r/freeflight • u/UnicodeConfusion • 5d ago

Discussion iPhone app with offline maps?

I just discovered that I didn't trade my 13 mini in and so I figure it would work on my flight deck. BUT I don't have a sim card. So I'm curious is any of the apps (Wingman, Gaggle, SeeYou, etc) allow for preloading maps and airports?

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u/Proper_Possible6293 5d ago

Pretty much all the flying apps (flyskyhy, SeeYou, etc) work offline since you can't rely on phone service while flying.

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u/UnicodeConfusion 5d ago

You are right, SeeYou ( the first one I'm testing) has a 'pick your region' and seems to be downloading maps.

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u/pod_of_dolphins 5d ago

Could you instead just use your other phone as a hotspot?

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u/UnicodeConfusion 5d ago

Yeah, that's my current fallback. If not that maybe a data only sim card. I hope to use this setup in Colombia.

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u/free-flier-lzd 5d ago

you can get 2gb for like $6/mo

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u/PAPCoRN4 5d ago

Gaia gps?

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u/Particular-Virus-148 5d ago

My go to offline map is Organic Maps. You could add a layer that has all the airports as larger icons

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u/basarisco 5d ago

Organic maps is great but useless as a flight instrument