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Apr 3, 2024 | 3:23 pm

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mduell

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I agree with the above, the airline isn't that "clever". For undeparted mainline flights today currently delayed by 2.5 - 3.5 hours, there's no cluster just below 3h:

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 estimated_delay | flights 
-----------------+-------
 02:30:00        |     2
 02:31:00        |     1
 02:32:00        |     1
 02:34:00        |     2
 02:35:00        |     1
 02:36:00        |     1
 02:38:00        |     2
 02:43:00        |     1
 02:45:00        |     2
 02:49:00        |     1
 02:50:00        |     3
 02:54:00        |     1
 02:55:00        |     1
 02:57:00        |     1
 03:00:00        |     3
 03:01:00        |     2
 03:06:00        |     1
 03:10:00        |     2
 03:11:00        |     1
 03:16:00        |     2
 03:17:00        |     1
 03:18:00        |     2
 03:23:00        |     1
 03:25:00        |     3
 03:30:00        |     4

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