Apple brings native flight tracking support to iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan
An unannounced feature rolling out in Apple's upcoming iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan operating systems will let users view up-to-date airline flight status, as well as a preview of projected flight paths, using specially crafted data detectors.
Discovered by a Reddit user on Wednesday, Apple's new flight tracking feature is already functional in the latest iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan beta builds, though data detectors are for now limited to Mail, Messages and Notes.
As seen in the GIF image below, when iOS 9 beta detects a flight number, in this case Delta #2182, it transforms the text into an actionable link connected to data pulled from an offsite server. A long press on said link brings up options to preview flight information or copy text.
Information consists of flight numbers, current flight status, departure and arrival times, relevant airport terminals and an animation of the flight's path presented in Apple Maps. Status is clearly defined at the top-right, with options including "Early," "Delayed" and "Landed," while departure and arrival times are shown at the bottom with to-the-minute accuracy.
The same information can be found in OS X El Capitan, but instead of a long press, users access flight data with a right click.
Apple is expected to release iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 El Capitan this fall.
Discovered by a Reddit user on Wednesday, Apple's new flight tracking feature is already functional in the latest iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan beta builds, though data detectors are for now limited to Mail, Messages and Notes.
As seen in the GIF image below, when iOS 9 beta detects a flight number, in this case Delta #2182, it transforms the text into an actionable link connected to data pulled from an offsite server. A long press on said link brings up options to preview flight information or copy text.
Information consists of flight numbers, current flight status, departure and arrival times, relevant airport terminals and an animation of the flight's path presented in Apple Maps. Status is clearly defined at the top-right, with options including "Early," "Delayed" and "Landed," while departure and arrival times are shown at the bottom with to-the-minute accuracy.
The same information can be found in OS X El Capitan, but instead of a long press, users access flight data with a right click.
Apple is expected to release iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 El Capitan this fall.
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Homeland Zip-a-dee-doo-dah will not stand for this!
Post an international flight and I'll test it for you.
EZY 7373?
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Doesn't seem to work.
Try EZY #7373
Click on the airport's name and it will zoom in. Tap on the plane symbol and it will zoom on the general view.
EZY #7373 does not work. EasyJet #7373 does work. It may have to do with EZY not being the only code that EasyJet uses for their flights as they also use U2.
Yes! This has been sorely needed.
Easyjet #7373 works. Seems very strict. It wouldn't take EZY7373 or EZY 7373. It would take Easyjet 7373 but not Delta 2186 (no hash).
It works with international flights.
Click on the airport's name and it will zoom in. Tap on the plane symbol and it will zoom on the general view.
I tried Qantas #QF7 (Sydney, Australia to Dallas Fort Worth) and was unable to see a link. Typing Qantas #4535 (Dallas Fort Worth to Philadelphia) got me a link. Also, typing Qantas #7375 (Dallas Fort Worth to Sydney, Australia) worked. Maybe non-numeric flight numbers do not work?
DL1251
My results for Mac: Works in Mail. Works in Notes. Works in Messages. Not in Reminders. Not here in a forum message or as seen on other web pages.
Love date detectors.
Try EZY #7373
Ok, here is the reason that EasyJet EZY7373 does not work
Flights are identified in two parts.
The Operator ID and the Flight Number
The Operator ID is normally TWO Characters. AA for American Airlines, BA for British Airways. The letters are the airlines IATA code.
The EZY is the ICAO code for EasyJet. The IATA code for EasyJey is 'U2' (sic).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_codes-E
EasyJet seem to want to be different from the rest of the Industry in using the ICAO code rather than the IATA code. Most of the time, the ICAO Code is used only inside the airline industry. I guess that for non frequent fliers EZY is easier to relate to the airline than U2.
Either way, EasyJet are a PITA to deal with at Airports (which is where I used to encounter them). The only airline worse than them is AF.
Or is this another nod to the enterprise user, who travels often for business?
This is awesome, but does not seem to be working for Sun Country flight 282...
I have tried SY 282, SY #282, SY 0282, SY #0282, as well as swapping the SY out with Sun Country and SunCountry in all the previous examples. Thoughts?