Flighty 4.10: Connection Assistant 2.0 and Gate Predictions — the flight app your pilot uses

On July 7, 2026, Flighty —the flight tracking app that its own listing in the App Store describes as «the flight tracker your pilot uses»— published version 4.10.0 with two functions that the brand presented in X on the same day: Connection Assistant 2.0 and Gate Predictions. These aren't cosmetic tweaks: They attack two moments of peak travel anxiety—the tight-time layover and waiting at the gate board—with personalized guides and predictions based on historical data from the incoming plane.

Connection Assistant 2.0: each step, with typical time

In X, Flighty summarized the update like this: each step of the connection with its usual time; each checkpoint—customs, security, luggage re-check—; every train, tram or bus; at any airport and airline; personalized according to citizenship and seat class. The release notes 4.10.0 in the App Store expand the message with technical detail:

• Mandatory checkpoints: passport control, customs, baggage re-check, security, air trains, terminal change and more —depending on route, airport, nationality and reservation.
• Typical connection time: how long each section usually takes to know if the scale is loose, fair or "seriously tight" (literal expression of the release notes).
• Personalization: add seat, class and passport to see e-gates and instructions according to citizenship.
• Flighty Friends: The guide also helps you see how tight a contact's connection is.

Flighty insists that timings are based on historical patterns and normal conditions—not absolute promises—but the editorial value is clear: It replaces nervous intuition in a traffic hallway with a verifiable list of steps. Connection Assistant is available for Flighty Pro users.

Gate Predictions: the door before the board

The second announcement of the day, in another post by @Flighty, presents Gate Predictions: knowing the gate before the airline publishes it; hours, days or even weeks in advance; stop “hovering around the board”; map the connection with days to spare. The 4.10.0 notes specify the mechanism: Flighty predicts arrival and departure gates based on the previous flight of the incoming plane; It may initially show a concourse or range of gates and refine as the exit approaches.

For frequent travelers with several stopovers or families who split up on different flights, anticipating the gate is not a whim: it determines where to sit on the incoming plane, how much to walk in the next terminal and whether it is worth stopping for lunch. Flighty already had Delay Predictions and other alerts “2–90 minutes faster than airline apps” according to its marketing; Gate Predictions comes full circle on land.

What is Flighty beyond July 2026

Flighty – Live Flight Tracker has been in the App Store since 2019 and has one of the highest ratings in the travel segment (~4.85/5). The official description highlights: no ads, no mandatory account, no newsletters; very early delay and cancellation alerts; “pilot-grade” data (FAA, Eurocontrol); automatic map with Flighty Passport; ground and proximity radar; synchronization with calendar. It is the reference cited by media such as the Wall Street Journal ("Don't Fly Without This App") and Apple (Design Award).

Free, Pro and why it fits into Apps we recommend

The free tier already covers solid tracking for many casual travelers. Flighty Pro concentrates the functions that differentiate the app - Connection Assistant, Gate Predictions, advanced flight log editing and more. The App Store file highlights that Pro is free on the first flight without requiring a card in the trial, which makes it easy to try the new features without immediate commitment. We don't publish subscription prices here because Apple doesn't stably expose them in the public API; the reader will see them in the in-app purchase flow according to their region.

That's why we include Flighty in our directory Apps we recommend: mature iOS tool, verifiable sources (App Store, flighty.com and official ads on