HOW TO PREDICT FLIGHT DELAYS?

If you find yourself sitting at the airport waiting for hours together for your delayed flight, then you are not alone. Flight delays are painful and frustrating spoiling your entire itinerary at your destination. Airlines are very hesitant to announce flight delays and wait almost till the last minute to intimate the passengers.

With check in process made online, and airport parking service providers like PHL airport parking and Logan parking providing advance booking of parking lots online, the actual process of checking in, passing across security and reaching the gates have become very fast and convenient. However last minute flight delays can spoil altogether your mood for a great vacation you were looking ahead to.

With advancement in technology, there have been apps and sites that allow you to keep close tabs on your flight. These apps use navigation data from numerous military and government agencies and radar data from global network of antennas. Some airline web sites also intimate their passengers in advance about any delay they are experiencing. Keeping a watch on the web site of the airline you are flying might be a good idea. With such notices, travelers can avoid wasting hours on security gate.

The latest invention however is the Google Flights software which uses troves of data to predict delays in flight. Pulling information not only from the airlines, it also makes use of complex machine learning algorithms to predict delays even before the airlines can. For eg. If a particular flight has been delayed 90% of the times in the past six months, then there is a good chance that it will be delayed today too. Taking into considerations such past data gives about 80% chances of correct prediction in case of Google Flights. In future, there sure will be much advancement in this area to watch out for.