O'Hare and Narita

III. Open data exploration and data analysis
Course student learning outcome three: Students will be able to engage in data exploration and analysis using appropriate statistical techniques including numeric calculations, graphical approaches, and tests.

O'HareNarita
O'Hare on the left, Narita on the right above.

Date O'Hare Domestic O'Hare International Narita Domestic Narita International
Jun 2013 32778 3988 4019 14358
Jul 2013 34573 4198 4183 15349
Aug 2013 34426 4215 4230 15790
Sep 2013 31793 3634 3893 15014
Oct 2013 33736 3996 3836 15148
Nov 2013 30621 3133 3627 14342
Dec 2013 29200 3245 3888 14947
Jan 2014 24854 2994 4144 15125
Feb 2014 25816 2805 3875 13598
Mar 2014 31157 3824 4701 15783
Apr 2014 31273 3479 4014 14506
May 2014 32103 3780 4094 15011

The main airport serving Chicago is O'Hare. Chicago is the headquarters of United Airlines and O'Hare serves as a central hub* for many domestic and international flights. The main airport serving Tokyo is Narita. Tokyo is the headquarters of Japan Air Lines and Narita also serves as a central hub for many domestic and international flights. The data in the tables is the number of flights per month from June 2013 to May 2014 at each airport. Both the domestic and international flights are reported. Aircraft flights include both arrivals and departures. Sources: http://www.transtats.bts.gov/Data_Elements.aspx?Data=2 and http://www.naa.jp/en/airport/traffic.html.

Provide numeric statistical support for the answers to the following questions.

Do not simply write down any and all statistics you have ever learned. Answer the questions and then cite the specific statistic, statistics, or charts that support that answer. When citing a statistic or statistics, include both the name of the statistic and the numeric value. If citing a chart, make a sketch of that chart to support your answer.

*"Airline hubs are airports that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. It is part of a hub and spoke model, where travelers moving between airports not served by direct flights change planes en route to their destinations." - Wikipedia.