• Pyr@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Idk I’ve never been able to get GPS on my phone to work on a plane always. I think consumer devices have it disabled over certain speeds/altitudes so people can’t make home made rockets and shit.

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      2 months ago

      While that is true, commercial flights aren’t going over those limits (they’re to prevent ICBMs). I used it on my last flight without issue and could see how close to my destination I was, how high the plane was and how fast we were going.

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        2 months ago

        Might just be my phone then… I fly pretty frequently and often check my phone to try and see how long it might be until landing but often it just shows the take off point