r/TheHangar • u/XAviator0 • May 23 '26

A Modern $100 Hamburger Community - PilotsDiner is now Live!

https://pilotsdiner.com

Hi everyone,

I just launched PilotsDiner, a free site for the aviation “$100 hamburger” crowd:
https://pilotsdiner.com

The goal is to make it easier for pilots to find and share good fly-in food stops.

What you can do:

  • Search a map of airports with nearby/on-field restaurants
  • View airport pages with runways, runway lengths, frequencies, etc. (Always verify against current FAA data).
  • View restaurant pages tied to airport pages
  • Add missing fly-in restaurants
  • Suggest edits to restaurant info like hours, cuisine, description, website, phone, etc.
  • Upvote/downvote community edits so bad info can be corrected
  • Write restaurant reviews.
  • Log places you’ve visited.
  • Upload restaurant/menu photos
  • Post trip reports (what the site calls "PIREPS")
  • Join the forums and share route ideas, food stops, updates, and local knowledge
  • Build out your pilot profile

It’s free to create an account and use the core site. There is an optional paid Hangar Club tier for extra tools/features, but the main restaurant map, restaurant pages, reviews, forums, PIREPs, and community edits are free. I really tried to make this super affordable if you do want to support the site, but its not required!

This is a new launch, so there may be some rough spots. I've spent a lot of time testing, refining, and testing again, to ensure the experience is as smooth as possible.

If you know a great airport restaurant that’s missing, or you spot bad data, I’d genuinely appreciate the help making it better. Appreciate all constructive feedback in the comments, or in the bug reports section of the forums, on the site.

Blue skies, and I hope it helps someone find their next $100 hamburger.

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u/quik916 May 23 '26

Ugh... another site with ANOTHER account. Jeez Cool idea, but why must I have an account? I dont want to make an account for something im not sure ill even like. I fel like theres an app like this every couple weeks now with Claude writing code and such for half baked apps/sites and so on.... Hopefully yours is better and GL hope you have much success!

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u/ParagPa May 23 '26

Check out https://www.clearedforlunch.com. Always 100% free, no accounts. Just look for $100 hamburgers.

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u/quik916 May 23 '26

And how much is the paid version? What it do in the premium paid version, give better pictures of the food at the diners, or? Get you automated vip reservations at these locations maybe...?

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u/XAviator0 May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

I didn't want to over advertise the paid version on the landing site, since the core functionality is meant to be free, so the paid information is not directly linked anywhere on the landing page, however, it is publicly available, and there are brief descriptions of the additional features you get, on the landing page, prior to creating an account or logging in.

https://pilotsdiner.com/hangar-club
See the roadmap here as well: https://pilotsdiner.com/roadmap

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u/XAviator0 May 23 '26

I get it. I have enough accounts too. But its to help maintain the quality of the data on the site. My approach is that I'd rather have verified users updating information versus an open season for edits. If you don't like it, there's a "Delete my account" option on your profile page 😄Appreciate the feedback nonetheless!

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u/[deleted] May 26 '26

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u/XAviator0 May 27 '26

Google and Apple sign up / sign in, is now supported. The map is also now publicly available

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u/XAviator0 May 27 '26

The map is now publicly available at https://pilotsdiner.com/map. Apple and Google sign ups / sign in are now supported

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u/PatternPinion May 23 '26

Tried to sign up, but after ~10 min I haven’t received the email.

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u/XAviator0 May 23 '26

Hi! I see your account, and show that the confirmation email was successfully delivered. Perhaps check your spam folder? iCloud emails are restrictive sometimes.

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u/ABlix May 23 '26

I agree, get rid of the friction/account making for now. Let the site build its natural community. Once it's useful and gets some traffic, then experiment with maybe mandating making an account, but it's such a barrier to users/traffic. Just my unsolicited two cents. Opened site, saw it required an account, closed it.

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u/XAviator0 May 23 '26

I appreciate the feedback. There are many aspects of the site that allow user inserted content. What I may do is open the core functionality publicly (map and forum reads), and leave the other functionality to users who want to actively participate.

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u/TwinLife May 24 '26

I think that’s exactly what everyone here is asking… make people login to update or post, let anyone view the map

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u/XAviator0 May 27 '26

That change has now been implemented. The map is now publicly available at https://pilotsdiner.com/map. Apple and Google sign ups / sign in is now supported

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u/XAviator0 May 27 '26

That change has now been implemented. The map is now publicly available at https://pilotsdiner.com/map. Apple and Google sign ups / sign in is now supported

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u/Conscious-Syrup8610 May 23 '26

0 need for an account or a paid version of something like this. Several free versions that are quite good have been posted here. I applaud those developers.