Hello,
Can I get explanation on filed_ete, filed_departuretime and estimatedarrival time?
I am thinking that if filed_ete is the estimated duration, then if I convert filed_ete to seconds, technically
estimatedarrivaltime - filed_departuretime = filed_ete
but it is not the same.
There are about 10-15 minutes difference
filed_ete is the estimated time enroute at the time the flight plan was filed.
filed_departuretime is the scheduled time of departure.
Although it is not directly exposed, you can compute the equivalent of a “filed_arrivaltime” by calculating filed_departuretime + filed_ete.
estimatedarrivaltime will initially be very close to the filed_arrivaltime, but estimatedarrivaltime is dynamic and will change prior to departure and while the flight is enroute to reflect delays or differences in airspeed.
If a flight is delayed does this change the filed_departure time? Or does filed_departure stay static and then to calculate the how late the departure was do this (actualdeparturetime - filed_departuretime)
Please advise thanks!
filed_departuretime is static and corresponds to the filed time for the IFR flight plan. And yes you can see the delay by comparing actualdeparturetime to filed_departuretime.
Hi, I’m calculating the delay of a flight like this: (actualdeparturetime - filed_departuretime)
Then I compare it on this link
https://it.flightaware.com/live/flight/{number}
Most often the result of the calculation corresponds to the delay marked in the link, other times there is a very high difference, other times the link does not report any delay.
Some advice?