Evidence of schedule creep
US air travelers have had a sense of this for some time – flights seem to be taking longer. And longer. Is this real or does it just feel longer because of annoying airport security and fuller, tighter cabins? Take…
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On-Time Update
We now have the data for December 2019 and our models are being updated over the course of today. Here is our public model on flight performance for US airlines and it also shows you the times of day where…
Payload and Fuel Burn
What happens when you decide to treat people as payload? The DoT allows for an average weight of 209 pounds per passenger. So, doing some math, we can get the weight of people, their bags and the mail. Then divide…
The US Airline Origin and Destination Survey
The US DoT has a plethora of data sets, and as we model more of them, it becomes clear that these databases offering tremendous insight into the market. The sheer size of the datasets has been a hurdle for most…
Understanding and Comparing Fuel Burn among US Airlines
Although fuel prices are dropping again, this has not proven to be a long term trend. Suppliers always try to react by cutting supply in an attempt to push prices up again. Invariably there are cheaters (oligopoly rules get broken).…
October on-time numbers
We now have the numbers for October 2019. This means model updates. Below is our updated Flight Planner model. Use the menu items along the top to drive the model . Views: 30