Over the ocean
Most trackers No position data
Skycap
Out of radar coverage, due 2:56 AM
Live position is over the US. Past it, the page says so and gives the time the flight is due, rather than drawing a plane it can’t see.
A day with a connection
A long flight in from abroad, then a connection. The time between the two flights is what matters, and the app counts it with everything the airport puts in the way.
Coming into Miami
Most trackers Arrives 5:14 PM
Skycap
Landing in 40 min
Miami is 2 hours behind Santiago; you land at 5:14 PM there.
The time change is said in a sentence, so the times on the next boarding pass make sense the moment you land.
Landed, with a flight to catch
Most trackers Landed 2:44 PM
Skycap
Landed in Miami at 2:44 PM EST
1 hr 35 min to AA1234 at Terminal D, Gate D30, about 50 min to 2 hr 15 min.
The landing alert is about the next flight. You’re not leaving the airport, so it doesn’t send you to the curb.
Between the flights
You, at the aircraft door “Do I run?”
Skycap
Tight, but it's done every day. Go straight there.
Get off the plane, passport control, your bag, then customs, security again, and walk to gate D30.
One verdict, and each step between the two gates in order. Home and the Flight page give the same verdict.
If it’s too tight
Most trackers Delayed 1h 12m
Skycap
You may miss UA455
UA455 leaves at 4:46 PM MST. Your airline's app has your options, and Skycap shows other flights.
Said once, in place of another delay alert, with the airline first. The next flight’s boarding countdown stops, so nothing tells you to board a plane you can’t reach.
Whoever is meeting you
Whoever is meeting you “Are they out yet?”
Skycap
Passport control and bags first: out about 2:35 PM CST.
The person waiting is told that a landing from abroad comes with a line, so they don’t start circling the terminal at touchdown.
The other days
The same app, read by someone else.
- Frequent flyer and crew A word when what you should do has changed, and quiet the rest of the time.
- Family with kids and bags One number at a time, with the reason under it when you want it.
- Nervous flyer The same plain answer every time you check, and the cabin’s sounds named before they come.
- Plane lover, window seat Which side the sunset is on, and the runway in your log afterwards.
- Picking someone up When they land and where to wait, from a link with nothing to install.
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The screens are from the app, with example flights. Times are estimates, and the app says so.