Smart phone apps find fueling sites

Nov. 2, 2010
A new application for iPhone, iPad and Android smart phones can assist drivers in locating (Commercial Fueling Network (CFN) fueling locations. The CFN app is free and identifies any CFN site within 25 mi. of a driver’s current location. It can also list fuel sites along a driving route

A new application for iPhone, iPad and Android smart phones can assist drivers in locating (Commercial Fueling Network (CFN) fueling locations. The CFN app is free and identifies any CFN site within 25 mi. of a driver’s current location. It can also list fuel sites along a driving route.

“Many drivers use their iPhones and [other] smart phones to keep in touch with family from the road. Now they can use it to easily find CFN locations wherever they are,” said Dave Jackson, Nella Oil Co.’s director of commercial fueling.

Nella Oil Co. is the parent company of Flyers cardlocks and convenience stores.

Users can search by “CFN” on the App Store or Android Marketplace. Flyers also has a mobile locator website at http://mobile.4flyers.com, which displays the web search function in a small-screen format suitable for all phones with Internet access.

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