R/planes.R

In jrnold/seaflights15: Airline on-time data for all flights departing or arriving SEA in 2015. Also includes useful 'metadata' on airlines, airports, weather, and planes. This is a data package created by groundcontrol

#' Plane metadata.
#'
#' Plane metadata for all plane tailnumbers found in the FAA aircraft
#' registry. American Airways (AA) and Envoy Air (MQ) report fleet numbers
#' rather than tail numbers (e.g. \url{http://www.flyerguide.com/Tail_Numbers_(AA)})
#' so can't be matched.
#'
#' @source FAA Aircraft registry,
#'  \url{http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/releasable_aircraft_download/}
#' @format A data frame with columns:
#' \describe{
#' \item{tailnum}{Tail number}
#' \item{year}{Year manufactured}
#' \item{type}{Type of plane}
#' \item{manufacturer,model}{Manufacturer and model}
#' \item{engines,seats}{Number of engines and seats}
#' \item{speed}{Average cruising speed in mph}
#' \item{engine}{Type of engine}
#' }
#' @examples
#' if (require("dplyr")) {
#' planes
#'
#' # Flights that don't have plane metadata
#' flights %>% anti_join(planes, "tailnum")
#'
#' }
"planes"