How does your flight usually go?
On time, the air on the way, the airports and the plane, in one score: its Pulse.
Pulse: how a flight usually goes, in one number
Four parts, each 0 to 100, averaged; what we have no data for is left out. How the trip feels, never how safe it is.
- Steady 80 and up
- Uneven 65–79
- Restless below 65
Sample numbers, not a real flight: how every flight’s Pulse is counted
On time88Does it keep to its schedule? Leaves and lands on time, by its own record.
In Air90Will it be bumpy? Turbulence along the whole way.
Airports71How long will the airports take? Your minutes from security to the city.
Aircraft60What will the cabin be like? How new the plane is, and room on a long flight.- Pulse of the sample77Uneven The average of the four, rounded: (88 + 90 + 71 + 60) ÷ 4
How each part is counted
What a flight page answers
Before you fly
At the terminalWhen to be at the door, and how busy security isPart of Pulse: Airports
DepartureDoes it usually leave on time, and how late when notPart of Pulse: On time
The planeWhich plane, how old, how the seats are laid outPart of Pulse: Aircraft
In the air
The routeWhich way it flies, and how long over open water
BumpsWill it be bumpy, where and for how longPart of Pulse: In Air
From the windowWhat you see, and which side gets the sunrise
After landing
WeatherWhat it is like outside the week you land
Passport controlHow busy it is at your quarter hourPart of Pulse: Airports
Into the cityCar or public transport, which is quicker then
Where the data comes from
Live, read every minute
Airport departure boards
Read every minute at the airports that publish them: the source of status, gates and delays.
Live, as pilots get them
Aviation weather reports
Storm and turbulence warnings for pilots, matched to your route.
Read, from the registers
Aircraft registers
Type, age and seats of the actual plane flying the route.
Counted, from its last departures
Our own archive
Every flight’s record from its own last departures: how many left on time and how late the rest were.
For business
Every flight answered in one call: the flight, both airports at its hour, and its Pulse.
- Travel searchSort a route by calm, not only by price.
- InsurersPrice delay cover from each flight’s own record.
- AirlinesSee your flight beside every other on the route.
New York London
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VS 4Virgin Atlantic61Restless - PM
UA 16United Airlines · Newark58Restless - PM
AA 100American Airlines63Restless - PMUA 14United Airlines · Newark52Restless
In departure order: VS 4 leaves first, UA 14 last.
Four flights of one evening · sample data