How KnowDelay Works
Avoiding Airport Weather Delays
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, approximately 74% of all flight delays are due to inclement weather.
Being stuck in an airport is frustrating, expensive, and worrisome. Airlines don’t reimburse for weather-related delays, and they can cost travelers hundreds of dollars. And then there’s the personal cost of lost productivity, missed meetings, or lost vacation time with family.
KnowDelay helps travelers avoid weather-related flight delays. We predict flight delays and notify travelers up to three days in advance, while there’s still time to find alternatives or change plans.
Our team of experts worked for years to develop a predictive engine that takes into account weather and airport performance to be able to score your itinerary. We continue to work around the clock to monitor your flights and improve our predictive algorithms.
How We Do It
KnowDelay was founded by airline pilots, technologists, and academics who recognized how complex weather and airline operations can be. As airline pilots, we incorporate the policies and practices used every day – such as closely monitoring weather and developing alternative plans – into the KnowDelay system. We developed the service specifically to help travelers avoid those frustrating weather-related delays.
We’ve created a unique weather “recipe” that uses a variety of weather models to estimate the impact and duration of a weather event and then translate that weather impact into predicted airport delays. We also look at weather across a large radius around the airport, since delays can be caused by weather that’s far from the airport. That’s all accounted for in our modeling of the hundreds of airports in North America; we especially focused on the most weather delay-prone airports in the United States.
Keeping It Simple
While the science behind KnowDelay is complex, we keep information delivery simple. We provide our predictions using an easy-to-understand three-color traffic light system: Red, Yellow, and Green, showing the likelihood of 30-minute or greater airport weather delays.
Save Time & Money With KnowDelay
Our 93% accurate model saves our customers time and money by allowing them to avoid costly airport weather delays. But we don’t always get it right; not much in life is 100% guaranteed. Just like the airline world, we don’t want to be caught flat-footed, so we over-predict bad weather. Like an airline pilot, you’ll never be surprised and you’ll have alternatives.
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