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YCD · CYCD British Columbia, Canada Live · — aircraft now within 80 km

Live flights over Nanaimo Airport (YCD)

From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 124 departures and 133 arrivals at Nanaimo Airport, 37 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Vancouver (YVR), Calgary (YYC) and Victoria (YYJ). The airline seen most often is WestJet Encore.

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Airport data

IATA code
YCD
ICAO code
CYCD
City
Nanaimo
Region
British Columbia
Country
Canada
Elevation
28 m (92 ft)
Coordinates
49.05497, -123.86986

What you can track here

Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Nanaimo 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 Nanaimo.

Seen by the network

1–7 November 2026

Movements a day
37
departures + arrivals
Departures
124
total, 7 days
Arrivals
133
total, 7 days
Connections
14
airports, airline flights

Movements per day

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60
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Day Departures Arrivals Total
Sun 1 14 13 27
Mon 2 16 19 35
Tue 3 25 23 48
Wed 4 18 23 41
Thu 5 22 23 45
Fri 6 14 15 29
Sat 7 15 17 32

Connections

airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen

  1. Vancouver YVR 71 flights
  2. Calgary YYC 32 flights
  3. Victoria YYJ 3 flights
  4. Kelowna YLW 2 flights
  5. Abbotsford YXX 2 flights
  6. Edmonton CA-1291 1 flights
  7. Qualicum Beach XQU 1 flights
  8. Pitt Meadows CYPK 1 flights
  9. Winnipeg YWG 1 flights
  10. Friday Harbor FRD United States 1 flights
  11. Eastsound ESD United States 1 flights
  12. Portland PDX United States 1 flights
  13. Palm Springs PSP United States 1 flights
  14. San Francisco SFO United States 1 flights

Airlines

  1. WestJet EncoreWEN 42
  2. Air Canada JazzJZA 40
  3. Morningstar Air ExpressMAL 19
  4. Fast AirPBR 9
  5. AirsprintASP 4
  6. Azal Avia CargoAHC 3
  7. Central Mountain AirGLR 2
  8. MVJMVJ 2
  9. Pacific JetPCJ 2
  10. Central Connect AirlinesCCG 1

Aircraft

  1. Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 83
  2. Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 29
  3. C208 24
  4. B190 19
  5. C408 19
  6. PA24 10
  7. BE20 8
  8. BE95 8
  9. PA31 8
  10. Pilatus PC-12 PC12 6

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.

Updated every night · the data as JSON (CC BY-SA 4.0)

This data in your app

Every aircraft within 80 km of Nanaimo 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/49.05497/lon/-123.86986/dist/80

Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Nanaimo right now?”

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Frequently asked questions

How can I see live flights over Nanaimo Airport? +

Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Nanaimo: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of YCD, refreshed every few seconds.

Which airlines fly from Nanaimo Airport? +

Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were WestJet Encore, Air Canada Jazz, Morningstar Air Express, Fast Air and Airsprint.

What are the main connections from Nanaimo Airport? +

The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Vancouver (YVR, 71), Calgary (YYC, 32), Victoria (YYJ, 3), Kelowna (YLW, 2) and Abbotsford (YXX, 2). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.

Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Nanaimo? +

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 Nanaimo Airport? +

Nanaimo Airport has IATA code YCD and ICAO code CYCD. It lies in British Columbia, Canada, at coordinates 49.05497, -123.86986.

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.

Nearby airports

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XQU · CAT4
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YYJ · CYYJ
Victoria International Airport
British Columbia, Canada
ESD · KORS
Orcas Island Airport
Washington, United States

Improve coverage over Nanaimo

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