anyflights (version 0.2.0)

get_airports: Query nycflights13-Like Airports Data

Description

This function generates a dataframe similar to the airports dataset from nycflights13 for any US airports and time frame. Please note that, even with a strong internet connection, this function may take several minutes to download relevant data.

Usage

get_airports(dir = NULL)

Arguments

dir

An optional character string giving the directory to save datasets in. By default, datasets will not be saved to file.

Value

A data frame with ~1350 rows and 8 variables:

faa

FAA airport code

name

Usual name of the airport

lat, lon

Location of airport

alt

Altitude, in feet

tz

Timezone offset from GMT/UTC

dst

Daylight savings time zone. A = Standard US DST: starts on the second Sunday of March, ends on the first Sunday of November. U = unknown. N = no dst.

tzone

IANA time zone, as determined by GeoNames webservice

See Also

get_flights for flight data, get_weather for weather data, get_airlines for airlines data, get_planes for planes data, or anyflights for a wrapper function.

Use the as_flights_package function to convert this dataset to a data-only package.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# grab airports data
# }
# NOT RUN {
get_airports()
# }
# NOT RUN {
# }