PREDICTION OF FLIGHT DELAYS USING MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS

Authors

  • Катарина Жерајић Autor
  • Јелена Сливка Fakultet tehničkih nauka Autor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24867/28BE27Zerajic

Keywords:

flight delay prediction, exploratory data analysis, system model, KNN, SVM, XGBoost, Random Forest

Abstract

This paper tackles the problem of flight delays. In more developed countries, where flight delays can lead to significant financial loss, institutions are founded to monitor and analyze this problem. This paper analyses the factors that influence flight delays by training machine learning models on data on flights, planes, airports, and weather conditions at the time of flight. Flight delays are divided into three classes: negligible delays (up to 15 minutes), small delays (between 15 and 60 minutes), and long delays (over 60 minutes).

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Published

2024-09-05

Issue

Section

Electrotechnical and Computer Engineering