The hours around a flight, explained.
Six hubs, in the trip's order. Every article answers its question first, with the numbers, and says what it can't tell you.
Leaving for the airport
When to leave, what security is like at this hour, how long a connection really is. The decisions you make before you see the plane.
Out the window
Which side for the sunset, why the path curves, what the ground is doing down there. The flight as a view.
Why it's late
Late aircraft, ground stops, the five reasons airlines report and which ones they control. What a delay means for your morning.
After landing
Landed is not off the plane, and off the plane is not at the curb. The minutes between, by airport, and when to leave to pick someone up.
Overhead and how tracking works
What's that plane, why the position lags, why the tracker and the airline disagree. How tracking works, in plain words.
The ride
How a flight should feel, what the bumps are, where to sit, and why the first twenty minutes are the busiest. Written to be read at the gate.