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Work · May 7, 2014

Flight Times Sliced, Diced and Visualized (side project)

Leaves SFO San Francisco 2 minutes early. 17 minutes taxiing out. 56 minutes in the air. 10 minutes taxiing in. Arrives LAX Los Angeles 6 minutes early.

Flight Times Sliced, Diced and Visualized (side project) launched on May 7, 2014 with 69 votes, #466 of 1,247 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

In plain words

Flight Times Sliced, Diced and Visualized breaks down flights into specific stages, showing departure delays, taxiing time, air time, and arrival status. For the San Francisco to Los Angeles route, it displays the 56-minute flight duration within a total 1 hour 25 minutes journey time. The tool visualizes how much time planes spend on the ground versus in the air, useful for travelers who want a detailed understanding of their flight schedule rather than just total travel time.

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The flight time from San Francisco to Los Angeles is 1 hour, 25 minutes. The time spent in the air is 56 minutes. The flight distance from San Francisco to Los Angeles is 337 Miles. The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate. The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight…from flightsphere.com

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