Live flights over Canberra Airport (CBR)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 122 departures and 128 arrivals at Canberra Airport, 125 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 76 | 77 | 153 |
| Sat 24 | 46 | 51 | 97 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Sydney SYD 56 flights
- Melbourne MEL 40 flights
- Brisbane BNE 22 flights
- Adelaide ADL 9 flights
- Gold Coast OOL 5 flights
- Perth PER 4 flights
- Geelong/Melbourne AVV 1 flights
Airlines
- QantasLinkQLK 87
- Virgin AustraliaVOZ 53
- Jetstar AirwaysJST 10
- QantasQFA 4
- 34 Squadron, Royal Australian Air ForceEVY 3
- Fiji AirwaysFJI 2
- Royal Australian Air ForceASY 1
Aircraft
- Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 61
- Boeing 737-800 B738 27
- SF34 20
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee P28A 17
- Embraer E190 E190 16
- NG5 14
- A139 9
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 9
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 9
- C210 7
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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were QantasLink, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways, Qantas and 34 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
What are the main connections from Canberra Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Sydney (SYD, 56), Melbourne (MEL, 40), Brisbane (BNE, 22), Adelaide (ADL, 9) and Gold Coast (OOL, 5). 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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