flights2: Flights data
In rstudio/flights2: Data About flights Departing NYC in 2013

On-time data for all flights that departed NYC (i.e. JFK, LGA or EWR) in 2013.

flights2

Data frame with columns

scheduled: Scheduled departure time
dep_time,arr_time: Departure and arrival times, local tz.
dep_delay,arr_delay: Departure and arrival delays, in minutes. Negative times represent early departures/arrivals.
carrier: Two letter carrier abbreviation. See airlines to get name
tailnum: Plane tail number
flight: Flight number
origin,dest: Origin and destination. See airports for additional metadata.
air_time: Amount of time spent in the air
distance: Distance flown
year,month,day: Date of departure
hour,minute: Time of departure broken in to hour and minutes
wday: Day of week of departure
clock: Time of departure affixed to the meaningless date 01-01-2000. This is a convenience variable for plotting departures by time of day.