Jason Blevins’s Notebook
Airline On-Time Performance Data

This table contains on-time arrival data for non-stop domestic flights by major air carriers, and provides such additional items as departure and arrival delays, origin and destination airports, flight numbers, scheduled and actual departure and arrival times, cancelled or diverted flights, taxi-out and taxi-in times, air time, and non-stop distance.

Source: http://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?DB_ID=120

Range: 1987–Present

Frequency: Monthly

Columns

NumberColumnDescription
1YearYear
2QuarterQuarter (1-4)
3MonthMonth
4AirlineIDUS DOT ID number
5UniqueCarrierUnique carrier code
6Carrier (#1)IATA carrier code
7FlightDateFlight date (yyyymmdd)
8DayofMonthDay of month
9DayOfWeekDay of week
10FlightsNumber of flights
11FlightNumFlight number
12TailNumTail number
13AirTimeFlight time (minutes)
14ArrDel15Arrival delay indicator, 15+ min.
15ArrDel30Arrival delay indicator, 30+ min.
16ArrDelSys15 (#2)Arrival delay indicator, 15+ min.
17ArrDelSys30 (#2)Arrival delay indicator, 30+ min.
18ArrDelayArrival delay (minutes)
19ArrTimeActual arrival time (hhmm)
20ArrTimeBlkCRS arrival time block, hourly intervals
21CRSArrTimeCRS arrival time (hhmm)
22DepDel15Departure delay indicator, 15+ min.
23DepDel30Departure delay indicator, 30+ min.
24DepDelSys15 (#2)Departure delay indicator, 15+ min.
25DepDelSys30 (#2)Departure delay indicator, 30+ min.
26DepDelayDeparture Delay (minutes)
27DepTimeActual departure time (hhmm)
28DepTimeBlkCRS departure time block, hourly intervals
29CRSDepTimeCRS departure time (hhmm)
30OriginOrigin airport
31OriginCityNameOrigin airport, city name
32OriginStateOrigin airport, state code
33OriginStateFipsOrigin airport, state fips
34OriginStateNameOrigin airport, state name
35OriginWacOrigin airport, world area code
36DestDestination airport
37DestCityNameDestination airport, city name
38DestStateDestination airport, state code
39DestStateFipsDestination airport, state fips
40DestStateNameDestination airport, state name
41DestWacDestination airport, world area code
42DistanceNon-stop distance (using radian measure)
43DistanceGroupDistance intervals (250 miles)
44TaxiInTaxi in time (minutes)
45TaxiOutTaxi out time (minutes)
46OffOff time (hhmm)
47OnOn time (hhmm)
48CancelledCancelled flight indicator
49CancellationCodeReason for cancellation
50DivertedDiverted flight indicator
51CarrierDelayCarrier delay (minutes)
52WeatherDelayWeather delay (minutes)
53NASDelayNAS delay (minutes)
54SecurityDelaySecurity delay (minutes)
55LateAircraftDelayLate aircraft delay (minutes)

Notes:

  1. Not unique over time.
  2. Includes cancelled or diverted flights.

category: Airline, Data