Bureau of Transportation Statistics

TranStats - Airline On-Time Performance Data

TranStats is BTS's aviation and transportation statistics database providing flight on-time performance data, carrier and airport snapshots, fuel consumption data, and comprehensive airline statistics. Enables custom queries and downloads across hundreds of aviation data tables.

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Portal
https://www.transtats.bts.gov/
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Tools
https://www.transtats.bts.gov/ONTIME/

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: bureau-of-transportation-statistics:transtats
name: TranStats - Airline On-Time Performance Data
tags:
- Federal-Government
- Transportation
- Aviation
- Statistics
tags_raw:
- Federal Government
- Transportation
- Aviation
- Statistics
humanURL: https://www.transtats.bts.gov/
properties:
- url: https://www.transtats.bts.gov/
  type: Portal
- url: https://www.transtats.bts.gov/ONTIME/
  type: Tools
description: TranStats is BTS's aviation and transportation statistics database providing flight on-time
  performance data, carrier and airport snapshots, fuel consumption data, and comprehensive airline statistics.
  Enables custom queries and downloads across hundreds of aviation data tables.
features:
- On-Time Flight Performance Data
- Carrier Snapshots
- Airport Snapshots
- Fuel Consumption Data
- Custom Database Queries
- Commodity Flow Survey Data
- Freight Analysis Framework (FAF)
useCases:
- Airline performance analysis
- Airport capacity planning
- Flight delay research
- Aviation industry benchmarking