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This doesn't seem correct. I checked a few flights I have coming up and it identified a United flight as not being a MAX, when United itself tells me it is. And
by joekrill 3y ago
This doesn't seem correct. I checked a few flights I have coming up and it identified a United flight as not being a MAX, when United itself tells me it is. And it identifies a Southwest flight as being a MAX when it isn't.
- duxup 3y agoIs it possible that the planes were changed for a different one in light of the cancellations recently and … one or the other is wrong?
- jacksoncheek 3y agoYeah, the data source is imperfect. The flight information pulls the "nearest" (live, scheduled or landed) flight that matches that flight number, to give you a sense of the aircraft on that route.
- JoshTko 3y agoSeems like a fatal flaw in the product where precision is the most important aspect.
- madeofpalk 3y agoIt’s next to impossible to actually answer this precisely at any time 3 hours before departure for airlines that fly both Airbus and Boeing. There will be specific planes scheduled for the flight in advanced, but it changes frequently up until departure due to regular airline logistics.
- aero142 3y agoAdding a date of travel and checking the scheduled tail number would be much more accurate.
- madeofpalk 3y agoKind of. The 'scheduled tail number' will change multiple times in the days before a flight.
- addandsubtract 3y agoJust like the 737 MAX then ;)
- itslennysfault 3y agoImperfect data?!?!! Well, someone isn't getting a coffee! (just kidding. This is a cool project. Good job)
- broadsidepicnic 3y agoWait, what? There's no point in that.. Having flown nearly a decade its more common than not flying the same route with different tail than yesterday.
- therealfiona 3y agoPlanes get changed, especially if the flight is far out. If not enough people buy a ticket for a 737-8 sized plane, SWA will sometimes swap it out with a 737-700 with a smaller capacity. This also allows SWA to fly with one less flight attendant than they would on the larger plane. If there is a maintenance issue with your 737-Max8, and there is a 737-800 sitting in the next gate not set to go out until a few hours after your plane, they'll swap it out to reduce the chance of having a late departure. If the site is not scraping data every minute, there could be mismatches. It's unlikely this site is scraping data more than once a day to save costs.