dcflights21: Flights data

In simonpcouch/dcflights21: Out-bound flights from DC-serving airports in 2021

Flights data

Description

Data for all flights that departed from airports serving the Washington, DC area in 2021.

Format

A data frame with columns:

airline

Airline name.

flight

Flight number.

origin, destination

Origin and destination airports.

date

Date of departure.

hour

Time of scheduled departure by hour

plane

Plane tail number, giving a unique ID for each plane.

distance

Distance between airports, in miles.

duration

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

wind_speed

Wind speed, in miles per hour.

visibility

Visibility, in miles.

plane_year

Year the flown plane was manufactured.

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.