wvu-flights ✈️

• a SQLite(3) database of flight records from West Virginia University
  • download the current flights.db (345 MB)
• a web-accessible way to browse and query the database (with rich forms and SQL queries) using the Datsette project
  • see https://l.abs.codes/data/wvu-data/flights
• a static website built with Hugo to display trip, passenger, and invoice data in an enriched way with support for basic text searches
  • see https://wvu-flights.pages.dev
• a simple command-line tool to help project admins manage database updates from the various formats (in scanned PDFs) as used by the WVU Office of Procurement Contracting & Payment Services and the West Virginia State Auditor's Office.
  • see ./cmd/wvuflights

Questions & Comments

See the Frequently Asked Questions in the repo wiki. Public questions & comments also available via email mailing list at ~abs/wvu-flights@lists.sr.ht.

License

This project is released into the public domain via Creative Commons Zero. See the LICENSE file.

Data

All information has been sourced from legal requests made under W.Va. Code § 29B-1-1 (WVFOIA)), and the intent is to keep the database updated on a rolling basis as information is released.

Current data includes 816 flights spanning from Jul 1, 2015 to Nov 12, 2023, with over $8.5 million dollars worth of flight costs. See ./data/schema.sql for the database schema.

trips by month

months total_cost num_trips 2023-11 $43,394 2 2023-10 $112,852 9 2023-09 $8,667 1 2023-08 $47,724 6 2023-07 $43,296 5 2023-06 $157,875 10 2023-05 $112,671 13 2023-04 $158,926 9 2023-03 $193,904 16 2023-02 $149,162 10 2023-01 $251,430 15 2022-12 $149,516 12 2022-11 $80,095 6 2022-10 $101,330 9 2022-09 $113,805 10 2022-08 $31,102 4 2022-07 $140,926 7 2022-06 $149,525 11 2022-05 $48,348 7 2022-04 $96,824 7 2022-03 $159,975 10 2022-02 $56,071 7 2022-01 $48,928 6 2021-11 $102,550 7 2021-10 $71,259 4 2021-09 $37,098 5 2021-08 $13,337 2 2021-07 $73,723 7 2021-06 $77,205 6 2021-05 $34,603 5 2021-04 $112,669 9 2021-03 $99,294 5 2021-02 $61,720 4 2021-01 $12,515 2 2020-12 $99,281 6 2020-11 $45,761 2 2020-10 $12,032 2 2020-09 $89,854 8 2020-08 $95,561 7 2020-07 $17,268 3 2020-06 $11,915 2 2020-05 $11,640 2 2020-04 $17,775 3 2020-03 $36,008 6 2020-02 $160,305 10 2020-01 $53,130 4 2019-12 $45,658 6 2019-11 $111,697 9 2019-10 $143,333 12 2019-09 $71,160 7 2019-08 $75,336 11 2019-07 $96,139 13 2019-06 $111,943 8 2019-05 $18,246 2 2019-04 $96,446 7 2019-03 $162,191 12 2019-02 $182,948 9 2019-01 $100,673 10 2018-12 $55,907 5 2018-11 $70,855 7 2018-10 $104,893 12 2018-09 $69,924 9 2018-08 $66,321 10 2018-07 $87,891 8 2018-06 $160,162 15 2018-05 $79,242 8 2018-04 $89,480 14 2018-03 $168,281 14 2018-02 $128,230 12 2017-11 $125,678 12 2017-06 $113,667 13 2017-05 $64,479 10 2017-04 $121,661 13 2017-03 $85,477 15 2017-02 $150,024 10 2017-01 $54,886 7 2016-12 $144,401 13 2016-11 $60,656 8 2016-10 $123,521 12 2016-09 $92,506 15 2016-08 $56,415 9 2016-07 $64,086 8 2016-06 $109,390 15 2016-05 $121,041 13 2016-04 $91,717 14 2016-03 $119,584 13 2016-02 $125,240 13 2016-01 $125,663 11 2015-12 $104,712 15 2015-11 $119,330 17 2015-10 $93,832 8 2015-08 $80,582 13 2015-07 $149,070 16 Total $8,597,466 816 View SQL Query SELECT months, total_cost, num_trips FROM ( SELECT strftime('%Y-%m', CASE WHEN instr(trips.date, ';') > 0 THEN substr(trips.date, instr(trips.date, ';') + 1) ELSE trips.date END ) AS months, PRINTF("$%,2d", SUM(fuel + landing + crew_expense + dom_tax + billing_amount)) AS total_cost, COUNT(*) AS num_trips, 1 AS sort_order FROM trips GROUP BY months UNION SELECT 'Total' AS months, PRINTF("$%,2d", SUM(fuel + landing + crew_expense + dom_tax + billing_amount)) AS total_cost, COUNT(*) AS num_trips, 2 AS sort_order FROM trips ) AS combined ORDER BY sort_order, months DESC;