem]

I use Samsung DEX which is a pretty handy app that lets you access and display your Samsung Android phone apps and other data on a PC or TV. It's not exactly screen-mirroring which only shows exactly what you see on your phone screen on the TV or PC. DEX on the other hand is an actual desktop GUI which uses the phone's contents, a similar concept as Android Auto which is used on car infotainment screens.

Flightradar24 works great in DEX, as seen in screenshot #3 you get a nice big map view. The minor annoyance is that when I launch FR24 in DEX it always launches in a small screen view that is basically a screen mirror, as seen in screenshot #1. There is a full screen view available by clicking the expand icon in the top right corner. When I click that I get a warning message that FR24 will have to restart, as seen in screenshot #2. I click Restart and it launches FR24 in fullscreen mode as seen in screenshot #3 and everything is fine. So why do I think it's an annoyance? Because I (personally) never view in the smaller screen mirror view, I always use FR24 full screen in DEX, so this requires two extra clicks as well as a slight delay as it restarts. I typically launch FR24 several times a day so this somewhat compounds the (slight) annoyance. It's not normally an actual problem though, except when I hear a plane flying low overhead and I want to know which window to run to, and every second counts!

I realize that some people might prefer small screen view as the default, however other apps that I use in DEX remember which view was used last and they launch in that view the next time instead of always launching in small screen view. Also other apps don't display a restart warning message when switching between small screen and full screen. Switching views in FR24 doesn't seem to change anything, the selected filter and map focus remains the same, so I'm not sure there is a need for the restart warning message when switching between small view and fullscreen view.

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[Topgunphoto]

Is there any more thought about adding the filter for aircraft categories on the app like we have for the website? Right now on the app, I can only select US Air Force, but then I won't pick up Navy or Foreign units flying into my local base (KPSM)

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[SD_Mark]

Now that many airlines are offering (often free) Wi-Fi inflight, I've taken to "tracking myself" when I fly to figure exactly where I am, and to look for nearby/crossing flights.
I've noticed that when using FR24 (on iPhone app) via plane-WiFi, the map itself is often extremely slow to load. I will get a gray screen (with gridding) littered with planes, and even current radar - all stuff which is moving/updating in real time. Yet the map (which is static) takes forever to load, and then with a zoom, has to reload again. It appears to be repeatedly downloading the same map tiles over and over. Once I touch down, and turn LTE back on "poof" the map tiles load almost instantly - so it seems like it has to be the wifi connection throttling them.

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Is it possible to have the base map (of some area - say "US") pre-loaded, so then all that needs to be pushed are the planes and weather? At least have this as an option (at some resolution)? My phone has gobs of free storage - I could readily stash 1GB of base map (and since the resolution doesn't need to be 'house-level' I doubt even the whole US would take up that much space).

Maybe there's some other approach (better compression of map tile data?) that could solve this issue as well.

Thanks.

--Mark

[cptsponge]

I would like to be able to bookmark aircraft from the aircraft information screen. It is possible to do this from the flight information screen, but not from the aircraft info

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[Maximilian Hermann]

It would be awesome to have identical filter options for 'aircraft' in the browser and the app version. Currently there is a option to filter for two letter/digit ICAO type codes in the browser version but not in the app version.

For example:

• it is possible to set a filter for ICAO code 'C2' in the browser and this works pretty fine
• in the app version I have to set at least three letters/digits to set up a working filter option
  • -> 'C2' can't be set, only the listed option 'C208' is available
  • current configuration does not allow filtering for 'C2' aircraft on the mobile version (and other two letter/digit codes as well)

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Tested on the current browser version and Android app version Flightradar24 v9.11.2 (Data sharer / Business)

[Sammy_D]

I'm a paramotor pilot and I fly mostly in uncontrolled air space without a radio as this is not mandatory in my country. The traffic we get in my area is quite low but there is some. For some reason quite a bit more helicopter activity lately which makes me uneasy. With a fabric wing you don't want to be anywhere near these things The wake turbulence can extend quite long and last long too.

This got me thinkin that Flightradar could be used as a good addition for safety in paramotors and paragliders. Basically what I'm thinking is having the option to get alerts if there are ANY aircraft are near your position (lets say in radius of 60 miles). Of course it would be nice to select a radios of your choice. Most paramotor pilots already use their phone during flights, for tracking, photos or music, so having flightradar tell you about near by traffic would be really good.

Who knows, maybe there are fixed wing pilots or plane spotter that would appreciate this option too.

All the info is already there, so I'm thinking its not hard to implement.


As far as I know, now alerts can only be set by knowing the flight number.

[nowind]

It would be really nice that we could have a list view (as it is on a pc), and we can choose it from the menu where we find disruptions and bookmarks.

[Cactusboy19]

I would like to be able to create a local alert for military and Gov (like the filter), or maybe you can add it as a featured alert.

Thank you.

[JohanR]

Request/suggestion regarding Custom Alerts:

It would be nice to have an extra custom field (string) to store a little description/reminder text of why I added a specific flight to the custom alerts. For instance in sweden we have a lot of private cessna planes that on the summer is working as firewatching. Same with private helicopters that have specific missions. When i get a notification, ut would be great if it said plane registration and then your custom text if you have any, for ie: SE-LVY (Firewatch). I have a long list of custom alerts and I don’t always remember the reason I added them…

[Sepehr Javeri]

Hi everyone,
I have a suggestion that helps many people (like me obviously), that could you add country name in front of flag for information panel of an aircraft registration country?
Thanks a lot!
Regards, Sepehr

[rwoodlief]

I'd like to see the RADAR site added to the FILTER list on the mobile app. My feed for RADARBOX allows me to see the planes my site sees. Come on FR24, you going to let them show you up?

[Oblivian]

There is a New Zealander designing a hardware device to do that for the American market by the way.

Not all trackers track all aircraft and maybe filtered or time-delayed, hence to this claim data shouldn't be used for official purposes or aviation work kind of like that

https://dronexl.co/2020/09/21/safer-drone-flying-ads-b-diy-project-bruce-simpson/

[Pati0furniture]

Request/suggestion regarding Custom Alerts:

I've been using FR24 for a while now, mainly to monitor local airspace when flying my drone. IMHO I think being able to setup custom alerts for any aircraft that come within a given distance, altitude, etc. would be amazingly convenient and help promote safety.

For example: have an alert trigger if any aircraft came within 2 miles of your current location. Or have it trigger if it's within whatever set distance but only if its altitude is below 10,000 feet.

[lcyucmx]

I think that a very useful tool for those who worked in aviation would be an alert that informs you when an aircraft has been diverted to an airport