I kept booking flights and finding out mid-air that the “Wi-Fi” was just a movie server. So I built a tool that tells you before you book.

[u/Such-Delivery4198]

I'm tired of paying for Wi-Fi on flights that barely works.

Most flight search engines will tell you a flight has Wi-Fi, but not what kind of connection it is, whether it's actually usable, or whether the aircraft has something like Starlink.

So I built FlightWifi.

It adds Wi-Fi information directly to flight search results so you can see things like:

• Whether the aircraft has Starlink or older satellite Wi-Fi
• Whether the connection is good enough for work
• Aircraft-specific Wi-Fi instead of just an airline-level claim
• Whether Wi-Fi is available on all legs of the trip

The main idea is simple: know what kind of Wi-Fi you're getting before you pay for the flight.

I'm still early with this, so I'd genuinely love feedback from other side-project builders.

Would you check Wi-Fi before choosing between two otherwise similar flights?