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task Gaps & islands · hard

Three late legs in a row

For January 2025, consider each aircraft’s operated (not cancelled, not diverted) flights per flight_date in scheduled order. Return tail_number, flight_date, first_departure and late_legs for every run of at least 3 consecutive flights arriving more than 15 minutes late.

what to return

Columns
tail_numberflight_datefirst_departurelate_legs in this order
Rows
710 rows · any order
Skill
Detect consecutive runs of a condition in an ordered sequence. Refresher: Rolling averages & missing dates →

expected result

Your query should return exactly these columns and values. Run it and compare.

expected result710 rows · any order
tail_numberflight_datefirst_departurelate_legs
197NV2025-01-032025-01-03 07:304
197NV2025-01-232025-01-23 06:304
247NV2025-01-062025-01-06 16:113

first 3 of 710 rows

data you can query

U.S. Flights dataset: the first 6 rows of each table. Under each column name: the kind of value it holds, and which table it links to. Your queries run on all rows.

flights25 columns · 124,460 rows
flight_idnumber · unique idflight_datedate · links to calendarairline_codetext · links to airlinesflight_numbernumbertail_numbertextorigintext · links to airportsdestinationtext · links to airportsroute_idnumber · links to routesscheduled_departuredate & timeactual_departuredate & timedeparture_delaynumbertaxi_out_minutesnumberscheduled_arrivaldate & timeactual_arrivaldate & timearrival_delaynumberair_time_minutesnumberdistance_milesnumbercancellednumbercancellation_codetext · links to cancellation_reasonsdivertednumbercarrier_delaynumberweather_delaynumbernas_delaynumbersecurity_delaynumberlate_aircraft_delaynumber
12025-01-01AA2158N960NNSMFORD50422025-01-01 00:252025-01-01 00:3712102025-01-01 06:342025-01-01 06:18-1620217810NULL0NULLNULLNULLNULLNULL
22025-01-01AS150N524ASANCLAX902025-01-01 00:442025-01-01 00:42-2102025-01-01 07:082025-01-01 06:44-2428123450NULL0NULLNULLNULLNULLNULL
32025-01-01AA2319N861NNPHXORD40782025-01-01 00:452025-01-01 00:39-6172025-01-01 05:162025-01-01 04:44-3216014400NULL0NULLNULLNULLNULLNULL
42025-01-01UA2232N24516SFOORD48202025-01-01 00:592025-01-01 00:56-3312025-01-01 07:262025-01-01 07:23-321418460NULL0NULLNULLNULLNULLNULL
52025-01-01AA575N163AADFWCLT14572025-01-01 05:002025-01-01 04:55-5232025-01-01 08:322025-01-01 08:14-181059360NULL0NULLNULLNULLNULLNULL
62025-01-01AA1196N338STEWRMIA18082025-01-01 05:002025-01-01 04:53-7222025-01-01 08:202025-01-01 08:10-1015110850NULL0NULLNULLNULLNULLNULL
flight_idnumber · unique id
1
flight_datedate · links to calendar
2025-01-01
airline_codetext · links to airlines
AA
flight_numbernumber
2158
tail_numbertext
N960NN
origintext · links to airports
SMF
destinationtext · links to airports
ORD
route_idnumber · links to routes
5042
scheduled_departuredate & time
2025-01-01 00:25
actual_departuredate & time
2025-01-01 00:37
departure_delaynumber
12
taxi_out_minutesnumber
10
scheduled_arrivaldate & time
2025-01-01 06:34
actual_arrivaldate & time
2025-01-01 06:18
arrival_delaynumber
-16
air_time_minutesnumber
202
distance_milesnumber
1781
cancellednumber
0
cancellation_codetext · links to cancellation_reasons
NULL
divertednumber
0
carrier_delaynumber
NULL
weather_delaynumber
NULL
nas_delaynumber
NULL
security_delaynumber
NULL
late_aircraft_delaynumber
NULL
flight_idnumber · unique id
2
flight_datedate · links to calendar
2025-01-01
airline_codetext · links to airlines
AS
flight_numbernumber
150
tail_numbertext
N524AS
origintext · links to airports
ANC
destinationtext · links to airports
LAX
route_idnumber · links to routes
90
scheduled_departuredate & time
2025-01-01 00:44
actual_departuredate & time
2025-01-01 00:42
departure_delaynumber
-2
taxi_out_minutesnumber
10
scheduled_arrivaldate & time
2025-01-01 07:08
actual_arrivaldate & time
2025-01-01 06:44
arrival_delaynumber
-24
air_time_minutesnumber
281
distance_milesnumber
2345
cancellednumber
0
cancellation_codetext · links to cancellation_reasons
NULL
divertednumber
0
carrier_delaynumber
NULL
weather_delaynumber
NULL
nas_delaynumber
NULL
security_delaynumber
NULL
late_aircraft_delaynumber
NULL
flight_idnumber · unique id
3
flight_datedate · links to calendar
2025-01-01
airline_codetext · links to airlines
AA
flight_numbernumber
2319
tail_numbertext
N861NN
origintext · links to airports
PHX
destinationtext · links to airports
ORD
route_idnumber · links to routes
4078
scheduled_departuredate & time
2025-01-01 00:45
actual_departuredate & time
2025-01-01 00:39
departure_delaynumber
-6
taxi_out_minutesnumber
17
scheduled_arrivaldate & time
2025-01-01 05:16
actual_arrivaldate & time
2025-01-01 04:44
arrival_delaynumber
-32
air_time_minutesnumber
160
distance_milesnumber
1440
cancellednumber
0
cancellation_codetext · links to cancellation_reasons
NULL
divertednumber
0
carrier_delaynumber
NULL
weather_delaynumber
NULL
nas_delaynumber
NULL
security_delaynumber
NULL
late_aircraft_delaynumber
NULL
flight_idnumber · unique id
4
flight_datedate · links to calendar
2025-01-01
airline_codetext · links to airlines
UA
flight_numbernumber
2232
tail_numbertext
N24516
origintext · links to airports
SFO
destinationtext · links to airports
ORD
route_idnumber · links to routes
4820
scheduled_departuredate & time
2025-01-01 00:59
actual_departuredate & time
2025-01-01 00:56
departure_delaynumber
-3
taxi_out_minutesnumber
31
scheduled_arrivaldate & time
2025-01-01 07:26
actual_arrivaldate & time
2025-01-01 07:23
arrival_delaynumber
-3
air_time_minutesnumber
214
distance_milesnumber
1846
cancellednumber
0
cancellation_codetext · links to cancellation_reasons
NULL
divertednumber
0
carrier_delaynumber
NULL
weather_delaynumber
NULL
nas_delaynumber
NULL
security_delaynumber
NULL
late_aircraft_delaynumber
NULL
flight_idnumber · unique id
5
flight_datedate · links to calendar
2025-01-01
airline_codetext · links to airlines
AA
flight_numbernumber
575
tail_numbertext
N163AA
origintext · links to airports
DFW
destinationtext · links to airports
CLT
route_idnumber · links to routes
1457
scheduled_departuredate & time
2025-01-01 05:00
actual_departuredate & time
2025-01-01 04:55
departure_delaynumber
-5
taxi_out_minutesnumber
23
scheduled_arrivaldate & time
2025-01-01 08:32
actual_arrivaldate & time
2025-01-01 08:14
arrival_delaynumber
-18
air_time_minutesnumber
105
distance_milesnumber
936
cancellednumber
0
cancellation_codetext · links to cancellation_reasons
NULL
divertednumber
0
carrier_delaynumber
NULL
weather_delaynumber
NULL
nas_delaynumber
NULL
security_delaynumber
NULL
late_aircraft_delaynumber
NULL
flight_idnumber · unique id
6
flight_datedate · links to calendar
2025-01-01
airline_codetext · links to airlines
AA
flight_numbernumber
1196
tail_numbertext
N338ST
origintext · links to airports
EWR
destinationtext · links to airports
MIA
route_idnumber · links to routes
1808
scheduled_departuredate & time
2025-01-01 05:00
actual_departuredate & time
2025-01-01 04:53
departure_delaynumber
-7
taxi_out_minutesnumber
22
scheduled_arrivaldate & time
2025-01-01 08:20
actual_arrivaldate & time
2025-01-01 08:10
arrival_delaynumber
-10
air_time_minutesnumber
151
distance_milesnumber
1085
cancellednumber
0
cancellation_codetext · links to cancellation_reasons
NULL
divertednumber
0
carrier_delaynumber
NULL
weather_delaynumber
NULL
nas_delaynumber
NULL
security_delaynumber
NULL
late_aircraft_delaynumber
NULL

first 6 of 124,460 rows · your queries use all of them

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