This document discusses a big data project analyzing US airline flight data. The project aims to analyze over 500GB of flight data from the past 5 years to identify the top airlines and airports experiencing delays. Hadoop and MapReduce will be used to process and analyze the large dataset. The analysis will identify the top carriers experiencing delays as well as the top states and airports with departure delays. Findings will be visualized through graphs and a thematic map of US airline delays by state.