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Top Routes With Delivery Delays

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a query to identify the top 5 routes with the highest delivery delays. Calculate each route's average delay in minutes using delivered shipments with a recorded delay. Return the results in descending delay order, breaking ties by route ID in ascending order.

Output

  1. One row per route, with route_id, origin_facility, destination_facility, shipment_count, and average_delay_minutes.
  2. Include only the five highest-average-delay routes.
  3. Sort by average_delay_minutes descending, then route_id ascending.

Schema

routes
ColumnTypeDescription
route_idPKINTUnique route identifier
origin_facilityVARCHAR(100)Shipment origin facility
destination_facilityVARCHAR(100)Shipment destination facility
deliveries
ColumnTypeDescription
delivery_idPKINTUnique delivery record identifier
route_idINTRoute associated with the delivery
scheduled_delivery_dateDATEScheduled delivery date
delay_minutesNUMERIC(10,2)Delivery delay in minutes, with negative values indicating early delivery
statusVARCHAR(30)Delivery status
Tablesroutesdeliveries
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