Live flights over Vancouver International Airport (YVR)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 2,366 departures and 2,327 arrivals at Vancouver International Airport, 670 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Calgary (YYC), Kelowna (YLW) and Edmonton (CA-1291). The airline seen most often is Air Canada.
Airport data
- IATA code
- YVR
- ICAO code
- CYVR
- City
- Vancouver
- Region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Elevation
- 4 m (14 ft)
- Coordinates
- 49.1939, -123.184
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Vancouver International 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 Vancouver.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 295 | 271 | 566 |
| Mon 2 | 341 | 347 | 688 |
| Tue 3 | 347 | 355 | 702 |
| Wed 4 | 350 | 337 | 687 |
| Thu 5 | 348 | 343 | 691 |
| Fri 6 | 362 | 347 | 709 |
| Sat 7 | 323 | 327 | 650 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Calgary YYC 400 flights
- Kelowna YLW 224 flights
- Edmonton CA-1291 214 flights
- Victoria YYJ 194 flights
- Toronto YYZ 192 flights
- Seattle SEA United States 171 flights
- San Francisco SFO United States 92 flights
- Winnipeg YWG 81 flights
- Nanaimo YCD 71 flights
- Montréal YUL 53 flights
- Fort Saint John YXJ 50 flights
- Los Angeles LAX United States 48 flights
- Portland PDX United States 45 flights
- Denver DEN United States 44 flights
- Las Vegas LAS United States 41 flights
- Palm Springs PSP United States 38 flights
32 more connections
- Hong Kong HKG 32
- Phoenix PHX 31
- Seoul ICN 31
- Hamilton YHM 29
- Ottawa YOW 29
- Salt Lake City SLC 29
- Comox YQQ 28
- Honolulu, Oahu HNL 28
- Minneapolis MSP 27
- Sydney SYD 21
- Cancún CUN 20
- Saskatoon YXE 19
- Chicago ORD 18
- Narita NRT 18
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 17
- Montréal YHU 15
- London LHR 13
- Cincinnati / Covington CVG 13
- Taoyuan TPE 13
- Brisbane BNE 13
- Campbell River YBL 9
- Seattle BFI 9
- Manila MNL 8
- Newark EWR 7
- New York JFK 7
- San Diego SAN 7
- Auckland AKL 7
- Memphis MEM 6
- Louisville SDF 6
- Tokyo HND 6
- Frankfurt am Main FRA 5
- Sacramento SMF 5
Airlines
- Air CanadaACA 846
- Air Canada JazzJZA 747
- WestJetWJA 520
- WestJet EncoreWEN 263
- Flair AirlinesFLE 169
- Air Canada RougeROU 164
- United AirlinesUAL 99
- Porter AirlinesPOE 97
- Carson AirCRN 95
- Cargojet AirwaysCJT 83
Aircraft
- Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 662
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 543
- Airbus A220-300 BCS3 388
- Boeing 737-800 B738 294
- CRJ7 249
- Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner B789 246
- B190 191
- Boeing 777-300ER B77W 156
- Airbus A321 A321 128
- Bombardier CRJ900 CRJ9 109
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 Vancouver International 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/49.1939/lon/-123.184/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Vancouver right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Vancouver International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Vancouver: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of YVR, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Vancouver International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz, WestJet, WestJet Encore and Flair Airlines.
What are the main connections from Vancouver International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Calgary (YYC, 400), Kelowna (YLW, 224), Edmonton (CA-1291, 214), Victoria (YYJ, 194) and Toronto (YYZ, 192). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Vancouver? +
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 Vancouver International Airport? +
Vancouver International Airport has IATA code YVR and ICAO code CYVR. It lies in British Columbia, Canada, at coordinates 49.1939, -123.184.
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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