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Error code:   StreamingRowsError
Exception:    CastError
Message:      Couldn't cast
IATA_CODE: string
AIRPORT: string
CITY: string
STATE: string
COUNTRY: string
LATITUDE: double
LONGITUDE: double
to
{'IATA_CODE': Value('string'), 'AIRLINE': Value('string')}
because column names don't match
Traceback:    Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/utils.py", line 147, in get_rows_or_raise
                  return get_rows(
                      dataset=dataset,
                  ...<4 lines>...
                      column_names=column_names,
                  )
                File "/src/libs/libcommon/src/libcommon/utils.py", line 272, in decorator
                  return func(*args, **kwargs)
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/utils.py", line 127, in get_rows
                  rows_plus_one = list(itertools.islice(safe_iter(ds, dataset=dataset), rows_max_number + 1))
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/utils.py", line 478, in safe_iter
                  yield from ds.decode(False) if ds.features else ds
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/iterable_dataset.py", line 2818, in __iter__
                  for key, example in ex_iterable:
                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/iterable_dataset.py", line 2355, in __iter__
                  for key, pa_table in self._iter_arrow():
                                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/iterable_dataset.py", line 2380, in _iter_arrow
                  for key, pa_table in self.ex_iterable._iter_arrow():
                                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/iterable_dataset.py", line 536, in _iter_arrow
                  for key, pa_table in iterator:
                                       ^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/iterable_dataset.py", line 419, in _iter_arrow
                  for key, pa_table in self.generate_tables_fn(**gen_kwags):
                                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/parquet/parquet.py", line 220, in _generate_tables
                  yield Key(file_idx, batch_idx), self._cast_table(pa_table)
                                                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/parquet/parquet.py", line 156, in _cast_table
                  pa_table = table_cast(pa_table, self.info.features.arrow_schema)
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2369, in table_cast
                  return cast_table_to_schema(table, schema)
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2297, in cast_table_to_schema
                  raise CastError(
                  ...<3 lines>...
                  )
              datasets.table.CastError: Couldn't cast
              IATA_CODE: string
              AIRPORT: string
              CITY: string
              STATE: string
              COUNTRY: string
              LATITUDE: double
              LONGITUDE: double
              to
              {'IATA_CODE': Value('string'), 'AIRLINE': Value('string')}
              because column names don't match

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US DOT Flight Delays — 2015 (Parquet Version)

This dataset contains 5,819,079 records of commercial flights in the United States during 2015.
It has been converted to Parquet for efficient analytics in Python, DuckDB, Ibis, Spark, and Polars.

Files included

  • flights.parquet (main fact table)
  • airlines.parquet (carrier info)
  • airports.parquet (airport geolocation & metadata)
  • cancellation_codes.parquet (mapping table)

Source

U.S. Department of Transportation — Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Public Domain (U.S. Government Work)

Original dataset: https://www.transtats.bts.gov/

Notes

  • Original data downloaded from the U.S. DOT (via Maven Analytics frontend).
  • This version is provided as a Parquet file for efficient loading in Python, DuckDB, Polars, and Ibis.

Schema

  • 39 fields in flights.parquet
  • Includes departure/arrival times, delays, distance, carrier, and airport identifiers

Recommended Usage

Python (Polars)

import polars as pl

flights = pl.read_parquet("flights.parquet")
airlines = pl.read_parquet("airlines.parquet")
airports = pl.read_parquet("airports.parquet")
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