Friends and the Friends Map

Add the pilots you fly with as friends. You can then see the last airport each of them landed at, send them messages and share flights with them. Friends are part of the FREE plan.

Open your friends from the Social tab (the Friends view at the top) or from More › My Friends.

Adding a friend

There are three ways to find a pilot:

How	What to do
Name or code	Type their full name or their pilot code in the search box at the top of your friends list, then tap Add
Scan pilot code	In person, tap Scan pilot code and point the camera at the QR code on their phone
Your code	Tap My code to show your own QR code and pilot code for the other pilot to scan or type

The pilot receives a friend request and becomes your friend once they Accept. Requests you have received show under Pending, and requests you have sent show under Sent, where you can cancel them.

Not on Wader yet? Send them an invite. See Inviting a Friend.

The friends map

The friends map shows, for each friend who shares their location:

the last airport they landed at, or
their route while they are flying (marked Airborne in the list).

A friend who does not share their location shows Location not shared in the list. Tap Full screen to open the map on its own, and Hide list or Show list to make room for it.

Your friends list

Sort the list by Nearest or by Recent activity.
Long press a friend to Pin to top or Remove friend.
Tap a friend to open their profile, where you can send them a message.

Blocking and reporting

On a friend’s profile, open the menu at the top right to:

Option	What it does
Remove friend	You stop being friends and stop seeing each other on the map
Block	Stops messages and friend requests in both directions and hides you from each other in search
Report	Sends a report to our Support team (spam, harassment, inappropriate content or something else)

Friends on iPad

On iPad, your friends list and the map show side by side. See Wader on iPad.