Package 'nycflights13'

Airline names

Description

Look up airline names from their carrier codes.

Usage

airlines

Format

Data frame with columns

carrier

Two letter abbreviation.

name

Full name.

Source

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

Examples

airlines

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Airport metadata

Description

Useful metadata about airports.

Usage

airports

Format

A data frame with columns:

faa

FAA airport code.

name

Usual name of the airport.

lat, lon

Location of airport.

alt

Altitude, in feet.

tz

Timezone offset from GMT.

dst

Daylight savings time zone. A = Standard US DST: starts on the second Sunday of March, ends on the first Sunday of November. U = unknown. N = no dst.

tzone

IANA time zone, as determined by GeoNames webservice.

Source

https://openflights.org/data.html, downloaded 2014-06-27

Examples

airports

if (require("dplyr")) {

airports %>% rename(dest = faa) %>% semi_join(flights)
flights %>% anti_join(airports %>% rename(dest = faa))
airports %>% rename(origin = faa) %>% semi_join(flights)

}

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Flights data

Description

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

Usage

flights

Format

Data frame with columns

year, month, day

Date of departure.

dep_time, arr_time

Actual departure and arrival times (format HHMM or HMM), local tz.

sched_dep_time, sched_arr_time

Scheduled departure and arrival times (format HHMM or HMM), 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.

flight

Flight number.

tailnum

Plane tail number. See planes for additional metadata.

origin, dest

Origin and destination. See airports for additional metadata.

air_time

Amount of time spent in the air, in minutes.

distance

Distance between airports, in miles.

hour, minute

Time of scheduled departure broken into hour and minutes.

time_hour

Scheduled date and hour of the flight as a POSIXct date. Along with origin, can be used to join flights data to weather data.

Source

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

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Plane metadata

Description

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 so can't be matched.

Usage

planes

Format

A data frame with columns:

tailnum

Tail number.

year

Year manufactured.

type

Type of plane.

manufacturer, model

Manufacturer and model.

engines, seats

Number of engines and seats.

speed

Average cruising speed in mph.

engine

Type of engine.

Source

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

Examples

planes

if (require("dplyr")) {

# Flights that don't have plane metadata
flights %>% anti_join(planes, "tailnum")

}

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Hourly weather data

Description

Hourly meteorological data for LGA, JFK and EWR.

Usage

weather

Format

A data frame with columns:

origin

Weather station. Named origin to facilitate merging with flights data.

year, month, day, hour

Time of recording.

temp, dewp

Temperature and dewpoint in F.

humid

Relative humidity.

wind_dir, wind_speed, wind_gust

Wind direction (in degrees), speed and gust speed (in mph).

precip

Precipitation, in inches.

pressure

Sea level pressure in millibars.

visib

Visibility in miles.

time_hour

Date and hour of the recording as a POSIXct date.

Source

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

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