nycflights13 (version 0.2.0)

planes: Plane metadata.

Description

Plane metadata for all plane tailnumbers found in the FAA aircraft registry. American Airways (AA) and Envoy Air (MQ) report fleet numbers rather than tail numbers (e.g. http://www.flyerguide.com/Tail_Numbers_(AA)) so can't be matched.

Usage

planes

Format

A data frame with columns:

tailnum

Tail number

year

Year manufactured

type

Type of plane

manufacturer,model

Manufacturer and model

engines,seats

Number of engines and seats

speed

Average cruising speed in mph

engine

Type of engine

Source

FAA Aircraft registry, http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/releasable_aircraft_download/

Examples

if (require("dplyr")) {
planes

# Flights that don't have plane metadata
flights %>% anti_join(planes, "tailnum")

}