App Showcase: Live Flight Tracking inside ChatGPT

This started with a simple problem: I wanted to know if a friend’s plane was still on course. I was already in ChatGPT, asked the question and got the expected answer: no live position, no real-time coordinates. I didn’t want to keep switching websites. Building an app took longer than just checking a flight tracker, but building an app is more fun. So I built it.

What the App Does

Inside ChatGPT, you can now:

• Enter a flight number
• See the aircraft’s live position worldwide
• View the full route on an interactive 3D globe
• Check details like airline, departure, arrival, altitude, speed, and heading

The app renders a fully interactive globe directly in ChatGPT. You can rotate, zoom, and pan while watching the aircraft move in real time. A contextual info panel shows timestamps and the latest update status.

Why Build This at All?

ChatGPT is great at explanations, but real-time data and visual context still feel limited. Seeing a live aircraft move across a globe where you’d normally only get text changes that feeling immediately.

It turns ChatGPT from a place where you ask questions into a place where things actually happen. And while checking a flight on a website is faster, building something that lives directly inside ChatGPT is far more interesting.

Sometimes the best way to explore a platform is by solving a small, slightly unnecessary problem in a visually satisfying way. If it’s fun to use and quietly shows what’s possible inside ChatGPT, that’s reason enough.

You can find the Flight Radar app here:

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