Stack Exchange — aviation.stackexchange.com

A Stack Exchange (aviation.stackexchange.com) dataset of 12,428 users, 35,863 answer-collaboration edges, 25,475 questions, 48,309 answers, collected by Stack Exchange, Inc. via the annual Stack Exchange Data Dump. Each record contains user nodes (reputation, badge counts, vote history), directed weighted edges (answerer→asker, weight=answer score, count=interactions, accepted=bool), post text, tag distribution. User collaboration network from aviation.stackexchange.com — directed weighted graph where edges represent knowledge-sharing relationships (A answered B's question), with edge weight reflecting answer quality. Enables prestige hierarchy, community detection, and expertise flow analysis.. Suitable for expertise network analysis, reputation systems, community detection, knowledge flow, PageRank-based authority ranking, Q&A platform dynamics..

#Aviation#Expertise network#Stack exchange data dump

Download data BibTeX JSONSimilar datasets

Analytics

The interactive network needs JavaScript.

· graph.json

The full graph has 12,428 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

12.4K
Nodes
35.9K
Edges
2.32e-04
Density
75
Components
-0.1845
Assortativity
2.0%
Reciprocity
6.6K
Bridges
Most central nodes
36740.0169
227260.01682
33940.01392
5110.01344
276770.0132
32010.01263
690.01199
186280.01119
970.01119
33860.01062
Content metrics

73,784 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 7.207 ± 10.505
min -14max 326
view countμ 1.3K ± 5.8K
min 0max 264.1K
answer countμ 0.655 ± 1.263
min 0max 18
comment countμ 2.482 ± 3.147
min 0max 39
9.8
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
10.6
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
aircraftflightairenginepilotspeedwingliketimeusefuelplanelandingneedcontrolflyingflyliftgroundrunwayenginessystemaltitudepilotshighpressurepowerairportairplanedonfaaquestionapproachthrustwayknowdifferentweightdragexamplepointanglerequiredcaselowpossibleanswerrightsourcejet
Topic clusters

Topic 0

pilot
flight
certificate
faa
hour
training
fly
license

Topic 1

ndb
rwy
radar
radio
transponder
ads
datum
gps

Topic 2

accident
passenger
pilot
crash
parachute
flight
seat
plane

Topic 3

airline
aircraft
cost
maintenance
plane
passenger
service
engine

Topic 4

ice
cabin
pressure
air
oxygen
door
altitude
temperature

Topic 5

wing
lift
drag
sweep
flow
airfoil
vortex
angle

Topic 6

control
roll
aileron
trim
wing
surface
rudder
aircraft

Topic 7

propeller
engine
turbine
blade
air
compressor
fan
thrust

Topic 8

fuel
tank
engine
weight
dump
aircraft
jet
mixture

Topic 9

light
simulator
cockpit
flight
red
pilot
aircraft
camera

Topic 10

vfr
atc
ifr
tower
clearance
airspace
controller
flight

Topic 11

gear
brake
wheel
thrust
reverser
landing
reverse
pedal
Show all 18 topics

Topic 12

runway
airport
pattern
land
traffic
approach
aircraft
takeoff

Topic 13

speed
climb
altitude
lift
thrust
airspeed
high
weight

Topic 14

missile
fighter
radar
target
aircraft
weapon
air
bomber

Topic 15

rotor
helicopter
blade
torque
lift
hover
power
forward

Topic 16

stall
spin
angle
attack
recovery
recover
lift
wing

Topic 17

recorder
fdr
box
black
cvr
datum
record
voice
Top hashtags
#1163
#2150
#350
#3936
#425
#57
#66
#76
#v4
#173
#423
#n3
#specifications_3
#102
#112
#2202
#232
#252
#2672
#069341

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 284.8K records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
stackexchange-aviation-stackexchange-com
Authors
Stack Exchange, Inc.
Year
2025
Source paper
Stack Exchange Data Dump
License
CC BY-SA 2.5 / 3.0 / 4.0 (by post date) (CC-BY-SA-2.5 AND CC-BY-SA-3.0 AND CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Records
284,796
Nodes
12,428
Edges
35,863 (directed)
Nodes are
user (Stack Exchange account)
Edges are
answer collaboration (A answered B's question)
Attributes
nodes have attributes; edges have attributes
Text corpus
question titles, post bodies, comment text, tag names
Languages
en
Collected
2013/2024 (2010s, 2020s)
Tasks
From the graph: link prediction, community detection
Region
Global (inferred: the platform is used worldwide)

Provenance

Originally published at
https://archive.org/download/stackexchange link checked
Hosted copy
Mirrored on echo.directory on 2026-10-09, 101.7 MB across 1 files. Checksums in MANIFEST.json.

How to cite

BibTeX

@misc{echo2026,
  title  = {ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online},
  author = {Switzer, Braden and Zafarani, Reza},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://echo.directory},
  note   = {Syracuse University}
}

@misc{stackexchange_2025,
  title     = {Stack Exchange Data Dump},
  author    = {{Stack Exchange, Inc.}},
  year      = {2025},
  publisher = {Internet Archive},
  url       = {https://archive.org/download/stackexchange}
}

APA

Switzer, B., & Zafarani, R. (2026). ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online [Data repository]. Syracuse University. https://echo.directory

Stack Exchange, Inc. (2025). Stack Exchange — aviation.stackexchange.com [Data set]. https://stackexchange-aviation-stackexchange-com.echo.directory/

MLA

Switzer, Braden, and Reza Zafarani. ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online. Syracuse University, 2026, echo.directory.

Stack Exchange, Inc. Stack Exchange — aviation.stackexchange.com. 2025, stackexchange-aviation-stackexchange-com.echo.directory/.

BibTeX · RIS · CSL-JSON

Similar datasets 10 all with scores →