Truthfully, they're more like "gliders" that look like patches of web under Spider-Man's armpits. Nonetheless, they're a costume element that we have yet to see in a live-action movie, but they're certainly something that could be very relevant in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Here's why.
The Vulture
The most obvous reason for Spider-Man to get an aerodynamic upgrade to his suit is to battle one of the main the villains in the film: The Vulture (Michael Keaton)In fact, one of the more subtle plot threads rumored for Homecoming is a sort of street-level tech race. What we've heard is that villains like The Tinkerer (Michael Chernus) are revealed to be hording Chitauri technology from the Battle of New York in Avengers, in order to enhance tech-based villains like Vulture and The Shocker (Bokeem Woodbine).
If that's true, it only makes that much more sense for Spidey, Iron Man and their allies to reveal their own upgraded tech, in order to keep pace with the new threats. It would basically be a superhero version of the constant arms race between cops and crooks.
Teen Angst
The other reason we might see some good Spider-Man flying sequences in Homecoming would be something more thematically indulgent than narratively important: The subtitle "Homecoming" works as a double entendre that plays to Spider-Man joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but also to Peter Parker's high school life.
With the cast and filmmakers all claiming that Homecoming will explore Peter's existence as a modern teen, a Spider-Man flight sequence would be a thematic expression of freedom (or any other metaphor) in the same way that CGI Spider-Man "swinging sequences" existed in Sam Raimi's trilogy, and "Spider-Man POV" existed in Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man.
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Spider-Man: Homecoming: Why Spider-Man Will Need His Web Wings
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