The flew.world blog

Flights, trips and the year in the air.

Guides to logging every flight, making a travel recap people actually watch, and moving your history from other apps. Honest comparisons, with sources.

Year in review

Travel Wrapped 2026: see every flight of your year

Your music app has Wrapped. Your flights can have one too: every airline, every airport and every kilometre of 2026, as one page and a short video. · 8 min read
Year in review

Is there a Spotify Wrapped for flights?

Airlines don’t make a Wrapped of every flight you took, but you can. The apps that do it, what each one shows, and how to get yours in ten minutes. · 5 min read
Year in review

40 captions for your travel year in review

Short, funny, reflective and number-led captions for your 2026 travel recap, plus a simple formula for writing your own. · 5 min read
Flight log

How to find your old flights: a step-by-step guide

Your flight history is scattered across inboxes, loyalty accounts and photos. Where to look, what to search for, and how to log it all quickly. · 6 min read
Switching apps

How to export your flight history from Flighty, myFlightradar24, OpenFlights and TripIt

Step-by-step export instructions for the main flight apps, what the files contain, and how to keep a safe copy of your history. · 6 min read
Switching apps

The best OpenFlights alternatives in 2027

OpenFlights has served flight loggers for years, but users report it is no longer maintained. Where to move your log, and how to do it safely. · 5 min read
Tools & data

The longest flights in the world in 2027

The ten longest non-stop passenger flights, ranked by distance, and the 22-hour Sydney–London flight that should beat them all in 2027. · 5 min read
Tools & data

Flights from London: distance and flight time to 20 favourite destinations

Distances and estimated flight times from London to 20 destinations, from a one-hour hop to Paris to the longest trip of all, to Sydney. · 5 min read
Flight log

Travel goals for 2027: how to set them and actually track them

25 travel goal ideas for 2027, how to make them measurable, and how to track them from the first flight of the year. · 6 min read
Comparisons

TripIt vs flew.world: planning your trips vs remembering them

One organises the trip ahead, the other keeps every flight after it. How TripIt and flew.world compare, and how to connect them so you don’t type anything twice. · 5 min read
Comparisons

Flighty for Android? The best alternatives in 2027

Flighty isn’t on Android. What Android users can use instead, split into the two jobs Flighty does: tracking today’s flight and remembering every flight. · 5 min read
Tools & data

How many countries are there? The lists travellers use, explained

193, 195, 249 or 330? Why the number of countries depends on who is counting, and which list makes sense for counting your travels. · 5 min read
Tools & data

Great-circle distance explained: why flights curve on the map

Why the shortest route from London to Los Angeles goes over Greenland, how flight distance is calculated, and why the distance actually flown is a little longer. · 6 min read
Flight log

How far is around the world? Flight milestones every traveller can aim for

Once around the Earth, to the Moon, a million miles: the milestones that turn a pile of boarding passes into a story, and how many flights each one takes. · 5 min read
Switching apps

The best App in the Air replacements in 2027

App in the Air closed in 2024 and took its flight logs with it. Six replacements compared, and how to bring your old export back to life. · 8 min read
Comparisons

Flighty vs flew.world: which one is right for you?

One is built for the day you fly, the other for everything after. Where each one is better, honestly, and how to use both. · 6 min read
Flight log

How many kilometres have I flown? Count every flight of your life

Find the flights you forgot in your email and airline accounts, then see your lifetime total: kilometres, hours in the air, countries and laps of the Earth. · 6 min read
Comparisons

The best flight log apps for 2027, compared

Seven apps, the same tests: price, platforms, import, export, maps, statistics and sharing. Plus which one fits which kind of traveller. · 7 min read
Year in review

How to make a travel year-in-review video

Three styles, which one suits your year, how to pick the photos, and how to post it so people actually watch to the end. · 6 min read
Comparisons

myFlightradar24 vs flew.world: two free flight logs compared

Two free flight logbooks side by side: what each does well, where each falls short, and how to move your myFlightradar24 history in a few minutes. · 6 min read
Comparisons

Polarsteps vs flew.world: travel recaps compared

One follows you step by step with GPS, the other builds your trips from your flights, past ones included. How their maps, year recaps and videos compare. · 6 min read
Tools & data

Make a map of every country you’ve visited

Two free ways to make a map of the countries you’ve been to, how to count them fairly, and how to share the result. · 5 min read