Description
Your flight. Your data. No WiFi needed.
Skyty turns your iPhone into a personal flight instrument. Live GPS position, altitude above ground (AGL), speed, heading, and a beautiful offline map — all in airplane mode.
WHY PASSENGERS & PILOTS LOVE SKYTY
• 100% offline. GPS works without WiFi or cellular.
• 47,000+ airports worldwide (IATA + ICAO)
• True altitude above ground using NASA terrain data
• One-time purchase. No tracking. No ads. No accounts.
BUILT FOR THE WINDOW SEAT
Ever wondered "what am I flying over?" Skyty tells you — in real time, without paying for in-flight WiFi. Cities, mountains, coastlines, and the nearest airport, always on screen.
PRECISE FLIGHT DATA
• Live position, speed, heading and GPS accuracy
• Altitude in GPS (WGS84) or MSL (mean sea level)
• Altitude above ground (AGL) powered by SRTM terrain
• Next airport with distance and bearing
• Destination airport with ETA
FOR PILOTS & GLIDER PILOTS
• Flight recording with distance, duration, max altitude, avg speed
• GPX export to your favorite flight log
• Runway prediction — active runway highlighted on map
• HD terrain data (~900m grid) for precise AGL
• Not certified avionics — optimized as a passenger companion with pilot features
APPLE WATCH & WIDGETS
• Companion app for Apple Watch
• Home Screen widgets for live position
• Live Activity during flight
4 MAP THEMES
Aviation Dark (cockpit-optimized), Aviation Light, Satellite, Topographic.
PRIVACY FIRST
Skyty processes GPS data exclusively on your device. No cloud. No tracking. No analytics. No accounts. Your flight history stays local.
FREE
• Live position & speed
• GPS altitude
• Basic offline map
PREMIUM — ONE-TIME PURCHASE
• Everything in Free
• Altitude above ground (AGL)
• HD terrain data
• Flight recording & GPX export
• Altitude profile chart
• HD world map (Zoom 0–10)
• All map themes
• Sun position indicator with seat recommendation
No subscription. No renewal. Works fully offline.
DATA SOURCES
OpenStreetMap (ODbL) · Protomaps (BSD/CC0) · MapLibre Native (BSD-3) · OurAirports (Public Domain) · NASA SRTM (Public Domain) · Natural Earth (Public Domain)
Made with GPS data and window seats in Zürich.
What's new (v1.5)
What's new in 1.5
Skyty on your wrist.
A full Apple Watch app with four glanceable complications:
• Altitude — flight altitude in a circular complication
• Position — city, altitude & speed at a glance
• Position (Inline) — city & altitude on one line
• Altitude (Corner) — flight altitude in the watch face corner
Live-synced from your iPhone via WatchConnectivity. Falls back to the Watch's own GPS when the iPhone is out of reach. Same offline-first DNA — works at cruise altitude with no signal.