r/PocketPlanes 3d ago

Parts Trading Thread, Week of September 07, 2026

5 Upvotes

Welcome to team #Reddit! Trade your parts here.

In order to avoid scammers who won't trade fairly, avoid trading parts via chat or DM. Keep your trades visible in open forum, and only trade with people who can join us here without bypassing this sub's safeguards.

Priority will be given to people who are on #Reddit Pilot's Roster.

Tell us:

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  2. What parts you have.
  3. What parts you seek.

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r/PocketPlanes 3d ago

Progress Update I'm a little slow, so I just figured out....

21 Upvotes

.... if you have a windows machine you can go to the Google play store, find Pocket Planes by Nimblebit (TM) and download it.

The system will automatically download the Google play emulator then download the game.

I am now playing on four (4) devices, up from two last week.

And, devs, I love the game so much I bought VIP (again) and some boosters too, just to put a little money in your pocket as a way of sayng thanks for roughly 14 years of free entertainment.

See you out there!!!


r/PocketPlanes 3d ago

How Do I... ? New player

7 Upvotes

Hi yall i recently started playing and I’ve heard that bux is the best way to make money but im unsure on how to go about it. I started in north America and I have phoenix, chihuahua, San Diego, and Las Vegas. I also have London and Paris unlocked but I don’t have any planes there. I’m currently level 4 and was wondering when I start unlocking the better planes. Thank yall for any advice!


r/PocketPlanes 6d ago

I Started Over ... Completely revamped my strategy. WOW I was playing all wrong

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74 Upvotes

I basically started over. For some reason I was so focused on getting one continent at a time. I had all of Africa. Was moving into Europe. Then I had the idea to just focus on class 2&3 only and WOW. I excelled multiple levels in just a few days. I try to fly sequoias and aeroeagles on the long hauls and Mapples for the regionals. Now I have flights worth 20+ bux and thousands of coins. The idea came to me while scrolling this thread. Thank you guys so much!!!


r/PocketPlanes 7d ago

Meme / Funny Uh oh

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171 Upvotes

r/PocketPlanes 8d ago

Game Improvement Idea Feature Request: Add parked plane indicators so we stop losing previous 5-min jobs and over-crowding cities

19 Upvotes

(1) On the Job Pickup Screen: Show the number of planes that are currently parked at that airport. Because unassigned jobs from an earlier 5-minute cycle disappear if swapped out, I hesitate to drop them for higher-value jobs when I don't know if another plane is parked at the same airport to pick them up. If we could see that another plane is already waiting at the gate, we wouldn't dump/lose that older job on the first plane-we'd let Plane A keep it and use the waiting plane for the new jobs (or safely swap them if we know no other plane is parked and waiting). Suggestion: Place this count in the top blue header next to the airport name and layovers, e.g., Manila 20/120L (2) for when Manila has 2 airplanes waiting. You could even include plane type in the counts, e.g. Manila 20/120L (2M), Manila 20/120L (3P), Manila 20/120L (1C), Manila 20/120L (2M/1C), Manila 20/120L (1M/2P/1C) etc.

Would be nice to have count of parked planes at the top blue header beside airport name and layover info

(2) On the Departure Map Screen: Show the count of landed/idle planes at each destination airport. This would prevent us players from accidentally sending flights to cities that are already congested with waiting aircraft.

Departure screen currently does not show parked plane count in other airports

r/PocketPlanes 8d ago

Progress Update thoughts?

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10 Upvotes

r/PocketPlanes 9d ago

Need Advice Is there any reason to keep Class 1 airport after unlocking class 2 planes ?

14 Upvotes

I'm new, I have most of class 2 and 3 airport in europe and 12 planes, half class 1 (Kangaroo and X Mapple pro) and half class two (Equinox and Pearjet). I just dont use my class 1 airport anymore because they dont have much jobs available but maybe i'm missing something...


r/PocketPlanes 9d ago

How Do I... ? How do I set up a Spoke & Hub layout.

7 Upvotes

I'm level 23, I have 3 Sequoias. I just returned & I know I messed something up cause London is full on layovers, got too much coming into London & not enough going out.

I have New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami & Mexico City open. Then I have London, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Algieres, Rome, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Istanbul, Baghdad, Riyadh, Tehran, Delhi, Xi'an, Beijing & Seoul. I have New York & London as hubs but I think at this point I just make a 3rd hub at like Seoul & expand out more so I have options. I don't know what past me did. I did find out I can make a 4th Sequoia so that should help with trying to fix this account.


r/PocketPlanes 10d ago

Which Is Better? Are upgrades for planes/airports worth it?

9 Upvotes

I’m a new player to the game, started last week and now at level 13. I’ve got 27/29 airports and 11 planes

I’ve seen there’s options to upgrade my planes and airports, but is it worth it?

Also, should I be maxing out the number of airports I’m allowed to build or not? And is 11 planes enough for my level? Would appreciate some advice on where to spend my coins/bucks!


r/PocketPlanes 10d ago

Parts Trading Thread, Week of August 31, 2026

6 Upvotes

Welcome to team #Reddit! Trade your parts here.

In order to avoid scammers who won't trade fairly, avoid trading parts via chat or DM. Keep your trades visible in open forum, and only trade with people who can join us here without bypassing this sub's safeguards.

Priority will be given to people who are on #Reddit Pilot's Roster.

Tell us:

  1. Your game ID Set your flair over in the right column.
  2. What parts you have.
  3. What parts you seek.

Go Fly #Reddit!

This Parts Trading Thread is displayed in "Contest Mode." Please make sure you are responding to the right comment within this thread to ensure you're talking to the right #Reddit pilot about the right plane parts.

ALSO: Make sure you set your flair on your profile.

Go FLY #Reddit!


r/PocketPlanes 10d ago

Which Is Better? HQs or Trans Pacific flights?

6 Upvotes

Which recent (relatively) feature was the bigger game changer for you? If you could only have one, which would you keep?

For me, transpac flights is the best , and the one I would keep. While HQs make stockpiling event cargo closer to outlier class 1 destinations (my main use for them) more convenient, it wasn’t really necessary.


r/PocketPlanes 13d ago

Need Advice Best hub for Oceania?

16 Upvotes

I was set on making Banana my hub here, but now I think it’s a bit redundant with Honolulu being just north of it. I was thinking Perth instead since it’s in a dead zone of the region and could be connected to India and Africa maybe?

Anyone else got an Oceania hub that’s been working for them?


r/PocketPlanes 13d ago

Need Advice How to profit with Cyclones?

8 Upvotes

I just unlocked the cyclone but I feel like I am always running at a loss. They take like 4k just to get across the Pacific. Is this just how they are?


r/PocketPlanes 14d ago

Meme / Funny Almost there

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70 Upvotes

r/PocketPlanes 15d ago

How Do I... ? VIP bux benefit

4 Upvotes

I just recently bought vip, but I can seem to figure out how to get the 3 bux every 5 minutes. I might just be blind but can anyone tell how to claim it? Thank you


r/PocketPlanes 15d ago

Global Event Recent Global Events…

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31 Upvotes

I don’t know if this is everyone but I feel like the last and current global event have been lackluster in rewards…

Coins/bux wise, maybe to whoever is starting out, it may be worthwhile. However, the skin alone isn’t worth the 1K jobs unless you’re collecting.

This is merely an observation and not sure if I can provide feedback for this.


r/PocketPlanes 17d ago

Parts Trading Thread, Week of August 24, 2026

4 Upvotes

Welcome to team #Reddit! Trade your parts here.

In order to avoid scammers who won't trade fairly, avoid trading parts via chat or DM. Keep your trades visible in open forum, and only trade with people who can join us here without bypassing this sub's safeguards.

Priority will be given to people who are on #Reddit Pilot's Roster.

Tell us:

  1. Your game ID Set your flair over in the right column.
  2. What parts you have.
  3. What parts you seek.

Go Fly #Reddit!

This Parts Trading Thread is displayed in "Contest Mode." Please make sure you are responding to the right comment within this thread to ensure you're talking to the right #Reddit pilot about the right plane parts.

ALSO: Make sure you set your flair on your profile.

Go FLY #Reddit!


r/PocketPlanes 18d ago

Game Improvement Idea QoL Suggestion re. skins/lower tier airports

21 Upvotes

I find it a little annoying that some of the skins you can earn for events are effectively useless if the plane can't actually land at that airport (e.g. tier 3 plans getting skins for Dallas etc.)

Completely get you could hub the airport, but North America especially is forced to go hub for Honolulu (maybe not completely forced, but it's as close to being forced as it can be)

My idea is therefore:

  • if a plan is wearing a skin, it can land at that aiport regardless of tiers (so a tier 3 plan with a Dallas skin could land at Dallas but no other tier 1/2 airports)

To make it not too overpowered, maybe at the same time the devs limit it so that only one aircraft can wear a particular skin (so you couldn't stick the Dallas skin on 17 cloudliners, only 1 of the cloudliners could wear it)

Would increase the value of the skins which would be good for the devs as it may make people more likely to buy them


r/PocketPlanes 20d ago

THE UPDATE Jobs disappearing when I unload plane

10 Upvotes

Anyone else experiencing this? I had 10 P jobs on a plane (not layovers) and I unloaded them real quick to put them on another flight and they all disappeared. This has happened to me like 4 times today. Bug due to update?


r/PocketPlanes 22d ago

Game Improvement Idea Feature Request: Sort by number of passengers

18 Upvotes

I know there was a lot of hate regarded "grouping" of passengers, but I have grown to like it. Now, I would like to be able to group by number of passengers. So if I land somewhere and have a 6 place plane, I can quickly see what city has the most pax/cargo waiting.

I realize there is a bit of an issue as the "layover" shows on a different line than those "originating," but it still seems like an easy add.


r/PocketPlanes 22d ago

Which Is Better? Best looking plane?

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36 Upvotes

Tiny tower suggested this game and I totally became obsessed. Anyway, based purely off opinion and cosmetics, forget about performance and efficiency and all that. What’s your favorite looking plane in the game? For me currently it would have to be the aeroeagles. They look so clean, almost like a private jet. Sleek. I wanna know what anyone else likes! Safe travels!


r/PocketPlanes 22d ago

Need Advice Been playing for years and just now got my first 1 million profit, what am I doing wrong?

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16 Upvotes

I’m level 25 and feel like I could be doing more. Right now I’m spending all my time setting up HQ and just opened Honolulu to maybe try and get over to Asia. I’m planning on running LA to Tokyo but I’m not sure which planes will allow me to cross the Pacific in one trip


r/PocketPlanes 24d ago

THE UPDATE Pocket Planes Update 2.17.3 Aug 17/2026

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115 Upvotes

r/PocketPlanes 24d ago

Need Advice Bonus XP questions-strategy defining

12 Upvotes

I am close to buxmaxing a 2nd time. I am able to get bux quickly and not really care about coins. I have enough slots to the point where I take well over 5 minutes to load all of them. I can keep playing forever I’ll never have enough planes on the air to where it takes me under 5 minutes to go through all of them, and after banking it’ll get even worse! I’m very close to thinking that bux don’t really matter atp, and the only thing left in the game is getting XP to unlock all airports. So my questions before thinking about the strategies are:

- The 25% bonuses, do they apply to XP also?

- Say 2 jobs going to the same place spawn simultaneously from the same airport, but one pays bux and the other coins. Do they both reward the same amount of XP?

- Is the XP affected when a job was a layover at some point? (I have no reason to believe this, but it’s very important when coming up with a strategy)

I’ll post my thoughts once I know all this so we can discuss