Crowdsourced air traffic data from The OpenSky Network 2020
Creators:
Olive, Xavier; Strohmeier, Martin; Lübbe, Jannis
Publication Date:
2022
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Dataset Description:
The data in this dataset is derived and cleaned from the full OpenSky dataset to illustrate the development of air traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic. It spans all flights seen by the network's more than 2500 members since 1 January 2019. More data will be periodically included in the dataset until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Leveraging a network of over 2,500 members, the dataset aggregates ADS-B signals received by volunteers worldwide, ensuring a rich and diverse data source. The dataset includes records of 41,900,660 flights, capturing data from 160,737 unique aircrafts. Flight operations involving 13,934 airports across 127 countries are documented. In total, the dataset has a size of 7,0 GB. Each month is represented by a separate CSV file, containing flight data for that specific period. Each file includes the following columns:
- callsign: Identifier used for air traffic control communications.
- number: Commercial flight number, if available.
- icao24: Unique 24-bit address assigned to the aircraft's transponder.
- registration: Aircraft's registration number.
- typecode: Aircraft model code.
- origin: ICAO code of the departure airport.
- destination: ICAO code of the arrival airport.
- firstseen: Timestamp of the first detection during the flight.
- lastseen: Timestamp of the last detection during the flight.
- day: Date of the flight.
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