openSkiesRoute: An 'R6Class' object representing a flight route

In openSkies: Retrieval, Analysis and Visualization of Air Traffic Data

An R6Class object representing a flight route

Description

R6Class object representing a flight route, usually operated by a commercial airline. Contains information about the callsign under which the route is operated, the operator itself and the airports of origin and destination. New instances can be manually created by providing values for at least the fields call_sign, origin_airport and destination_airport. Alternatively, getRouteMetadata will return an openSkiesRoute object corresponding to the route with the provided callsign.

Usage

openSkiesRoute

Fields

call_sign

String with callsign of the route

origin_airport

String with the ICAO 4-letter code of the airport of origin

destination_airport

String with the ICAO 4-letter code of the destination airport

operator_IATA

String with the IATA code for the operator of the route

flight_number

String with the flight number for the route. The callsign is usually composed of an airline identifier and the flight number

Examples

# Create an openSkiesRoute object corresponding to the American Airlines route
# with callsign AAL683

if(interactive()){
test_route <- getRouteMetadata("AAL683")
test_route
}

openSkies documentation built on May 29, 2024, 4:07 a.m.