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CabinLink
Flight map from cabin Wi-Fi
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Flight map from cabin Wi-Fi
418 followers
CabinLink reads supported in-flight Wi-Fi manifests and turns them into a native flight dashboard. See route, current position, altitude, speed, ETA, aircraft details, and destination weather, with last-known updates when the cabin connection drops. No login, no ads, and no paid Wi-Fi pass required for supported manifests. Launches Jun 7, 2026 at 9 AM MST on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro.
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Hi Product Hunt, I built CabinLink because airline Wi-Fi portals often have a useful flight map, but the details are buried, slow, or disappear when the cabin connection gets flaky.
CabinLink reads supported onboard flight manifests over cabin Wi-Fi and turns them into a native Apple app experience. You get the route, current position, altitude, ground speed, heading, time remaining, aircraft details, and destination weather when an internet connection is available. If the Wi-Fi drops, the last known reading stays on screen instead of leaving you with a spinner.
It is built for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. There is no login, no ads, and supported cabin manifests usually do not require a paid Wi-Fi pass.
Thanks to Rudrank Riyam (@ rudrank on X.com), creator of ASCCLI, and Paul Hudson (@ twostraws on X.com), creator of Kickstart. ASCCLI helped with App Store Connect launch work, and Kickstart helped keep the launch plan grounded in actual distribution and Product Hunt best practices.
I would love feedback on airline coverage, the first-run explanation, and what flight detail would be most useful to add next.
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@vishrutjha the list is great, keep it growing.
I know so many flight enthusiasts who will love this. Also on shorter flights you don’t have an onboard entertainment system that shows you the flight stats. And even if you had it is convenient not to leave the movie you are watching or the game you are playing for the stats! Great work!
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@vishrutjha I will try it out this summer.
Every other tracker either makes me type a flight number or leans on a GPS trick that dies the second the screen locks. My one question is the offline behavior - when the cabin wifi cuts out and you hold the last reading, are you dead-reckoning position from the last speed and heading?
The "supported manifests" caveat is where the first-run experience is going to make or break it — most users won't know if their airline is supported until they're already in the air with expectations set. Is there a way to tell someone before they board whether their flight will work, or does that require knowing the carrier in advance?
no login no ads no paid wifi pass is the entire trust proposition for a travel utility and it's the right one. travel apps that require an account or upsell you mid-flight are the worst category of software to deal with at altitude. the constraint of working with what's already available without asking for anything is a good design philosophy for this specific contex