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Re: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 06:02:27

On 31/05/2013, at 8:28 PM, Fernando Gont <fgont(_at_)si6networks(_dot_)com> 
wrote:

On 05/31/2013 11:59 AM, Mark Nottingham wrote:
In an attempt to inject some data into the discussion, I wrote a bit
of code that figures out how much time, given your home city, you
would have spent in the air if you'd attended all IETF meetings since
IETF74 (i.e., from 2009 onwards).

The first column is the "home" airport.

The second column is the great circle time between the home airport
and the nearest large airport to the IETF meeting, hhh:mm. This
doesn't count things like transit time, taxiing, takeoff and landing
overhead, indirect routing, etc. As such, this is an ideal number;
the only way to achieve anything close to it is to have a private jet
(with exceptional range).

Could you please elaborate a bit more on the meaning of the second column?

It's the duration given by a reputable travel search engine for the end-to-end 
trip, from when the first plane takes off until when the last plane lands, 
including transit time, etc., and a fixed buffer for getting to the airport, 
etc. 

Still not really accurate, but it helps factor in indirect routing and the 
like. The shortest available current routing is chosen; that routing may not 
actually be available during the meeting, etc.

Cheers,

--
Mark Nottingham   http://www.mnot.net/




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