Anomaly detection of private jet flights

(ews.kylemcdonald.net)

25 points | by kcimc 4 days ago ago

3 comments

  • kcimc 4 days ago ago

    i built a small system that tracks a fixed cohort of business jets (from FAA registry data, matched via ICAO hex) and counts how many are airborne at a given time.

    it ingests ADS-B exchange heatmap files (30 min intervals), backfills historical counts, and compares the current value to a baseline for similar times of day/week.

    the output is a simple deviation, shown as an "emergency level".

    in practice it mostly shows a strong daily cycle, with occasional spikes during holidays, or on april 6th when trump threatened "a whole civilization will die tonight".

    • saargrin a day ago ago

      where did they go on april 6th btw?

      would be nice if you had like a historical record of what happened when your alert level went above 3

  • pcdoodle 4 days ago ago

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