Live flights over Canberra Airport (CBR)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 496 departures and 489 arrivals at Canberra Airport, 141 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Sydney (SYD), Melbourne (MEL) and Brisbane (BNE). The airline seen most often is QantasLink.
Airport data
- IATA code
- CBR
- ICAO code
- YSCB
- City
- Canberra
- Region
- Australian Capital Territory
- Country
- Australia
- Elevation
- 575 m (1,886 ft)
- Coordinates
- -35.3069, 149.19501
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Canberra Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Canberra.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 77 | 73 | 150 |
| Mon 2 | 64 | 66 | 130 |
| Tue 3 | 64 | 67 | 131 |
| Wed 4 | 89 | 87 | 176 |
| Thu 5 | 87 | 82 | 169 |
| Fri 6 | 79 | 83 | 162 |
| Sat 7 | 36 | 31 | 67 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Sydney SYD 260 flights
- Melbourne MEL 162 flights
- Brisbane BNE 101 flights
- Adelaide ADL 44 flights
- Gold Coast OOL 18 flights
- Perth PER 14 flights
- Geelong/Melbourne AVV 12 flights
- Tamworth TMW 2 flights
- Williamtown NTL 2 flights
- Proserpine PPP 1 flights
- Maroochydore MCY 1 flights
- Devonport DPO 1 flights
- Lismore LSY 1 flights
- East Albury ABX 1 flights
- Essendon Fields MEB 1 flights
- Hobart HBA 1 flights
1 more connections
- Launceston LST 1
Airlines
- QantasLinkQLK 371
- Virgin AustraliaVOZ 231
- 34 Squadron, Royal Australian Air ForceEVY 44
- Jetstar AirwaysJST 36
- QantasQFA 16
- Fiji AirwaysFJI 4
- Royal Australian Air ForceASY 2
- QKLQKL 1
Aircraft
- Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 241
- SF34 118
- Boeing 737-800 B738 83
- Embraer E190 E190 78
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 53
- Airbus A220-300 BCS3 47
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee P28A 39
- Boeing 737-700 B737 36
- C441 35
- A139 28
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Canberra Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/-35.3069/lon/149.19501/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Canberra right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Canberra Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Canberra: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of CBR, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Canberra Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were QantasLink, Virgin Australia, 34 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Jetstar Airways and Qantas.
What are the main connections from Canberra Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Sydney (SYD, 260), Melbourne (MEL, 162), Brisbane (BNE, 101), Adelaide (ADL, 44) and Gold Coast (OOL, 18). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Canberra? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Canberra Airport? +
Canberra Airport has IATA code CBR and ICAO code YSCB. It lies in Australian Capital Territory, Australia, at coordinates -35.3069, 149.19501.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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