dcflights: Flights data

dcflightsR Documentation

Flights data

Description

Data for flights that departed from the Washington DC airport (Reagan Internation) during July 2021 and arrived at one of the top 10 connecting airports.

Format

A data frame with columns:

airline

Airline name.

flight

Flight number.

destination

Destination airports (only the top 10 destination airports are included in this dataset).

date

Date of departure.

hour

Time of scheduled departure by hour

visibility

Visibility, in miles.

duration

Scheduled amount of time spent in the air, in minutes.

dep_delay

Departure delay, in minutes. Negative values represent early departures/arrivals.

Source

RITA, Bureau of transportation statistics, https://www.transtats.bts.gov/DL_SelectFields.asp?Table_ID=236

https://www.transtats.bts.gov/DL_SelectFields.asp?Table_ID=236

ASOS download from Iowa Environmental Mesonet, https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/download.phtml.

https://www.transtats.bts.gov/DL_SelectFields.asp?Table_ID=236

FAA Aircraft registry, http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/releasable_aircraft_download/


simonpcouch/dcflights21 documentation built on May 14, 2022, 4:53 p.m.