Live flights over Qualicum Beach Airport (XQU)
From 26 October to 1 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 38 departures and 35 arrivals at Qualicum Beach Airport, 10 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Victoria (YYJ), Comox (YQQ) and Vancouver (YVR). The airline seen most often is Azal Avia Cargo.
Airport data
- IATA code
- XQU
- ICAO code
- CAT4
- City
- Qualicum Beach
- Region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Elevation
- 58 m (191 ft)
- Coordinates
- 49.33746, -124.39309
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Qualicum Beach 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 Qualicum Beach.
Seen by the network
26 October – 1 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 26 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Tue 27 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Wed 28 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Thu 29 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Fri 30 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Sat 31 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Sun 1 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
Airlines
- Azal Avia CargoAHC 14
Aircraft
- PA31 17
- A169 14
- B212 10
- R44 8
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 4
- T206 4
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 Qualicum Beach 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/49.33746/lon/-124.39309/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Qualicum Beach right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Qualicum Beach Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Qualicum Beach: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of XQU, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Qualicum Beach Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (26 October – 1 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Azal Avia Cargo.
What are the main connections from Qualicum Beach Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (26 October – 1 November 2026), both ways: Victoria (YYJ, 3), Comox (YQQ, 2) and Vancouver (YVR, 1). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Qualicum Beach? +
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 Qualicum Beach Airport? +
Qualicum Beach Airport has IATA code XQU and ICAO code CAT4. It lies in British Columbia, Canada, at coordinates 49.33746, -124.39309.
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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