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The gift for the plane person

For the kid who points at every plane, or the dad who always looks up.

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White SkyTile on a kitchen counter next to a cup of coffee, following British Airways 284
Filter the sky

Only the planes you care about

Pick the aircraft types, airlines, altitudes and speeds you want. Everything else stays off the screen.

See the filters
Black SkyTile on a pilot's desk showing the METAR face for San Francisco
METAR clock face

Live weather between planes

When the sky goes quiet, the METAR face shows flight category, wind, visibility and ceiling for your airport.

For pilots

Hear a plane overhead.

Now you know.

LIVE MAPWhere it's been
SPOTTER PHOTOThat exact aircraft
ALTITUDE AND SPEED4,025 ft · 289 mph
AIRLINEBritish Airways 284
ROUTESFO to LHR, 10h 23m left

Multiple modes.

Switch anytime from the free app.

Filter the sky.

Pick the aircraft types, airlines, altitudes and speeds you care about. Everything else stays off the screen.

Aircraft type

Airlines

Altitude

Only the jets at cruise, or only what's low enough to spot.

Speed

Skip the slow traffic, or catch the helicopters.

Filters work in Nearby Flights and Random Flights. Your tracked flights always show.

Make it yours.

Choose what it shows, how it looks and when it sleeps. Change anything from the app, anytime.

Clock face

Color

Map style

Show each plane for15 seconds
Sleep schedule11 PM to 7 AM
Flight labelsAirline name
Unitsmph and feet
For pilots and crew

Your family can finally see where you are.

Sync your schedule once. Every leg shows up on the SkyTile at home, so nobody has to ask when you'll be back.

Sync Flight ScheduleGoogle Calendar

Importing Flights

AS 1600SEA → YVRMon, Nov 9 · 7:05 AM
AS 1601YVR → SEAMon, Nov 9 · 10:20 AM
AS 322SEA → SFOTue, Nov 10 · 6:40 PM · Deadhead

Sample schedule

Black SkyTile at home showing the METAR clock face for San Francisco

Sync from Google Calendar

Connect once. SkyTile finds the flights in your calendar, including pairings and deadheads, and checks for changes every hour.

Only your flights

Set it to My Flights. The family sees a clock until you're in the air, then your flight takes over the screen.

A clock built for pilots

The METAR face shows flight category, wind, visibility, ceiling and the raw report. Knots and 24-hour time are one tap away.

White SkyTile on a bedside nightstand

Small enough for a nightstand.

Screen
5-inch full color, 800 × 480
Size
145 × 100 × 49 mm (5.7 × 3.9 × 1.9 in)
Power
USB-C, stays plugged in
Wi-Fi
2.4 GHz, like most smart home devices
Placement
Stands on its own, or hangs on the wall from the two keyholes on the back
Updates
Checks for new aircraft every 10 seconds. New software installs itself.

Real owners. Real SkyTiles.

★★★★★ 5.0 from Shop and App Store reviews

Zyad, founder of SkyTile
The person behind it

Made by one plane spotter in San Francisco.

I'm Zyad. I design, build and test every SkyTile myself, and every email and text comes straight to me.

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Questions people actually ask

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★★★★★ 5.0 · Hundreds of SkyTiles shipped

SkyTile

A 5-inch live flight display. It shows the planes over your home and follows the flights you choose.

$174.99 $159.99 One time. No subscription.

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Color: White

Free US shipping. Ships the same day.
No subscription, and the app is free
Free 30-day returns
USB-C cable and power adapter in the box
Questions go straight to Zyad

Everything on one screen.

When a plane flies into your area, SkyTile shows all of this at once.

SkyTile showing British Airways 284, an Airbus A380, climbing out of San Francisco
  1. That exact planeA real photo of the aircraft, from the photographers on Planespotters.net.
  2. Live mapWhere it's been and where it's headed. Satellite, light or dark.
  3. Aircraft and registrationAirbus A380-800, G-XLEJ.
  4. Altitude and speedIn feet or meters, and mph, km/h or knots.
  5. Airline and flightWith the airline's logo.
  6. Route and time leftDeparture time, estimated arrival, and how far along it is.

Multiple modes.

Switch anytime from the free app.

Nearby Flights

Planes flying through a circle you draw, up to 50 miles wide, anywhere in the world. It checks every 10 seconds.

Random Flights

Flights from around the world that match your filters. Great for quiet skies and rural homes.

My Flights

Add any flight by its number, or sync a crew schedule from Google Calendar. It stays on screen until it lands.

Tech specs.

SkyTile from the front145 mm · 5.7 in100 mm · 3.9 in
SkyTile from the side49 mm · 1.9 in
Screen
5-inch full color, 800 × 480
Size
145 × 100 × 49 mm (5.7 × 3.9 × 1.9 in)
Colors
White or black
Power
USB-C, stays plugged in
Wi-Fi
2.4 GHz
Flight data
Comes over Wi-Fi. No antenna or receiver to set up.
Updates
Checks for new aircraft every 10 seconds. New software installs itself.
Placement
Stands on its own, or hangs from two keyholes on the back
App
Free for iOS and Android

In the box

  • SkyTile
  • USB-C cable
  • USB-C power adapter
SkyTile app showing a feed of recent sightings

The app is free.

Setup takes about five minutes on iOS or Android. After that, everything is controlled from your phone.

  • Every sighting, saved to a log
  • Add flights, or sync Google Calendar
  • Change filters, faces and schedules
  • Share control with family
Zyad, founder of SkyTile
The person behind it

Made by one plane spotter in San Francisco.

I'm Zyad. I design, build and test every SkyTile myself, and every email and text comes straight to me.

Read the story

Before you buy

Everything people ask before they order.

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Built by a plane spotter.

SkyTile is a one-person company. I'm Zyad, and I design, build and support every SkyTile from San Francisco.

Zyad, founder of SkyTile

Why I made it.

SkyTile started with a habit. I'd hear a plane overhead and want to know what it was, where it came from and where it was going. I spend hours every week spotting near SFO, and I kept pulling out my phone to check.

So I built a screen that answers on its own. It sits on a desk or a nightstand, and when a plane flies over, you just look down.

How it's made.

Designed in-house

The enclosure, the firmware, the app and the servers behind them are all built here.

Assembled by hand

Every enclosure is 3D printed. Then each SkyTile is put together and tested by hand before it ships.

Better every day

New features ship every day. Updates install themselves, so the SkyTile you buy keeps getting better.

Talk to the person who built it.

Every email and text comes straight to me. After you order, you'll get a text from my personal number.

Black SkyTile on a nightstand at night, following a flight on a satellite map
★★★★★5.0 from hundreds of owners

Know what's up there.

The planes over your home and the flights you care about, on a 5-inch full color screen.

$159.99One time. No subscription.
  • Free US shipping
  • Ships the same day
  • Free 30-day returns
  • Free app, no subscription

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