- Between the gates
- From the first plane reaching its gate to the second plane leaving its gate (the next day for an overnight
connection). It is the time on the ground before walking, queues and boarding, which closes before the second plane leaves.
- Minus figures
- The second plane left before the first reached its gate: a day the connection could not be made.
- The last 10 days
- The latest days, within three weeks, on which both flights flew 15 minutes to 12 hours apart on that
day's timetable, latest first. A day with a cancelled flight or without a gate time on the board is shown as that.
- Typically
- The middle value: half the days, or connections, had more, half had less.
- The timetable
- The time between the two flights as scheduled. Each day is set against it.
- Gate times
- Boards post different clocks. Where a board posts the take-off time, we subtract the airport's usual minutes
from the gate to the runway; where it posts the touchdown, we add the usual taxi to the gate. Both are measured against aircraft positions
for each airport.
- Partner airlines
- The same airline, or airlines of one alliance or group, which sell connections on one ticket.
- A connection, on airport pages
- An arrival and a departure on the same day on partner airlines, to a different place than it
came from, 25 minutes to 4 hours apart on the timetable. One plane under several flight numbers counts once. The last 28 days.
- Which airports
- Airports whose boards give a gate time for most of their flights. Frankfurt, Munich and Dublin give one
for only some: their pages say how many, and many days there show no gate time.
- What we can't see
- Queues, gates and walking time, passport control, seats, and whether an airline holds a flight.
- What this is not
- Live flight information, or advice. Always check with your airline.