Interesting Findings
Trends - Correlations
- If a flight arrives after 1am at Midway, it is delayed
- If the number of cancelled flights is higher than average, the number of delayed flights is also higher than average
- For both O’Hare and Midway, the least number of flights are on Saturday
- California has the maximum number of flights to and from Illinois
- Least favourite time of the month for travel is february.
- Number of arrivals and departures take a dip on the day before christmas
- Number of arrivals and departures take a dip on the day before Thanksgiving day.
- Spring Break Month the Orlando Airport has more arrivals and departures than any other month.
- People prefer travelling in summer.
Insights - Causations
- On 3/14/2017, there was a heavy snowfall that caused the most number of cancellations
- On December 4, a lot of delays happened at Chicago Airports due to high winds.
- There’s is an increase in the number of flights between O’hare and San Diego International Airport in March, possibly due the introduction of a new flight
- Hurricane Harvey in Texas had similar effect on 25th August’s week with half the flights to Houston cancelled.
- September 2nd week due to hurricane Irma almost all flights were cancelled to florida.
- Air Travel was largely unaffected by the LA fires.
- Number of flights were low so there was not a significant effect dues to flooding in Arkansas and Oklahoma
10 Interesting Days
| Interesting Days | Description |
|---|---|
| February 9 | Major snow storm hit the northeastern parts of USA. All flights to and from the area were cancelled |
| March 14 | Maximum number of flights cancelled at O'Hare Internation Airport due to heavy snowfall |
| July 19 | Busiest day for Midway airport with 546 flights in and out of the airport |
| August 15 | Busiest day for O'Hare International airport with 1733 flights in and out of the airport |
| August 28 | Effect of Hurricane Harvey. All flights to and from Houston cancelled |
| September 10 | Effect of Hurricane Irma. All flights to and from airports in FLorida cancelled |
| September 21 | Hottest day recorded in 47 years for Chicago with temperature 94 F (34.5 C) |
| November 23 - Thanksgiving Day | Minimum number of flights in and out of both O'hare and Midway airports |
| Christmas Eve | Less than averege number of flights |
| December 31 | Coldest day of the year for Chicago with temperature 94 F (34.5 C) |