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Table 1 Flight schedule features used

From: A novel intelligent approach for flight delay prediction

Type

No

Flight features used

Model input and output

Data type

Attribute type

Variables format

Airport

1

Origin

Input

Object

Categorical

3 digits letters code eg. SEA

2

Destination

Input

Object

Categorical

3 digits letters code eg. JFK

Carriers

3

Carrier code

Input

Object

Categorical

2 digits letter code eg. F9

Flight date and time

4

Tail number

Input

Object

Categorical

6 digits code eg. N170SY

5

Flight number

Input

Object

Categorical

4 digits number eg. 2434

6

Schedule departure

Input

Datetime64

Continuous

16 digits

7

Schedule arrival

Input

Datetime64

Continuous

16 digits

Flight delay

8

Departure delay minutes

Output

int64

Continuous

5 digits number eg. -28

9

Arrival delay minutes

Output

int64

Continuous

5 digits number eg. 16