jacksoncheek's comments

On: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

[jacksoncheek]

This is a simple Next.js React app, deployed with Vercel. The component library is MUI.

[jtokoph → jacksoncheek]

What is your data source?

[05bmckay → jtokoph]

https://airlabs.co/

[maddynator → jacksoncheek]

Thank you!!!

On: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

[jacksoncheek]

Yeah, 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 → jacksoncheek]

Seems like a fatal flaw in the product where precision is the most important aspect.

[madeofpalk → JoshTko]

It’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 → madeofpalk]

Adding a date of travel and checking the scheduled tail number would be much more accurate.

[madeofpalk → aero142]

Kind of. The 'scheduled tail number' will change multiple times in the days before a flight.

[addandsubtract → JoshTko]

Just like the 737 MAX then ;)

[broadsidepicnic → jacksoncheek]

Wait, 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.

[itslennysfault → jacksoncheek]

Imperfect data?!?!! Well, someone isn't getting a coffee!

(just kidding. This is a cool project. Good job)

On: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

[jacksoncheek]

Lol... blow through the quota if you like.