Where your plane is
Over the US, Skycap shows your flight’s position live, and the planes around it. Outside the US it shows the schedule and the weather along the way, and says so on the page. When the position is assumed from the plan rather than seen, the page says that too.
Times are estimates until the plane does the thing
“Should land about 6:48” means about 6:48. The app never says “lands at”. A delay is an estimate; the airline decides whether to run, so check the airline’s app before you change plans. Skycap often sees a delay before the airline posts it, and it says how old every time is.
When to leave
The leave-by time adds up the drive at that hour, bag drop if you have one, the usual security time at your airport for that hour and weekday, the walk to the gate, and the minutes you want to spare. Each part is shown, so you can change the ones that are wrong for you.
Why it’s late
When the reason is known, the app names it: the plane that becomes your flight is still in another city, low clouds at your airport, a ground stop. When the reason isn’t known, it says it doesn’t know, rather than guessing.
The ride
The night before, the app says how the flight should feel compared with a usual flight: calmer, typical or bumpier, and where. It is a forecast, with the same limits as any weather forecast, and it says so. The crew decides about the belt sign.
Out the window
From the route, the date and the hour, the app works out which side the sunset is on, when you cross the mountains, and what the lights below are. The view is a prediction; the clouds have the last word.
After landing
Landed is not off the plane, and off the plane is not at the curb. The app counts the usual taxi in at this airport at this hour, your row, the walk from the gate, bags if you checked them, and passport control if you crossed a border. It gives a window, not a minute.
The person picking you up
Send a link from the flight. It opens in a browser, with no account and nothing to install, and shows the same landing and curb times you see. It ends when the flight does.
What it doesn’t do
- No ads, and nothing sold. The Privacy Policy explains how information is handled.
- No push from anyone but the flight. Alerts are the flight’s own: a gate change, a delay, a landing.
- No airline logos until they are licensed. The arc stands in.
Which parts are in Skycap Pro is on its own page.