OpenFlights Alternative: A Flight Log on Your Phone

OpenFlights is a flight logging website. This page is for people who want to keep the same history in an app on their phone, and shows how to move it without retyping anything.

Why do people look for an OpenFlights alternative?

OpenFlights is not shut down. Its site is online, it describes itself as flight logging, mapping, stats and sharing, and its public source code on GitHub received a commit in September 2026. Its repository describes it as a web app, and its README says much of the code dates from 2008. The reasons to look elsewhere are about fit, not failure:

• You want a mobile app, rather than a website, for logging at the gate.
• You want to add flights by scanning a boarding pass or forwarding a booking email.
• You want your history in an app that works offline.
• You want a data export you control, as a precaution.

On the last point, OpenFlights offers it: signed in, Settings has a Manage flights section with a Backup to CSV button.

What should you look for in a replacement?

• CSV import. Check that the app reads the OpenFlights backup file, including its date formats.
• Mobile and offline use. Log a flight on the plane, sync later.
• Several ways to add flights. Flight number lookup, boarding pass scanning, email forwarding, calendar import.
• Statistics and maps. Distance, time in the air, countries, airports, airlines, aircraft types.
• Export. You should be able to leave again, in CSV or JSON.
• Privacy. Know what is synced and what stays on your phone.

Which options exist?

• Stay on OpenFlights. It is open source (AGPL-3.0 license), with a map and filters by carrier, year, trip, class and more. You can also record road, ship and train travel. Use its CSV backup regularly.
• myFlightradar24. A logbook attached to Flightradar24, see myFlightradar24 alternatives.
• FlightLog. A flight diary for iPhone, iPad and Android that imports the OpenFlights CSV backup.

For other comparisons, see the comparison hub.

What does FlightLog offer?

• Adding flights: type a flight number and date and the schedule lookup fills airports and times, scan a paper or digital boarding pass, photograph a booking confirmation, forward booking emails to your personal import address, or import trips from the phone calendar.
• Statistics: total distance in kilometers or miles, time in the air, flights, countries, airports, airlines, routes and aircraft types, year by year, with a carbon estimate based on DEFRA factors.
• Maps: all routes on an interactive 3D globe and a 2D map, plus a visited countries map.
• Aircraft: type and registration per flight, an aircraft collection and seat maps.
• Passport: passport-style entry stamps, one per country, in the order you first flew there.
• Export: PDF, CSV and JSON.

It is available in 33 languages and works offline, with optional account sync. Every feature is free with your 10 most recent flights active, and Premium unlocks the complete history: $4.99 per month, $29.99 per year or $99.99 once.

How do you move your OpenFlights logbook to FlightLog?

The OpenFlights import guide has the full walkthrough. In short:

1. Sign in on openflights.org, in a browser on your computer or phone.
2. Open Settings. It only appears once you are signed in.
3. Scroll to Manage flights and click Backup to CSV. OpenFlights generates a CSV file of your logged flights.
4. Send the file to your phone with AirDrop, email or a cloud drive.
5. In FlightLog, open the import screen and pick the file.
6. Review the list. Flights already in your journal are flagged and unchecked by default. Confirm the rest.

What do you keep and what do you lose?

FlightLog imports the flight number and airline, the date, the departure and arrival airports, the aircraft type, the tail number, the cabin class, the seat and your notes. Distances stored in miles are ignored and recomputed by FlightLog.

Pay attention to dates. FlightLog reads OpenFlights dates as ISO (YYYY-MM-DD, optionally with a time), a year alone, or DD.MM.YYYY. Slash dates are read in US order (MM/DD/YYYY), so a European-style 03/10/2024 becomes March 10, not October 3. Check any slash dates in your file before you import.

Old flights with no flight number are imported too, as long as the route and date are in the file. Anything outside the fields above stays in your CSV, so keep the file as a backup.

Can I keep my OpenFlights account after exporting?

Yes. A CSV backup does not remove anything. Your OpenFlights data stays where it is, and importing into FlightLog flags flights that are already in your journal, so repeating the import does not create duplicates.

Is there a size limit?

FlightLog reads up to 5,000 rows from a single file, far more than most journals hold. Below that ceiling, every flight in the file is imported, nothing is silently discarded.

Do I need Premium to import?

Importing is free while you are under the free limit of 10 flights. The import that takes you past it still goes through in full: the extra flights stay visible but locked, and nothing is ever deleted. Once you are over the limit, further imports need Premium.