uOttawaHack8 Trajectory Insight Challenge

Create a tool for the national flight planning center that extracts insights from a list of daily planned flights and proposes solutions for conflicts and hot spots while taking into account cost and efficiency. The idea is that air traffic planners will use the insights from your tool to adjust the planned flight operations. Feel free to use the flight planning data above, or create your own synthetic data.

⚠️ Data Disclaimer

IMPORTANT: This is synthetic data for hackathon purposes only.

Not for Operational Use

• ❌ DO NOT use this data for actual flight planning, air traffic control, or aviation operations
• ❌ This data does not represent real flights, schedules, or aircraft positions
• ❌ Airport coordinates are approximate and simplified for visualization purposes
• ❌ Waypoints are fictional and do not represent actual navigation routes
• ❌ Aircraft performance characteristics are generalized approximations

JSON Format

Structure

[
  {
    "ACID": "ACA101",
    "Plane type": "Boeing 787-9",
    "route": "49.97N/110.935W 49.64N/92.114W",
    "altitude": 37000,
    "departure airport": "CYYZ",
    "arrival airport": "CYVR",
    "departure time": 1736244000,
    "aircraft speed": 485.0,
    "passengers": 280,
    "is_cargo": false
  }
]

Fields

Field	Type	Description	Example
ACID	string	Flight callsign (3-letter airline + 3 digits)	"ACA101"
Plane type	string	Aircraft model	"Boeing 787-9"
route	string	Space-separated waypoints in format LAT°N/LON°W. These are the points that the aircraft will fly between departure and arrival airport.	"49.97N/110.935W 49.64N/92.114W"
altitude	integer	Cruising altitude in feet	37000
departure airport	string	ICAO airport code	"CYYZ"
arrival airport	string	ICAO airport code	"CYVR"
departure time	integer	Unix timestamp (UTC)	1736244000
aircraft speed	float	Ground speed in knots	485.0
passengers	integer	Number of passengers (0 for cargo)	280
is_cargo	boolean	Whether this is a cargo flight	false

Time Format

All departure time values are Unix timestamps representing seconds since January 1, 1970, in UTC.

Example Conversions:

• 5:00 AM EST → 10:00 AM UTC → 1736244000
• 12:00 PM EST → 5:00 PM UTC → 1736269200
• 6:00 PM EST → 11:00 PM UTC → 1736290800
• 11:59 PM EST → 4:59 AM UTC (next day) → 1736312340

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Reference Data

Canadian Airports (ICAO Codes)

Code	Airport	City	Latitude	Longitude
CYYZ	Toronto Pearson	Toronto, ON	43.68°N	79.63°W
CYVR	Vancouver International	Vancouver, BC	49.19°N	123.18°W
CYUL	Montreal-Trudeau	Montreal, QC	45.47°N	73.74°W
CYYC	Calgary International	Calgary, AB	51.11°N	114.02°W
CYOW	Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier	Ottawa, ON	45.32°N	75.67°W
CYWG	Winnipeg Richardson	Winnipeg, MB	49.91°N	97.24°W
CYHZ	Halifax Stanfield	Halifax, NS	44.88°N	63.51°W
CYEG	Edmonton International	Edmonton, AB	53.31°N	113.58°W
CYQB	Quebec City Jean Lesage	Quebec City, QC	46.79°N	71.39°W
CYYJ	Victoria International	Victoria, BC	48.65°N	123.43°W
CYYT	St. John's International	St. John's, NL	47.62°N	52.75°W
CYXE	Saskatoon International	Saskatoon, SK	52.17°N	106.70°W

Aircraft Types

Passenger Aircraft:

• Wide-body: Boeing 787-9, Boeing 777-300ER, Airbus A330
• Narrow-body: Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737 MAX 8, Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Airbus A220-300
• Regional: Dash 8-400, Embraer E195-E2

Cargo Aircraft:

• Boeing 767-300F
• Boeing 757-200F
• Airbus A300-600F

Common Waypoints

49.97N/110.935W  (Alberta/Saskatchewan border)
49.64N/92.114W   (Manitoba)
45.88N/78.031W   (Eastern Ontario)
50.18N/71.405W   (Quebec)
49.82N/86.449W   (Northern Ontario)
52.45N/105.22W   (Central Saskatchewan)
48.22N/118.55W   (British Columbia)
46.15N/84.33W    (Northern Ontario)
47.50N/69.88W    (Eastern Quebec)
51.33N/100.44W   (Central Manitoba)
50.77N/115.66W   (Alberta Rockies)
44.55N/75.22W    (Eastern Ontario)

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Constraints

Altitude Constraints

Aircraft Type	Minimum Altitude	Maximum Altitude	Optimal Range
Regional (Dash 8, E195)	22,000 ft	28,000 ft	24,000-26,000 ft
Narrow-body (737, A320, A321)	28,000 ft	39,000 ft	33,000-37,000 ft
Wide-body (787, 777, A330)	31,000 ft	43,000 ft	37,000-41,000 ft
Cargo (767F, 757F, A300F)	28,000 ft	41,000 ft	35,000-39,000 ft

Speed Constraints

Aircraft Type	Cruise Speed	Minimum Speed	Maximum Speed
Turboprops (Dash 8)	360 knots	310 knots	410 knots
Regional jets (E195, A220)	420-450 knots	370 knots	500 knots
Narrow-body (737, A320, A321)	465-485 knots	415 knots	505 knots
Wide-body (787, 777, A330)	480-505 knots	430 knots	505 knots
Cargo (767F, 757F, A300F)	460-480 knots	410 knots	505 knots

Loss-of-Separation Detection

A loss-of-separation occurs when both conditions are simultaneously met:

1. Horizontal Separation < 5 nautical miles
2. Vertical Separation < 2,000 feet

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