I was looking at a graphic that had details on all the top airlines, airports and routes flown to in 2012. It was quite interesting. One of the things that stood out was that Denver airport, was in the top 5 on all 3 categories - Distance flown, Passengers and destinations flown to. Then again, considering that it is centrally located, it does make sense. The New York airports were conspicuous in their absence, but considering that there are 3 airports to choose from, cannibalization explains that anomaly. Another interesting tidbit, if we look at which airlines are flying out of the top airport (by # of unique destinations), SkyWest Airlines stands out. Who knew it would be in the top 5 for each of the 5 airports. Maybe because it is a regional carrier, it covers a lot of local routes. That is something worth looking into though.
So all this looking at flight data (see below for the visual)
got me thinking about going on vacation.
Which brought on new questions - So what are the top places people are flying to, what airlines fly into those places and which of the airlines are the most punctual.
once I narrowed down to an airline, I was really curious on what the top 3 routes flown by that airline was
and once I saw this and with things getting cold in NY, I decided to fly to San Juan on Jetblue.. joining me?
it is fun to play around with data (data source transtats.bts.gov)
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