Questions about the factors in scheduling flights
Questions tagged [flight-schedules]
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How are flight schedules displayed without ambiguity on DST change days?
Flight schedules are based on the local time of the station of departure or arrival. Twice a year though, this is either ambiguous or impossible. What happens on these boundaries?
Say, for instance, a flight is scheduled for departure daily at 1:30…
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How to interpret flight schedule data from before 1987
I'm trying to interpret schedule data from before 1987 (see example).
Example line:
20100001409B000…
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How to differentiate two flights with the same flight number that arrive on the same day?
I'm currently working on a piece of software that includes flight information. I have access to flight schedules and I'm making each days flight unique based on flight number and the date that it arrives.
I've hit a problem trying to differentiate…
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Is there a Flights API to get flight information months in advance?
I hope I am at the right place here. Asking this at Stackoverflow is not allowed (off topic)
I want to be able to plan flights in the future. (6-12 months ahead) I only know the Flights ID like LH2014. All I want is to get the departure/arrival…
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Why this huge discrepancy in flight times?
I was looking at return flights from London - Azores islands and was astonished to see the huge difference in flight times, both flights are via Ryanair:
out: 3 hr 5 min
return: 4 hr 45 min
I am aware of differences due to wind conditions/jet…
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How can I see all commercial destinations to a country from a particular airport?
I live in Las Vegas, which obviously has a large airport with a broad array of international flights. Is there a quick way for me to see all the non-stop commercial flights that are available to Mexico? I don't need to necessarily know the airline,…
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Where can I find Delta flight schedule information in a structured format?
I downloaded Delta flight schedules from here but would like this information in a spreadsheet. Does something like that exist?
Zachary Russell Heineman
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Why was my flight delayed and un-delayed twice?
I was on DL2941 from MSP to ABQ on June 30, which was scheduled to depart at 6:35pm CDT. At 4:48pm, I got a text saying the flight was “now departing” delayed at 8:10pm; ten minutes later at 4:58, I got another text that the flight was “now…
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