Category Archives: FlightWatch

When viewing EU airports in metric mode FlightWatch suffered from slight rounding error. The root of the problem was that when NOAA was fetching data for those stations, they converted the presented measurements into US standard units. As FlightWatch only … Continue reading →

I’ve been vacationing in Northern MN for the last two weeks, and for the first time in a long while my phone has been away from a charger for extended periods. This enabled me to get more accurate battery use … Continue reading →

Looking at the order history it appears a good portion of FlightWatch users reside outside of the United States. Additionally, my very first feedback on FW requested non-U.S. measurements be made available. Accordingly, along with trends the next FW version … Continue reading →

One of the interesting things about writing software is how many times real world experience proves you dead wrong. I have long held the opinion that if your application requires and Internet connection, and making connection attempts costs the user, … Continue reading →

FlightWatch 1.2 adds in FlightWatchLite 1.3.5’s Local Weather feature with a few enhancements: Stations appearing in Local Weather may be added to your main screen by pressing and holding on their entries. Local Weather will auto update at an interval … Continue reading →

FlightWatchLite 1.3.5 fixes crashes exposed by the data pipeline rework. Versions prior to 1.2 neatly sidestepped some processing bugs when there were no METARS recieved from ADDS. FlightWatchLite also adds the new Local Weather feature, which will enable you to … Continue reading →

Significant effort has been put into unifying the data processing pipelines of the free and paid versions of FlightWatch, enabling faster development with fewer bugs. As part of the new pipline upgrades, FlightWatch gains the ability to discover Stations within … Continue reading →