byAir App Review: Flight Tracker And Airport Guide

I recently used byAir for my flights from London to Los Angeles and back again, and I really enjoyed using it. There’s a lot more to the app than simply checking where your plane is, and I liked having so much flight and airport information together in one place.

I already use other flight tracking apps, including Flighty and FlightAware, so I was interested to see how byAir compared. I used both the iOS app and the Apple Watch app, and there are several features I can see myself continuing to use on future trips.

My favourite feature was the real-time alerts, but I also liked the flight history, the amount of information available and how easy I found the app to use. I have Lifetime Pro, so I could try the additional features during both flights.

I’ll be using byAir for all my future flights, and here’s why.

What Is byAir?

byAir is a flight tracking and airport app available for iPhone, iPad, Android and smartwatches. It brings together flight information, notifications, airport guides and several other travel features.

You can use it to check flight status, gates, terminals and baggage information, receive notifications about changes, look up airport facilities and transport options, and keep a record of your previous flights.

Other features include airport arrivals and departures boards, online check-in links, flight history imports, flight sharing and tools for adding bookings to the app.

byAir is free to download, with additional features available through a optional Pro subscription.

Visit the byAir website

My Experience Using byAir

I used byAir for both my outbound flight from London to Los Angeles and my return flight from Los Angeles to London. I added the flights myself and used the iOS app alongside the Apple Watch app.

I found the app easy to use, even though there is a lot of information available. I could find what I wanted without having to work through lots of menus, which is important when you’re travelling and already have enough to think about.

I particularly liked having my flight details, airport information and notifications together. I didn’t need to keep opening different apps just to check basic information about my journey.

The real-time alerts were the biggest highlight for me, but they weren’t the only reason I liked byAir. There are plenty of other features that make it useful before and during a trip, as well as once you’ve landed.

Real-Time Alerts

The real-time alerts were easily my favourite feature of byAir.

The app can send notifications about delays, gate changes, cancellations, boarding and other flight updates. Pro includes the full real-time tracking and notification features, while the free version has more limited tracking and notifications.

I liked knowing that if something changed with my flight, I could receive a notification rather than having to keep opening the app to check. When you’re travelling, it’s nice to be able to get on with other things without constantly checking for updates.

byAir also supports Live Activities on iPhone and Live Updates on Android, allowing important flight information to appear without needing to open the app.

I particularly liked receiving updates on my Apple Watch, which made this feature even more useful.

Using byAir on Apple Watch

I genuinely found the Apple Watch app useful during my trips.

When you’re travelling, you don’t always want to keep getting your phone out to check what’s happening. Being able to glance at my watch for flight information and receive notifications was handy while waiting for my flight or getting on with other things at the airport.

This is a feature I actually used, rather than something I can only say is available. I can see myself continuing to use it on future trips.

Apple Watch notifications are included with Pro, and byAir also supports Wear OS smartwatches. Your account can sync across supported devices.

Flight Information

byAir provides plenty of information about your flight, including:

• Departure and arrival times
• Flight status, terminal and gate
• Route, distance and flight duration
• Remaining flight time
• Aircraft and incoming aircraft information
• Baggage details

There’s also a Flight Timetable showing more detailed stages of a flight, including scheduled, estimated and actual times.

The app uses airline and airport data for information such as gates, terminals and cancellations. This differs from services such as Flightradar24, which uses aircraft position data from ADS-B. As a result, different apps may sometimes show different information.

I liked having so much information about my own flight together in one place, without needing to search for it elsewhere.

Find My Plane

The Find My Plane feature gives you information about the aircraft due to operate your flight.

Depending on the information available, you can see its aircraft type, registration, other details and where it is coming from. You can also look at previous flights operated by the same aircraft.

I always find this sort of information interesting, particularly when I’m travelling long haul.

There is a practical side to it too. If the aircraft arriving for your flight is running late, that could affect your departure time. Being able to see information about the incoming aircraft gives you some context rather than simply wondering where your plane is.

One thing to bear in mind is that aircraft position information in byAir can be delayed because of data limitations, and sometimes they may not be able to identify the incoming flight.

byAir Predict

byAir Predict uses information such as the incoming aircraft, weather, airport congestion, air traffic restrictions and airport operations to predict possible delays. It starts monitoring six hours before departure.

The idea is to give you an indication that there could be a problem before an official delay is announced.

A prediction isn’t the same as an official airline update, so I’d still follow the information provided by the airline and airport. However, I like the idea of having an early indication that something might affect my flight.

This feature is included with Pro.

Airport Guide and Flight Boards

byAir isn’t just a flight tracker. It also has an Airport Guide with information to help you prepare for a journey or find your way around an airport.

Depending on the airport, information can include:

• Airport maps and terminals
• Security information
• Food and lounges
• Transport and car rental
• Currency exchange
• Airport facilities and weather
• Tips about the airport

This can be useful if you’re visiting an airport you haven’t used before. I like being able to look up information in advance rather than searching different websites for each detail.

There’s also a Live Flight Board where you can check arrivals and departures for airports around the world. You can see information such as flight status, gates, baggage and aircraft details.

This could be handy if you’re picking someone up and want to check their flight, or if you want to see what’s happening at the airport before you arrive.

Baggage Information

byAir provides baggage information for supported airlines, including allowances for carry-on bags, personal items and checked luggage.

Where available, you can check sizes, weight limits and prices. This is useful because baggage rules vary between airlines, and it’s much better to check your allowance before arriving at the airport.

I’d still recommend confirming the rules with your airline before travelling, especially if you’re unsure whether your bag meets the requirements.

Airport Transport

The app also provides taxi and transport options for airports around the world.

Getting to and from the airport is part of the journey, so I like that byAir includes this alongside flight information. It can help when planning how to reach your accommodation or get home after landing.

Online Check-In

byAir provides links to online check-in pages for more than 100 airlines, so you can access the relevant page through the app rather than searching for it yourself.

Online check-in is available to free users as well as Pro subscribers. Where supported, you can also copy your booking code to the clipboard when opening the check-in option.

It’s a small feature, but anything that saves a bit of time when getting ready for a flight is welcome.

Flight History and byAir ID

One feature I really like is the personal flight history. You can keep a record of your journeys, including aircraft, airports, countries visited, distance travelled and time spent flying.

You can also view your flights on a map and look at your travel statistics. As someone who travels regularly, I enjoy being able to look back at previous trips and see how far I’ve travelled.

byAir ID turns your flight history into a travel card with information about your journeys and yearly highlights. You can share it, too.

It’s not essential for tracking a flight, but it’s a nice extra for anyone who enjoys keeping a record of their travels.

Importing Previous Flights

This is particularly useful to me because I already use other flight tracking apps, including Flighty and FlightAware, as well as airline apps.

I didn’t want to start from scratch and manually enter years of flights, so I was pleased that byAir supports importing flight history from several sources.

These include Flighty, App in the Air, myFlightradar24, TripIt and OpenFlights, as well as another byAir account. Flighty flights can be exported as a CSV file and imported into byAir.

There’s also Quick Scan, which can scan boarding passes, booking confirmations, itineraries, screenshots and ticket photos.

One thing worth knowing about TripIt is that its API is closed to third-party developers. byAir provides other ways to import TripIt flights, but this isn’t the same as a direct connection to TripIt’s API.

Being able to bring my existing flight history into byAir is a big plus. If you’ve been using another app for years, it means you may not have to start again with an empty flight history.

Adding Flights Automatically

You don’t have to enter every booking manually. byAir offers several ways to add flights automatically:

• Auto-scan Email: Finds flight bookings in connected Gmail or Outlook accounts. You can connect up to five accounts.
• Forward Bookings: Lets you forward booking emails to your personal byAir import address.
• Calendar Sync: Imports flight information from your device’s calendar.
• Quick Scan: Scans boarding passes, booking confirmations, itineraries, screenshots and ticket photos.

Pro includes the full versions of these features, while free users have limits. For example, free users can import up to five flights through email scanning or forwarded bookings, and Calendar Sync is a Pro feature.

I added my Los Angeles flights manually, so I haven’t personally tested all these options. However, I can see myself using the automatic import features in the future.

Sharing Flights with Friends and Family

byAir also offers ways to share flights with other people, including through WhatsApp and Telegram.

This could be useful if someone is waiting to collect you at the airport, or if you want someone at home to keep up with your journey while you’re travelling.

I like the idea of being able to share flight information rather than having to remember to send someone every update myself.

AI Integration

byAir has an AI integration that uses a personal MCP link to connect with compatible AI tools. Supported tools include ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity, and the integration can provide access to information such as flight status, flight searches and flight history.

This requires an active Pro subscription.

I haven’t personally used this feature, so I can’t comment on how well it works in practice. It’s an interesting extra for people who already use AI tools when planning trips, although it isn’t something you need to use the main flight tracking features.

Other Features

There are several other features worth mentioning:

• Home Airport: Set your preferred home airport.
• Notification settings: Customise alerts for individual flights, including All, Basic or None.
• Widgets: Access flight information from supported device widgets.
• Preferred Currency: Convert supported airport, transport, baggage and other prices into your chosen currency.
• Offline information: Some key flight details and route information can be cached on your device, so you may still be able to access them without an internet connection.

Together, these features make byAir more than a basic flight tracker.

Is byAir Free?

Yes, byAir is free to download, and there is a free version available.

I have Lifetime Pro, so I had access to the additional features when I used the app for my flights to and from Los Angeles.

The current UK App Store prices shown as of October 2026 were:

• Weekly: £3.29 or £4.99
• Monthly: £5.99 or £9.99
• Annual: £27.99 or £49.99
• Lifetime: £199.99

There are different price options shown for some subscription periods. Prices and offers can change, so check the app for the current price before subscribing.

What Do You Get for Free?

The free version gives you quite a lot to try. You can search for current and future flights without a limit on those searches, and use features such as flight boards, airport information, online check-in, baggage information and flight history.

There are limitations, though. Free users don’t get the full Pro real-time tracking and notification service. Tracked flights are checked several times during the journey rather than receiving the near real-time updates and push notifications included with Pro.

Free users can also perform one historical flight search every 24 hours. This limit doesn’t apply to current and future flight searches.

There are limits on automatic flight imports, too. Free users can import up to five flights using email scanning or forwarded bookings, while Calendar Sync is a Pro feature.

What Do You Get with Pro?

Pro includes the additional features I had access to when using byAir, including:

• Near real-time flight updates and push notifications
• byAir Predict and Find My Plane
• Auto-scan Email and forwarded booking imports
• Calendar Sync and Quick Scan
• Unlimited historical flight searches
• Advanced statistics
• Apple Watch notifications
• AI integration
• Other additional Pro features

For me, Pro was particularly useful because the real-time alerts were my favourite part of the app. Being notified when something changed, without having to keep checking manually, made travelling easier. Receiving those updates on my Apple Watch was another big plus.

If you only need basic flight tracking, the free version gives you plenty to try. If you want the full real-time tracking and notification experience and the additional Pro features, you’ll need a subscription.

byAir vs Other Flight Tracking Apps

I already use Flighty and FlightAware, as well as airline apps, so I had other apps to compare byAir with.

byAir vs Flighty

Flighty offers flight tracking, alerts, predictions and flight history, and is one of the apps I already use.

One major difference is that Flighty is focused on Apple devices, whereas byAir is available on iPhone and Android, with support for Apple Watch and Wear OS.

I also like that I can import my Flighty history into byAir rather than manually entering all my previous flights.

Both apps have useful flight tracking features, but byAir brings more travel information together in one place, including airport guides, baggage information, transport options, check-in links and flight history imports.
I personally much prefer byAir, but try them both out and let me know which you prefer in the comments.

byAir vs FlightAware

I also use FlightAware for flight tracking. It provides flight status information, alerts, airport information and aircraft tracking, and I still find it useful.

What I like about byAir is its additional focus on the traveller. I can access flight alerts, airport information, baggage details, check-in links, transport information and flight history in the same app.

byAir has many more features and is much better than FlightAware in my opinion.
I don’t think you necessarily have to choose just one app. I use different travel apps for different things, and I will still use FlightAware alongside byAir, with byAir being my main flight tracker app as it offers so much more and is much more useful.

byAir vs Flightradar24

Flightradar24 is particularly useful if you want to see aircraft on a live map and follow where planes are flying. It provides a lot of aircraft information and is popular with aviation enthusiasts.

Flightradar24 is more of an app for people who just want to track random planes rather than ones they are physically travelling on.

byAir is more focused on your own journey, including your flight information and the airport you’re using. If I wanted to watch aircraft moving on a map and are not travelling on the planes, I’d be more likely to use Flightradar24.

The apps also use different types of flight data, so information can sometimes differ. byAir says it uses official airline and airport data, while Flightradar24 uses ADS-B data from aircraft.

byAir vs TripIt

TripIt focuses on organising your whole trip, allowing you to keep flights, hotels, car hire and other travel plans together in an itinerary.

byAir is more focused on flights and airports. I’d look at TripIt if I wanted to organise a complete itinerary, while byAir is a good option if I’m looking for flight tracking, airport information and flight updates.

Although TripIt’s API is no longer available to third-party developers, byAir does provide other ways to import TripIt flights. This isn’t the same as having a direct TripIt connection.

What I Like About byAir

There are several things I liked about using byAir:

• Real-time alerts: My favourite feature. I could receive notifications about flight changes rather than repeatedly checking the app.
• Apple Watch support: I found it genuinely useful to check flight information and receive updates without getting my phone out.
• Easy to use: There’s a lot of information available, but I didn’t find the app overwhelming.
• Information in one place: Flight details, airport guides, baggage information, transport and check-in links are all available together.
• Importing my Flighty history: I could bring my existing flights into byAir instead of starting again.
• Flight history: I like being able to look back at my journeys and see my travel statistics.
• Airport information: The maps, facilities, transport options and tips are useful when visiting an airport.
• Free version: You can try the app without paying for a subscription straight away.
• iPhone and Android support: It isn’t limited to one type of phone.
• No adverts: I much prefer using an app without adverts getting in the way.

I also like that the app has features I can use before a trip, while travelling and afterwards when looking back at my flight history.

My Verdict

I really enjoyed using byAir for my flights from London to Los Angeles and back, and I’ll be using it for all my future flights, not just long-haul trips.

The real-time alerts were my favourite feature. I liked knowing that if something changed, I could receive a notification rather than having to keep checking the app. Being able to get those updates on my Apple Watch made them even more useful.

I also liked having flight information, airport details, baggage, transport, check-in and flight history together in one place. Importing my Flighty history was another big plus because it made getting started much easier.

I found the app easy to use and liked that there’s a free version available if you want to try it before subscribing. Some features, including the full real-time alerts, are reserved for Pro, so it’s worth checking what’s included before deciding which option suits you.

I really love using byAir, and I think the range of features is what makes it such a great app. From the real-time alerts and Apple Watch support to the flight history, airport information and so much more, there is so much available in one place. A

fter using it for my flights to and from Los Angeles, I can honestly say I’ll be using byAir for all my future trips.

Download byAir

byAir is available for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android and Wear OS.

iPhone / iPad / Apple Watch:
Download byAir from the Apple App Store

Android:
Download byAir from Google Play

Website:
Visit the byAir website