One hundred thousand! (100,588 as I type this, to be quite precise.) That’s how many flights have now been entered into OpenFlights. Let’s see how the current statistics compare to what we had at 50,000 just a few short months back, shall we?
Top 10 Airlines
| Airline | 50k rank | World rank | |
| 1 | United Airlines | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Lufthansa | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Continental Airlines | 4 (+1) | 4 |
| 4 | American Airlines | 3 (-1) | 1 |
| 5 | Delta Air Lines | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | British Airways | 7 (+1) | 9 |
| 7 | Northwest Airlines | 8 (+1) | 7 |
| 8 | US Airways | 6 (-2) | ? |
| 9 | Scandinavian Airlines | new | ? |
| 10 | Air France | 13 (+3) | 5 |
Not a huge difference to last time, with United and Lufthansa still duking it out for the top spot. Air France clambers onto the list, so 8 of the world’s top 10 are now represented, with only #8 Southwest (#19 of OF) and #10 Singapore (#13 on OF) still missing the cut.
Top 10 Airports
| Airport | 50k rank | World rank | |
| 1 | Frankfurt Main (FRA) | 2 (+1) | 9 |
| 2 | London-Heathrow (LHR) | 3 (+1) | 2 |
| 3 | Chicago Ohare Intl (ORD) | 1 (-2) | 3 |
| 4 | Houston-George Bush Intcntl (IAH) | 5 (+1) | 16 |
| 5 | Munchen (MUC) | 4 (-1) | 27 |
| 6 | Los Angeles Intl (LAX) | 8 (+2) | 6 |
| 7 | Amsterdam-Schiphol (AMS) | new | 19 |
| 8 | Atlanta-Hartsfield | 12 (+4) | 1 |
| 9 | New York-John F Kennedy Intl (JFK) | 6 (-3) | 13 |
| 10 | San Francisco Intl (SFO) | 10 | 19 |
Frankfurt and London-Heathrow push Chicago out of the top spot. World #1 Atlanta enters the list at #5, but despite Air France’s success in the airline category, world #5 Paris-CDG slips off the list to #12 and is replaced by Amsterdam. Still no sign of world #4 Tokyo-Haneda.
What next?
Now in development are a few features that will start to leverage on this mass of data. Up first, the ability to check what airlines fly to a given airport and what routes they operate on. Stay tuned!
Forward to the future,
-jani
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