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Flighty's new update gives you real-time alerts about airport disturbances | TechCrunch

2026-03-24 · 00:00 UTC ·Ivan Mehta ·2 min read

Brief

Flighty is expanding from flight tracking into airport operations intelligence by turning professional aviation data feeds into consumer-facing disruption alerts. The product combines real-time advisory sources such as METARs, TAFs, and NOTAMs to explain ground stops, landing procedures, and weather-driven delays in plain language, while adding AI summaries and airport performance tools aimed at travelers, media, and other real-time monitoring use cases.

Why it matters

Flighty launched an "Airport Intelligence" feature on March 24, 2026 that provides real-time disruption alerts with explanations across 14,000 airports, and it is also available as a free web dashboard.

Key details

  • The feature is powered by the same aviation data used by pilots and airlines, including METARs, TAFs, NOTAMs, and other real-time airport advisories, which Flighty translates from technical operational language into plain-English passenger updates.
  • The update also adds airport-specific warnings for hail, low visibility, de-icing, and lightning; AI-generated delay forecasts; "Deep Airport Stats" on busiest airlines, impacted routes, rankings, and flight rules; plus airport boards, favorite-airport alerts, and a TV mode for broadcasters and newsrooms.
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The startup is releasing the feature as a web dashboard, as well, so all users can track disruptions for free.

The company said it uses the same data pilots and airlines use to power this feature. This includes thousands of real-time airport advisories, including Meteorological Aerodrome Reports (METARs), Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts (TAFs), Notice to Airmen (NOTAMs), and more.

This gives Flighty a picture of airport operations such as ground stops, landing procedures, and other safety protocols.

Image Credits: Flighty

Flightly said that while airport events are described in a technical language in the data, it translates these messages into simple language to let users understand how their journey could be impacted through Airport Intelligence.

“Airport meltdowns are increasingly common, and historically it would take a pilot, controller, or a serious aviation expert to explain why, until now. “Airport Intelligence turns raw data into real insights, so you always know what’s happening at your airport,” Flighty CEO Ryan Jones said.

The new update also introduces more features such as airport warnings with reasons like hail, low visibility, de-icing, and lightning; airpor delays forecast with AI-powered summaries to inform users about how different factors can affect their flight; and Deep Airport Stats, which shows businest airlines, most impacted routes airport rankings, official flight rules, and direct links to airport websites and directions.

The update also includes favorite airport alerts and airport boards, showing all arrivals and departures at any of the airports with performance trends. What’s more, you can also compare airport visits with friends within the app.

In addition to the intelligence feature, Flightly now includes a TV mode for broadcasters, creators, and newsrooms to show the live status of an airport on a screen with an updating ticker.