app to track your flight history

So you want a log of every flight you’ve ever taken. Not just the upcoming ones, but a complete personal archive. A testament to all the hours you've spent in a metal tube at 35,000 feet.

It’s a weirdly satisfying hobby.

Most flight trackers are built for your next flight. They're about real-time updates, gate changes, and delay alerts. That's fine, but we're talking about the past. We want a digital logbook.

The right tool for this depends entirely on what kind of person you are. Are you a data nerd who wants stats and maps? A pilot who needs a certified logbook? Or just someone who wants to remember that one trip to Omaha?

For the Data-Obsessed: Flighty & myFlights

If you live for stats and seeing your travel life mapped out, these are your best bet.

Flighty is the slick, iOS-only app everyone talks about. It's almost comically detailed. Flighty can track your incoming plane 25 hours before your flight, predict delays before the airline announces them, and keep a beautiful history of everything. You can see your total distance, time in the air, and get a "passport" that maps all your routes. The only catch is that the best historical features are behind their Pro subscription.

myFlights is built for archiving. You can import old flights by scanning boarding pass QR codes, pulling in PDFs, or even importing from services like Flightradar24. It gives you stats on your most-flown routes, aircraft types, and airports. Plus, it works offline and keeps all your data on your device, which is a nice privacy feature.

For Pilots (and the very serious)

If you're a pilot, you need a certified digital logbook. But these are also great for any serious aviation geek who wants to track every possible detail.

LogTen Pro is the industry standard for professional pilots. It's extremely advanced, letting you track flight hours, duty limits, endorsements, and certificates. It’s Apple-only and has a serious subscription price, but for pros, it's the main choice.

MyFlightBook is the best free option out there. It’s a solid, cloud-based logbook that works on iOS, Android, and the web. It might not have the intense analytics of LogTen Pro, but it’s more than enough for student pilots, private pilots, and enthusiasts who don't want to pay.

I used it to log a flight back in 2018 from Austin to Chicago. The flight was delayed by 53 minutes because the catering truck bumped into the wing. The point is, I logged it. Every last weird detail.

The Old School Method: FlightMemory

Before sleek apps were everywhere, there was FlightMemory. It’s a website, and it looks like one. But it’s been around forever and it does one thing well: it creates a personal database of your flights. You can input airlines, aircraft types, flight numbers, and ratings, and it spits out maps and stats. It’s clunky, but it’s free.

So, which one should you use?

• If you want a beautiful iOS app that does the tracking for you, get Flighty.
• If you want a powerful logbook that's free and works everywhere, use MyFlightBook.
• If you just want to archive your history and import lots of data, try myFlights.
• If you're a professional pilot, you're probably already using LogTen Pro.

And if you just want to see a map of where you've been without any fuss, the old-school FlightMemory still works.