Airworth Flights vs SkyDemon — what’s different.

As of 2026-05-05. SkyDemon is the dominant VFR planner in much of Europe, particularly the UK. This page is about whether it’s the right tool for an owner-pilot whose trip looks more like a multi-day journey with passengers than a single VFR leg.

At a glance

Coverage area

SkyDemon’s coverage map shows European focus with regional coverage. It’s a strong VFR-first product with deep European VFR chart integration.

Airworth Flights covers EU airspace via a 47-country AIP cascade plus a 48,000-aerodrome database. FAA worldwide NOTAM coverage as fallback for EU airports. AIRAC 28-day cycle tagging across the document layer.

Moving map and charts

SkyDemon’s calling card is its VFR moving map and chart integration; the product is built tight around that surface. Airworth Flights uses Leaflet with photo markers, clustering, customizable tile sources, GPX route geometry, live location with blue-dot. Different shape: Flights is a trip planner that includes flight planning, where SkyDemon is a flight planner that you can extend with day notes.

If your dominant question is “what does my VFR moving map look like, with European airspace overlays,” SkyDemon is the institutional product. If your dominant question is “how does a multi-day trip with passengers come together,” Flights is the institutional product.

Collaboration

This is the design split. SkyDemon is built for the single-pilot VFR flight. Airworth Flights is built for the trip with co-pilots and passengers. Trip companions on the Flights page brings non-pilot passengers — packing lists, group chat, shared notes, polls, activity sign-up, Vacay (vacation-day budgets), Atlas (visited countries map). Multi-user with role-based access; invite by one-time link.

If your trip is “I fly to the LFC strip on Saturday morning, alone,” the collaboration surface doesn’t help you. If your trip is “five of us in two SR22s to Mallorca for a weekend,” it does.

Web vs mobile

SkyDemon ships a desktop product (Windows, macOS) and mobile (iOS, Android). Airworth Flights is web/PWA — runs on any laptop, installs on any phone. No native iPad-only experience today; some pilots will prefer SkyDemon’s iPad-first feel.

Subscription model

SkyDemon Personal: EUR 115/yr renewal, EUR 149/yr new subscriber, VAT included (verified 2026-05-05). Airworth Flights is free during early access; pricing TBD. We will not promise “always free.”

When SkyDemon is the better fit

• VFR-first flying, primarily within Europe, with a strong moving-map need.
• You want a desktop-and-mobile product with established subscription pricing.
• Your trips are typically single-pilot, single-day; passenger logistics are not the bottleneck.

When Flights is the better fit

• Your trips are multi-day with co-pilots and non-pilot passengers; the bottleneck is passenger logistics, not the moving map.
• You want a web/PWA experience instead of a desktop install.
• You want to verify the planner code yourself; AGPLv3.
• You’re comfortable being on a waitlist while pricing is undecided.

For a method-deep VFR-Spain example using Flights, see VFR flight planning in Spain.

What we are not telling you

We do not have a screenshot-dated audit of SkyDemon’s current chart-region availability or feature parity with previous versions. SkyDemon updates regularly; verify against SkyDemon (rel=external) before quoting. We are particularly cautious about negative claims — the absence of a feature on a competitor’s published page is a signal, not proof.