Updates, release notes and stories from Skyty, the offline flight tracker.https://skyty.app/en-ushttps://skyty.app/blog/flying-over-greenland-ice-sheet/https://skyty.app/blog/flying-over-greenland-ice-sheet/The world's second-largest ice mass sits three hours east of New York and nobody talks about it. A small guide to the most underrated window-seat moment on the transatlantic.Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://skyty.app/blog/mid-atlantic-loneliest-spot/https://skyty.app/blog/mid-atlantic-loneliest-spot/An hour past Greenland, three hours short of Ireland — at some point you fly over a place where the nearest inhabited island is over 1,000 km away. The middle of the North Atlantic is one of aviation's most underrated views.Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://skyty.app/blog/sky-briefing-001/https://skyty.app/blog/sky-briefing-001/Alaska Airlines makes its European debut to Rome, Hawaiian vanishes as a booking system, and Chicago breaks its delay record for 2026.Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://skyty.app/blog/roadmap-2026/https://skyty.app/blog/roadmap-2026/Skyty 1.0 shipped in April. Three more releases are planned for the rest of 2026. Here's what's in each, and the thinking behind the order.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://skyty.app/blog/world-map-46-megabytes/https://skyty.app/blog/world-map-46-megabytes/How a vector tile pyramid, a clever file format and aggressive zoom-level pruning make it possible to ship the whole planet inside an iOS app — and still meet App Store size limits.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://skyty.app/blog/privacy-by-design/https://skyty.app/blog/privacy-by-design/Most apps know more about your travel patterns than you do. Skyty doesn't. Here's the architecture that makes that true, not just a marketing claim.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://skyty.app/blog/record-your-first-flight/https://skyty.app/blog/record-your-first-flight/A quick walkthrough: how to record a flight in Skyty, what gets saved, and how to share or export it after landing.Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://skyty.app/blog/window-seat-guide-long-haul/https://skyty.app/blog/window-seat-guide-long-haul/Sunrises at 35 000 feet, ice fields north of Hudson Bay, the desert ridge that means you're crossing into Iran. A field guide to looking out the window with intent.Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://skyty.app/blog/why-protomaps-and-maplibre/https://skyty.app/blog/why-protomaps-and-maplibre/Apple MapKit is fast, beautiful and free. We don't use it. Here's why an offline-first flight tracker needs an open-source map stack — and what the trade-offs look like.Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://skyty.app/blog/msl-agl-wgs84-altitudes-explained/https://skyty.app/blog/msl-agl-wgs84-altitudes-explained/The number on the seat-back display, the GPS altitude in your phone, and your height above the ground are all different — sometimes by hundreds of meters. Here's how to read them.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://skyty.app/blog/gps-in-airplane-mode-explained/https://skyty.app/blog/gps-in-airplane-mode-explained/GPS receivers don't transmit anything — they only listen. Here's why your iPhone keeps tracking position the moment you flip airplane mode on, and how Skyty turns that into a flight tracker.Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://skyty.app/blog/2026-04-skyty-launch/https://skyty.app/blog/2026-04-skyty-launch/Most flight apps die at 10 000 m. Here's why we built one that doesn't, and what it taught us about offline-first iOS.Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT