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Flight Path Analysis Project: Weekly Meeting

Meeting Date: Nov 3, 2023 - 10:00 CT / 11:00 EST / 9:00 MST / 15:00 UTC

Meeting Location: Zoom

Chair: Andre Guimaraes

Announcements / One Minute Updates

  • 33 days until project deadline

Agenda Items

  • Action Items:
    • Putting Weather Data Gather and Weather Processing (Andre Guimaraes)
    • Flight Route Decision (Hannah Solomon)
    • Investigation/interpretation/implementation of METAR reports on weather stations (Hannah Solomon, Andre Guimaraes)
    • Passenger Data Availability (Dimindu de Silva, Ruth MacLeod)
    • Preliminary model for Fuel Consumption Index (or any efficiency index) (Dimindu de Silva, Ruth MacLeod)
    • GPS Waypoint routes or other FAA Published routes (Noah Thompson)
  • Other issues for discussion
  • Set up action items and working groups for next week
    • Noah + Andre: Wind speed from plane data.
    • Noah: Look at FAA flight plans released waypoints, where does flightaware get it?
    • Hannah + Andre: Implementing METAR.
    • Ruth + Dimindu: Compare Methods
  • Any Other Business

[AI-Generated Minutes]

1. Announcements / Updates

  • There are 33 days remaining until the project deadline.
  • Participants provided brief personal updates and shared excitement about the upcoming events.

2. Current Status of the Project

  • Action items from previous meetings were reviewed with emphasis on the weather data gathering and weather processing by Andre Guimaraes.
  • The decision on flight route additions has been made, with the inclusion of Los Angeles to San Francisco and Denver to Seattle routes.

3. Discussion Points

  • The handling and implementation of METAR reports in weather stations were discussed, with specific roles being designated.
  • The availability and preliminary modeling of passenger data and fuel consumption index were debated, focusing on different approaches to these complex issues.
  • The potential use of GPS waypoint routes and FAA Published routes were brought up by Noah Thompson, including discussions about where flight data like this is sourced (FlightAware was mentioned).

4. Task Assignment

  • Noah and Andre will work together on extracting wind speed data from plane data.
  • Andre and Hannah Solomon will team up to implement the METAR reports within the project's systems.
  • Ruth and Dimindu are tasked with comparing different methodologies to approach the project's challenges.
  • The group agreed on various other action items to pursue in the coming week.

5. Any Other Business

  • Discussion of the units and calculations needed for the project's success, emphasizing the importance of using multiple systems and comparing methods.
  • Planning for testing different models on actual flight data and utilizing FlightAware for published routes and flight data.

6. Miscellaneous

  • Video recordings from the previous meeting were referred to for clarifications on various points.
  • The meeting was interactive with significant time spent on explaining and discussing specific technical issues related to flight paths, fuel consumption, and weather impact analysis.

7. Closing

  • The meeting ended with a clear set of goals for the next week, with different members or groups tasked with specific action items.
  • The necessity of analyzing deviations in speed and altitude and the usage of filed reports for accurate analysis were acknowledged as crucial steps moving forward.
  • The discussion closed with a reminder of the limited time remaining before the project deadline and the importance of the tasks at hand.

Next Meeting: Nov 10, 2023 - 10:00 CT / 11:00 EST / 9:00 MST / 15:00 UTC

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