We’ve been checking out new sites to add to our list of recommendations, being that the industry is subject to constant change. One of the most potential useful, without significant caveats, is Delaycast(currently in Beta).
It makes no guarantees, but it uses mathematical modeling and historical data to predict potential delays. It certainly can’t predict the future and it doesn’t try to predict the weather, but it is certainly a useful planning guideline.
Delaycast currently makes predictions for the top 60 airports, for the following airlines: Southwest, Northwest, JetBlue, American, Continental, US Airways, Delta, Alaska Airlines, United, and AirTran. They may expand with more data in the future.
There will be more on travel tool sites in the future here and on our sister blog, Infrequent Flier. We welcome your suggestions on sites we might have a look at. Our emphasis is on sites that provide a service. We usually exclude sites that act as online travel agents, ie Expedia, Travelocity, etc. as our philosophy is to advocate direct booking with the airline.