USairports.R

#' US airport network, 2010 December
#'
#' @description
#'
#'   The network of passanger flights between airports in the United
#'   States. The data set was compiled based on flights in 2010
#'   December. This network is directed and edge directions correspond to
#'   flight directions. Each edge is specific to a single carrier aircraft
#'   type. Multiple carriers between the same two airports are denoted by
#'   multiple edges.
#'
#'   See information about the included meta-data below.
#'
#'
#'
#' @name USairports
#' @docType data
#' @usage
#' USairports
#' @format
#'   A directed `igraph` graph object, with multiple edges. It has a
#'   \sQuote{name} graph attribute, and several vertex and edge
#'   attributes. The vertex attributes:
#'   \describe{
#'     \item{name}{Symbolic vertex name, this is the three letter IATA
#'       airport code.}
#'     \item{City}{City and state, where the airport is located.}
#'     \item{Position}{Position of the airport, in WGS coordinates.}
#'   }
#'
#'   Edge attributes:
#'   \describe{
#'     \item{Carrier}{Name of the airline. The network includes both
#'       domestic and international carriers that performed at least one
#'       flight in December of 2010.}
#'     \item{Departures}{The number of departures (for a given airline and
#'       aircraft type.}
#'     \item{Seats}{The total number of seats available on the flights
#'       carried out by a given airline, using a given aircraft type.}
#'     \item{Passengers}{The total number of passangers on the flights
#'       carried out by a given airline, using a given aircraft type.}
#'     \item{Aircraft}{Type of the aircraft.}
#'     \item{Distance}{The distance between the two airports, in miles.}
#'   }
#' @source
#'   Most of this information was downloaded from The (now dissolved) Research and
#'   Innovative Technology Administration (RITA). See
#'   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_and_Innovative_Technology_Administration> for details. The airport
#'   position information was collected from Wikipedia and other public
#'   online sources.
#' @keywords datasets
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