Abstract
This webpage provides information about the Brazilian Flight Dataset (BFD). The description includes the data sources from regular flights (VRA) and weather data. The VRA is provided by ANAC (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil) and contains all Brazilian flights. The weather data is provided by ASOS (Automated Surface Observing Systems). ASOS is managed by IOWA University (USA). It contains weather data collected by sensors installed at airports around the world.
Data Sources
The VRA dataset contains departure and arrival data for Brazilian domestic flights with improvements in the loading process were carried out in order to:
1. Improve data quality;
2. Make this dataset easier to use; and
3. Contemplate the period from 2000 to 2019 in a single dataset;
Through the URL http://www.anac.gov.br/assuntos/dados-e-estatisticas/historico-de-voos it is possible to consult and obtain data for the period from Jan 1st, 2000 to Dec 31st, 2019.
ASOS (Automated Surface Observing Systems) is a program that involves several agencies American government agencies. It was created to form an official network of meteorological information to support primarily aviation entities. It includes information regarding meteorological, climatological, and hydrological research.
The Department of Agronomy at Iowa State University, in the United States, compiles daily not only information from the US ASOS system, but also various entities linked to civil and military aviation from all over the planet.
This university makes this data freely available for download through the website
https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/download.phtml
BFD Extraction Transformation and Load (ETL) process
The ETL process can be accessed at https://github.com/cefet-rj-dal/BFD/blob/master/VRA_ASOS_Datasets_Integration_Report.ipynb
BFD Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) graphs
The EDA graphs can be accessed at https://github.com/cefet-rj-dal/BFD/blob/master/graphsDataPaper.ipynb
BFD dataset repository
The Brazilian flight dataset (BFD) and its documentation are available at IEEE Data Port at http://dx.doi.org/10.21227/k10b-qn21