Analyzing Factors Influencing Flight Delay Prediction

The growing aviation industry has resulted in air-traffic causing flight delays. Flight delays have huge economic impact on airlines and also have harmful environmental effects. Therefore, it is important to detect the major factors influencing flight delay. The factors influencing the flight delay range from natural factors like weather to factors like day, month, etc. This paper gives an insight into the vital factors influencing flight delay. On observing wide variety of flight data, a list of factors responsible for the delay was generated. There are other factors influencing the delay as well, but their scope is limited. This list primarily categorizes delay into two types, namely departure delay and arrival delay. Some of these features influence the flight delay drastically while others have a minor impact. In order to develop an efficient flight delay prediction system, these features along with their degree of impact on the delay must be taken into consideration. This paper attempts at providing a detailed analysis of factors influencing the flight delay.