Data Dictionary Flashcards
year, month, day, date
Date of departure
dow
day of the week (departure)
sched_dep_time, sched_arr_time
Scheduled departure and arrival times, UTC.
arr_delay
Arrival delays, in minutes. Negative times represent EARLY arrivals.
hour, minute
Time of SCHEDULED departure broken into hour and minutes.
carrier
Two letter carrier abbreviation.
carrier_name
Full name of airline carrier
tailnum
plane tail number
flight
Flight Number
origin, dest
Origin and destination. See get_airports for additional metadata.
airtime
the amount of time spent in the air, in minutes
distance
the distance been the two relevant airports, in miles
time_hour
Scheduled date and hour of the flight as a POSIXct date.
wind_dir, wind_speed, wind_gust
Wind direction (in degrees), speed and gust speed (in mph)
visib
Visability in miles
plane_year
Year Plane was manufactured
plane_type
type of plane
plane_manufacturer, plane_model
manufacturer and plane model
plane_engines, plane_seats
number of engines and seats
dest_name
usual name of the airport
dest_lat, dest_long
Location of airport
plane_engine
type of engine
dest_alt
Altitude in feet
dest_tz
Timezone offset from GMT/UTC
