traffic
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The facts
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What it does
- Academic use
- The documentation asks academic users who find the project useful to cite a 2019 Journal of Open Source Software article by Xavier Olive.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Analysis features
- Documented trajectory tools include flight phase, landing, holding pattern, and pushback detection, trajectory resampling, and fuel or emissions estimation.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Data access limits
- OpenSky historical data access requires credentials, may return empty results due to coverage or storage limits, and commercial use is subject to OpenSky terms.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Data analysis
- The user guide covers data sources, trajectory labelling and generation, statistical analysis, and navigation events.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Data model
- Flight and Traffic structures wrap pandas DataFrames, while airspaces use Shapely geometries.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Data sources
- It can access open ADS-B traffic sources such as OpenSky Network and EUROCONTROL DDR files, and is designed to be extended to other data sources.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Exports
- The library supports exports to formats including CesiumJS and Google Earth.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The maker recommends installation in a fresh conda environment and says the required Python version is 3.9 or later.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The documentation lists access to OpenSky live and historical ADS-B data, EUROCONTROL data files, OpenStreetMap airport information, and OpenAP for fuel and emissions estimates.checked 5 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is distributed under the MIT License, which grants use, copying, modification, and distribution free of charge subject to its stated conditions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Traffic is a Python library for processing and analysing air traffic data, including trajectories and airspaces.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project README directs users to its Gitter chat for assistance and welcomes issue reports and contributions through GitHub.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Third-party access conditions
- Access to EUROCONTROL B2B AIXM files requires a EUROCONTROL-granted B2B certificate, and DDR access conditions are managed by EUROCONTROL.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Visualisation
- The documentation describes static visualisation with Matplotlib and dynamic visualisation in Jupyter Lab with Altair and ipyleaflet.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Visualization
- The library supports static visualization with Matplotlib and dynamic Jupyter visualizations with Altair and ipyleaflet, plus exports including CesiumJS and Google Earth.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Warranty
- The MIT license provides the software “AS IS” and disclaims warranties and liability.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
