Live flights over Nanaimo Airport (YCD)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 25 departures and 33 arrivals at Nanaimo Airport, 29 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Vancouver (YVR), Calgary (YYC) and Abbotsford (YXX). The airline seen most often is Air Canada Jazz.
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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| Sat 24 | 14 | 18 | 32 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Vancouver YVR 19 flights
- Calgary YYC 15 flights
- Abbotsford YXX 2 flights
Airlines
- Air Canada JazzJZA 13
- WestJet EncoreWEN 13
- Morningstar Air ExpressMAL 3
- AirsprintASP 2
- Sunwest AviationCNK 2
- Fast AirPBR 2
- Q Jets Aviation Ltd.SDE 2
Aircraft
- Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 26
- C208 9
- B190 4
- C185 3
- C408 3
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 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/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Nanaimo right now?”
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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Air Canada Jazz, WestJet Encore, Morningstar Air Express, Airsprint and Sunwest Aviation.
What are the main connections from Nanaimo Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Vancouver (YVR, 19), Calgary (YYC, 15) 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.
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