airline_delays

Calculate the percentage of security-caused flight delays for the United States by calendar year (e.g., 2004).

Setup

asdf

• Install asdf
• Install python plugin for asdf
  • asdf plugin add python
• Install poetry plugin for asdf
  • asdf plugin add poetry

poetry

• Install poetry
  • asdf install poetry 1.4.2

python

• Install python 3.11.4
  • asdf install python 3.11.4
• Install virtual environment

  # virtual environment in the project directory
  poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true
  
  # create virtual environment
  poetry install

Quickstart

# activate virtual environment
poetry shell

# run script
λ python main.py 
airlines.json already exists
Available years:
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Enter a year: 2004
Average percentage of delayed flights: 7.93%
Average minutes delayed: 42.59 minutes

# force quit script if necessary
ctrl-c              # ^C

# deactivate virtual environment
deactivate

Further Reading

Airline Dataset