Airport Monitor has a simple interface, which is a good thing for sorting through all the flight data. It will give you the origin and destination, the airline, flight number, gate number, and estimated time of arrival. You can also search through the airline name, flight number, gate number and more.

You can also send flight details to your friends through your e-mail – great if you want to be on the same flight or if there is someone picking you up. And if you are a frequent flyer, you can bookmark you favorite airport for quick access.

Airport Monitor Lite is a handy app for anyone who needs the latest flight details on their fingertips. This is especially useful for people who bounce from one airport to another on their day job and need to get advanced flight information for booking.

Features:

• View arrivals and departures from top US airports
• Sort list by time
• Search through flight data
• Bookmark airports for quick access
• No need to check flight number to know

You can navigate through Planefinder by going through the major airport cities and zooming in on them. You can then click on one of the moving planes to view their running flight data, including altitude, speed, course, and complete route.

Planefinder also has a fresh feature where you can go back in time and play back historic flight paths. If you have Google Earth, just click on the FlyMe icon to give yourself a tour of the flight path.

While searching for specific flights may be hard, Planefinder provides a great overview on how global air traffic works. You can also click any flight and share it with your friend, just in case you are on that plane and you want your friend to track you.

Features:

• Real-time airplane tracking website.
• Rewind flights by picking a date and time.
• Go back in time and play back flights.
• Data includes altitude, speed, course, complete route, and more.
• Similar Tools: Read our 6 Best Sites to View Maps of Airline Flight Paths

Check out Planefinder @ www.planefinder.net

Fly Time Notify lets you know when your date becomes available for booking. The service helps you find the best airline deals and notifies you when companies announce different packages on the dates you wish to travel.

Using Fly Time Notify is really simple. All you have to do is pick your travel date then choose your preferred airlines and click Next. It will then ask you to select the notification method. You can choose from two options: Free and Priority which costs a certain amount depending on the airlines you have selected.

In the case of the free option, you will get a notification via email when any of the selected airlines unlock any dates. The priority option also sends you a text message as soon as there is any offer so that you can take up the opportunity as soon as possible.  If you select free, it will ask you to provide your email address.

Features

• It’s easy to use.
• Get notifications as soon as any airline unlocks the dates.
• Supports 28 different airlines (US and international).
• Get notification via email or SMS.

Check out FlyTimeNotify @ www.flytimenotify.com (By Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

Each restaurant review is categorized by different airports, which in turn are organized alphabetically. Each airport is readily available from the homepage where you can click through and read about individual restaurants. You can read about the kind of cuisine, whether the restaurant is located pre or post security, price levels, waiter service, alcohol availability, and more. Each restaurant entry also includes a picture so you can easily find the place – very useful if you are in a hurry.

Airport Dining is a nice website for travellers that gives us a subset of restaurant reviews that is rarely discussed yet highly important.

Features:

• Free; no sign-up required.
• Add user review.
• Find top-rated, most popular and most reviewed airport restaurants.
• Search for restaurants per airport.
• Similar Tool: GateGuru.

Check out Airport Dining @ www.airportdining.net

But thanks to “FareCompare When-to-Fly Airfare Alerts” that is no longer necessary.

“FareCompare When-to-Fly Airfare Alerts” is a free application that you can run on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. The app is sized at 2.9 MB and requires iOS 3.0 or later installed on your device. Using the app you can mark your favorite destinations and get realtime updates whenever fares to those destinations drop.

You can choose to get updates up to six times a day, ensuring you always stay in touch with the latest fares.

If you notice a drop in prices, you can share it on Facebook and Twitter using the app; sharing this way can inform other people who are in your social network and will be travelling with you.

Features:

• Get flight price drop alerts.
• Supports iOS devices running iOS 3.0 or later.
• Monitors airfares in realtime.
• Lets you share airfare details on Facebook, Twitter, and email.
• Lets you mark the flights you are interested in.
• Gives you updates up to 6 times a day.
• Provides with you with an informative dashboard screen.

Get “FareCompare When-to-Fly Airfare Alerts” @ itunes.apple.com/us/app/farecompare-when-to-fly-airfare/id343352396?mt=8#

Clicking on each point shows the name of the airport, route, and available airlines. You can also review available airlines by clicking their logos, rate them based on value for money, time keeping, quality of services, and staff. Once done, you can go through each airport on the map to rate other airlines.

Whereables has a quick Airline Find function where you can find a whole list of airlines sorted in alphabetical order. There is also an online game where you are asked to point out the different airports on the map.

Features:

• Free; no sign up required.
• Based on Google Maps.
• Click on pink pointers to find airlines that server the airport.
• Find available airlines for a specific route.
• Play the Whereables game.
• Similar Tools: SeatExpert, AirDB, and Flight Memory.

Check out Whereables @ www.whereables.co.uk

My TSA is a very useful and free web service that provides security-related travel information. For example, you could use the site to check  airport security waiting times or view which items are allowed or not allowed at airports. You can also see which things can be carried and which go in your checked baggage.

Other useful tools of the site explain which identification documents can be used and the policies regarding liquids. Also provided are tips for packing and dressing to speed through security terminals.

The site has an iPhone app as well which Apple device owners can make use of.

Features:

• A highly useful website for people about to travel.
• Contains a lot of information on airport waiting times and what is allowed in your luggage at airports.
• You can find out which identification documents can be used.
• Policies regarding liquids are covered.
• Tips for packing and dressing are provided on the site.
• Similar tools: LuggageLimits, FlightCaster, AboutAirportParking and SleepingInAirports.

Check out “My TSA” @ www.apps.usa.gov/tsa-app

Fly.com is a free to use website that lets you compare air fares of different airlines. You start by entering the ticket type which can be either roundtrip or one way. The next step is to select the locations of departure and arrival; you can also select airports nearby to your entered locations.

After that you can select the preferable dates of departure as well as the preferable date of arrival on your destination. Clicking on the “Search” button takes a little while to gather information; you are then shown your flight options from all major airlines.

You can use the price and number of stops of each option to compare the alternatives. Click on any search result to book that flight.

Features:

• Low cost airfare finder
• Very easy to work with.
• Saves a lot of your time when it comes to comparing air fare alternatives.
• Lets you enter comprehensive data to compute the best options.
• Will be a special source for saving money to people who frequently travel via air.
• Similar tools: Dohop and more in our articles “The 3 Best Websites To Find Cheap Flights“.

Check out Fly.com @ www.fly.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

You can also search for something specific, rate a place or see ratings provided by other users. If you find something new, add it to the GateGuru database so others can know about it. You can also bookmark your favorite spots on each terminal and also share places on social networks like Facebook and Twitter.

Features:

• Find places and stuff to do on airports.
• Browse by airport, terminal and gate.
• Find, rate or even bookmark a spot.
• See ratings given by other users.
• Read reviews submitted by other travelers.
• Share stuff on Facebook and Twitter

Download GateGuru from iTunes

If you mouse over a place, it will tell you the call sign of the flight and clicking on it would give you more details about the flight including the airline, plane type, speed, altitude, longitude, latitude, angle, port of departure and port of destination. You can zoom in and out of the maps to adjust the area you observe. You can also change the size of the planes and select an update frequency.

Features:

• Watch air traffic live in Europe.
• Track planes and see complete flight details.
• Adjust map by using the zoom function.
• No registration required.
• Similar tools: Casper and also see our article “Top 5 Airline Flight Tracking Websites“.

Visit FlightRadar @ www.flightradar24.com