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AIRPORT PICKUP

Never circle the arrivals loop again

When to leave to pick someone up from the airport

Navi watches the flight and the traffic at the same time and texts you when to get in the car.

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Her flight slipped to 9:52. Don't leave yet, head out at 9:05 and you'll pull up to Terminal B right as she's coming out.

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6:12 PM
My wife's on AA1183 tonight, I'm picking her up
Got it. When do you want to be at the curb?
Twenty minutes after she lands, she always has a bag
Done. I'll watch the flight and the traffic and text you when to leave.
8:47 PM
Her flight slipped to 9:52. Don't leave yet, head out at 9:05 and you'll pull up to Terminal B right as she's coming out.
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Airport pickup timed to the flight and traffic

The flight and the drive. Either one changes and your leave time changes with it.

Choose your airport pickup buffer

You said twenty minutes after she lands, so that's what it timed. Enough for the walk and the bags.

Directions directly to the arrival terminal

Navi picks up the arrival gate and terminal from the flight itself and routes you to the right door instead of the airport in general. You don't need to check or ask the person you're picking up anymore.

Pickup time follows the flight, and factors in traffic

Most people leave when the flight was supposed to land. Navi leaves when it's actually landing, and counts the drive at that hour instead of this one.

  1. Set the buffer once.

    Right when the trip is on the curb, twenty minutes after they land, or long enough for a checked bag. Say it in plain words when you set it up.

  2. It routes to the terminal, not the airport.

    Navi takes the arrival terminal from the flight data and builds the directions link to that door.

  3. It works the other way too.

    Catching your own flight, tell Navi how early you like to be and it times the drive around traffic, your transport mode, and any delay to your own departure.

Example texts you can send Navi

My mom lands on AA1183 Friday, tell me when to leave
I want to be there twenty minutes after she lands
Which terminal is she coming into?
Add a stop so I can pick up flowers for her
I'm flying out Thursday, I like to be at the airport two hours early
I need to be at the airport right when it lands, I'm picking a client up

More things Navi can do by text

Just tracking the flight.

Delays, gate changes, landing, and the baggage carousel, without the pickup.

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Questions

It takes the flight's live arrival time, adds the buffer you asked for, then works backward through the drive while monitoring traffic like it does for regular trips. When the flight moves, the leave time moves.

Yes. Tell Navi when you set up the pickup. On the curb at landing, twenty minutes after, or whatever gives them time to get through baggage.

Yes. Navi takes the arrival terminal from the flight and sends you a directions link to that terminal rather than to the airport generally.

Navi keeps watching and texts you if anything changes. Most of the time it catches the delay well before you would have left.

Yes. Tell Navi how early you like to be at the airport and it times the drive around traffic and how you're getting there, and adjusts if your own flight gets delayed.

Not yet. Navi times the drive and holds the cushion you asked for. Security wait times are coming.

Nope, all through text messages.

Send Navi the flight number.

It'll tell you when to get in the car.

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