DecemberFlights: December Flights

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December Flights

Description

Difference between actual and scheduled arrival for United and Delta flights in December 2024.

Format

A data frame with 2000 observations on the following 2 variables.

Airline

Delta or United

Difference

Actual - Scheduled arrival times (in minutes)

Details

For a sample of 1000 December flights (in 2024) from each airline, we find the difference between actual and scheduled arrival times. A negative value indicates the flight arrived early.
** Updated for 4e (earlier versions are DecemberFlights3e from 2018 and DecemberFlights2e from 2014.)

Source

Downloaded from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (https://www.transtats.bts.gov/).

Lock5Data documentation built on Jan. 8, 2026, 9:09 a.m.