Job 30 · Observed-period screening dataset

Aircraft inferred at airports near recent hurricane tracks

A conservative aircraft-base signal from Sprinkle flight activity, compared with 20 seasons of official NHC hurricane-strength track observations.

Sources: Sprinkle flight legs and NHC HURDAT2Loading data date…Refresh: weekly activity; annual hurricane archive

This is historical exposure screening, not a storm forecast. An inferred airport is not a declared or permanent base. The page does not claim an aircraft was present during a hurricane, suffered damage or currently faces danger.

Reportable airports

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The public table keeps airports with at least three conservatively inferred aircraft and at least one hurricane-strength NHC track passing within 100 nautical miles during 2006–2025.

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Methodology

How the screening works

Kept registrations with at least 30 complete legs across at least 30 observed days.
Required at least 20 arrival/departure endpoints at the leading airport, at least 40% of all endpoints and at least 1.5 times the second airport’s visits.
Parsed the current Atlantic and East/Central Pacific HURDAT2 files through the completed 2025 season.
Kept hurricane-strength observations from 2006–2025 and interpolated each six-hour track at no more than 25-nautical-mile spacing.
Counted distinct hurricanes passing within 100 nautical miles of each inferred airport.

Editorial use

What must stay in the story

Always state the flight observation window and describe the airport as inferred from observed activity. Historical proximity is a repeat-exposure indicator only; it is not a forecast, damage model, insurance-risk score or operating-base declaration.

NHC HURDAT2 data archive · HURDAT2 format specification

Suggested source line: “Sprinkle analysis of complete observed flight legs from 7 May–20 July 2026 and NHC HURDAT2 hurricane tracks for 2006–2025.”