Analysis of flights? delays using association rules

Abstract

The efficiency of air passenger transport in world's economy is crucial. For this kind of flights, one of the most important features is punctuality. The network of connections between the airports, very often is significantly complicated. It leads to the conclusion that there is a need to do some research in this field which will help the passengers to plan their optimal journeys. In this paper one of the data mining techniques (association rules) was applied to the analysis of flights' delays. The data consists of over 7 millions records was taken from the US Department of Transportation (year 2008) [2]. Then the re-search was carried out and conclusions were described.