Air Codes
Aviation news & accidents
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
New: explore thousands of airports on the map with live weather, measure flight distances, and see crash sites by decade. Share any airport or airline as a card.
Air Codes keeps you up to date with what’s happening in aviation – in a fast, clean app made for pilots, spotters, frequent flyers and anyone who loves planes.
AVIATION NEWS
A hand-picked feed of aviation news from around the world, updated throughout the day
Crashes, incidents and industry news clearly labelled
Aviation videos right in the feed
Every story links to its original source
PUSH NOTIFICATIONS
Get notified when major aviation news breaks
Tap a notification to jump straight to the story
AIRPORTS
The world’s busiest airports with IATA and ICAO codes, city, country, elevation, map and live weather
Filter by type – airports, heliports, seaplane bases and more, several types at once
Up to six runways per airport with length, surface and a runway layout drawing – parallel runways shown side by side with L / C / R
Airport photos from Wikipedia
Nearby airports and other airports in the same country
AIRLINES
The world’s largest airlines with IATA and ICAO codes, callsign, country, registration prefix, tail livery and photo
Search by name, code or registration prefix
Other airlines from the same country and airlines with the nearest headquarters
ACCIDENTS
Aviation accidents with date, aircraft type, operator, location and what happened
Search by year – type “1977” to see that year’s accidents
Accidents that happened on the same day in history
FAVOURITES
Star airports, airlines and accidents to keep them in your own list
Synced with your aircodes.sk account
FLIGHTS
Flight status for accounts with flight status on aircodes.sk
Follow a flight on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island
MADE FOR iPHONE
Native, fast and lightweight
Light and dark mode, with a modern glass design
Free account – sign in with Apple, Google or email to read the full news archive, and use the same account on aircodes.sk
more - small fixes for smooth use
2026.29 2 days ago
• Search the whole database: find any airport, airline or accident and see a preview of its page before you unlock it.
• New 30-day plans: Airports, Airlines and Accidents now each have a 30-day plan, alongside the 10-day, 1-year and Lifetime options.
• Stability improvements and bug fixes
2026.28 5 days ago
• Airlines map: see every airline at its headquarters, coloured by alliance. Filter by Star Alliance, oneworld, SkyTeam, active, defunct or big fleets, and use the "founded" slider to see which airlines were flying in each decade.
• Airline alliances: Star Alliance, oneworld and SkyTeam each have their own page, with the member airlines, their headquarters and main hubs on a map, and totals for aircraft, countries and hubs.
• Accident history on airline pages: each airline now lists its accidents, with total fatalities, and links straight to each accident.
• Alliance badge on airline pages: tap it to open that alliance.
• Smaller fixes and improvements
2026.27 6 days ago
- New maps: nearby airports merge into bubbles, so you can see thousands at once. Filter by International, big runways (2,500 m+) or heliports.
- Live weather on the map: airports coloured by current flight conditions (VFR, MVFR, IFR, LIFR). Tap one for the full weather report.
- Distance tool: tap two airports or places to see the great-circle route, distance in km, nm and miles, and rough flight time.
- Crash sites map: see where accidents happened, browse by decade with the timeline slider, and turn on the heat layer to see where most accidents happen.
- some bug fix
2026.26 6 Nov
- Share cards: share any airport, airline or accident you can open as a nice image card, with a link to it, to Messages, WhatsApp, Instagram and more.
- On This Day widget: a new Home Screen widget shows an aviation accident that happened on today’s date. Tap it to open the full report.
- Edit your profile: change your name, nickname or password, and turn discount offers on or off, right in the app.
- Hub airports: airline pages now list their hub airports. With the Airports plan, tap one to open it.
2026.25 4 Nov
- Gift a plan: give the All-Access Pass (1 year or 30 days) to a friend. They get a gift code by email with your personal message. Find it in Menu → Full Database Access.
- Redeem gift codes: got Air Codes as a gift? Enter your code under Menu → Full Database Access → Redeem a gift code.
- Free every day: the Airport, Airline and Accident of the day open in full, with no plan needed. Accidents show what happened on this day in history.
- ATC recordings: listen to air traffic control recordings in accident reports, now including YouTube recordings.
- Contact us: send us a message straight from the app under Menu → About.
- We’re constantly making improvements for the best user experience.
2026.24 3 Nov
- ATC recordings: accident reports that have an air traffic control recording now include an audio player, so you can listen right in the app.
- Contact us: send us a message straight from the app under Menu → About → Contact us. We’ll reply by email.
- We’re constantly making improvements for the best user experience.
2026.23 2 Nov
- Guided tour: a short tour shows you the new design and where everything is. You can start it again any time from Menu → About Air Codes.
- Buying a plan again adds time: the days are added on top of your current plan, so nothing is lost.
2026.22 1 Nov
- Your whole database without internet: save Airports, Airlines and Accidents on your iPhone, then browse, search and open detail cards without a connection. Handy on a plane.
- Updates itself about once a week on Wi-Fi.
- Sign in offline with Face ID or your password.
- Screens you’ve already opened, along with their flags, logos and photos, stay available offline too.
- Included with 30-day, 1-year and Lifetime plans.
2026.21 31 Oct
- Plans: unlock all airports, airlines, accidents or flights instead of the free top 50, right in the app with your Apple Account.
- All-Access Pass: every section for one year in a single plan, at the best price.
- Choose what suits you: 10 days, 30 days, 1 year or Lifetime, all one-time purchases that never renew automatically.
- One account, everywhere: your plan works in the app and on aircodes.sk. Plans you bought on the website now unlock in the app too.
- Buying again adds time: buy more while a plan is running and the days are added on top, so nothing is lost.
2026.20 30 Oct
Air Codes on Apple Watch
- Aviation news on your wrist: read the latest stories with photos right on your watch.
- Airport weather: see the current METAR for any airport, with temperature, wind, visibility, clouds, QNH and flight category (VFR, MVFR, IFR, LIFR).
- Watch face complications: add the newest headline or your airport’s weather to your watch face.
Your flight on Apple Watch
- A flight you track now also appears in the Smart Stack on your Apple Watch, with status, times, countdown, gate and baggage belt (iOS 18 and watchOS 11).
Control Center buttons (iOS 18)
- Tracked Flight: opens the flight you’re following.
- Airport Weather: shows the temperature at your airport; tap it to open the full weather.
- Aviation News: goes straight to the latest news.
- You can also put these buttons on your Lock Screen or the Action button.
Widgets
- Latest News, Photo of the Day and Airport Weather widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen.
- Touch and hold a widget, then tap Edit Widget, to choose the news section, the photo mode or your airport.
Also
- Settings switches now use the Air Codes blue.
- Smaller improvements and fixes.
2026.19 29 Oct
- Daily Aviation Quiz: 10 new questions every day about airports, airlines, IATA and ICAO codes and callsigns. Keep your streak going, share your score, or play practice rounds anytime.
- Maps: browse airports on a map, find the airports nearest you, and see accidents by country (with a plan).
- Save for later: bookmark any article and read it later, even offline. Signed in, your saved posts sync with aircodes.sk.
- Choose your notifications: pick news, accidents and crashes, Photo of the Day, or a daily evening digest.
- Translate articles with one tap (iOS 17.4 or later).
- Siri and Shortcuts: “Airport weather in Air Codes”, “Latest news in Air Codes” and “Open airport in Air Codes”.
- Search airports and articles right from your iPhone’s search.
- New app icons: choose Classic, Midnight, Sky, Sunset or Mono in the Menu.
- Better iPad layout: the list on the left, details on the right.
2026.18 28 Oct
- New widgets: Latest News, Photo of the Day and Airport Weather (METAR for an airport you choose), for your Home Screen and Lock Screen.
- News search now looks through all articles, highlights your search word and shows how many articles match.
- Countries heatmap: see Airports, Airlines and Accidents by country, sort by the figure you want, and tap a country to see its full list (with a plan).
- Photo of the Day filter: tap the photo icon in News to see only Photo of the Day posts.
- Search highlights the matching text in airports, airlines and accidents.
- Searching an airport code like “ATL” now shows that airport first.
- New “Only international” switch in the airport filters.
- Airport traffic stats show the change from the previous year (▲ ▼ %) on one line.
- Small fixes and improvements.
2026.17 27 Oct
- bug fix: search keywords are now highlighted in the results
2026.16 27 Oct
- About the airport: operator, owner, opening year, website, hub airlines and yearly passenger traffic
- More about airlines: founding date, alliance, parent company, subsidiaries, frequent flyer program and number of employees
- Up to eight runways per airport, with the runway layout drawing
- Choose several airport types at once in the type filter
- Fixes and improvements
2026.15 26 Oct
- Airport type filter: choose several types at once, for example airports and heliports together.
- Up to six runways per airport, with a runway layout drawing. Parallel runways are now shown side by side and labelled L / C / R.
- Airport photos load automatically from Wikipedia.
- Favourites: star airports, airlines and accidents to keep them in your own list, synced with your aircodes.sk account.
- More on every detail page: nearby airports, airports and airlines from the same country, and accidents on the same day in history.
- Smarter search: find airlines by registration prefix and accidents by year.
- Flight tracking on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, for accounts with flight status.
- A new modern glass look for the Menu, Account, Notifications and About screens.
- The Account screen shows how you signed in (Apple, Google or email) and your access dates.
- Fixes and improvements.
2026.14 21 Oct
- New Menu design: a modern glass look for the Menu, Account, Notifications and About screens.
2026.13 20 Oct
What's new in this version:
- Live Activities – follow a flight on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island: countdown to departure and arrival, gate, delays and baggage belt, updated live (accounts with flight status)
- Favourites – tap star on any airport, airline or accident and find them again with the star button; synced with your account and aircodes.sk
- Richer detail pages – airports in the same country and the nearest airports, airlines by country and nearest headquarters, accidents on this day, nearest crash sites and accidents in the same country
- Accident pages link the operator to its airline page
- Airports can be filtered by type: airports, heliports and more
- Airlines can be searched by registration sign (N, OK, D…)
- Your account shows how you signed in: Apple, Google or email
- Fixes: the keyboard in the Menu can now be closed, airline tails show in every list, clearer flight titles
2026.12 19 Oct
• small graphics corrections
2026.11 17 Oct
A completely rebuilt Air Codes.
• Brand-new native app, faster and lighter
• Live aviation news feed with videos
• Push notifications for breaking aviation news
• Latest accident reports
• World's busiest airports and largest airlines at a glance
• Account with Sign in with Apple, Google or email
• Dark mode and a refreshed icon
2026.10 15 Oct
• Small bugs fix in menu numbers count
Thank you all for your support and suggestions!
2024.19 15/06/2024
• Small bugs were crushed
Thank you all for your support and suggestions!
2024.18 09/06/2024
• New Icons with flags of Algeria, Kingdom of Benin, North Caucasian Emirate, Mozambique, Monaco, Sicily, Antwerp, Frisian and Pride
• Small bugs were crushed
Thank you all for your support and suggestions!
2024.17 06/06/2024
• New country flag icons are coming, including Cuba, Albania, Turkmenistan, Peru, Dominican Republic, Cambodia, Macedonia, El Salvador, Maldives, Montenegro, Micronesia, Kiribati, Kirghizia and very rare Bhutan, Togo, East Timor, Tonga, Vatican, Tibet, Gambia, Haiti, Nauru, Namibia and Barbados flag.
Thank you all for your support and suggestions!
2024.16 04/06/2024
• New country flag icons are coming, including North Korea, Israel, Grenada, Zimbabwe, the very rare Eswatini, Dominica and Sri Lanka flag.
• With this update, some of the icon flags are now purchasable. Collect them all!
Thank you all for your support and suggestions!
2024.15 01/06/2024
- small fixes for smooth use
more Version 2026.29 2 days ago
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