·

Notable Aircraft at YQQ Right Now

Widebodies, super-heavies, military traffic, and emergency squawks in the YQQ pattern right now. If there's anything worth noticing, it surfaces here first.

YQQ Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Comox Valley International Airport / CFB Comox with gate, terminal, and current status. Separate from the live radar above, which shows every aircraft in the sky whether or not it's on a public schedule.

Status Airline Flight Destination Sched Updated Gate
No flights match your search.
No flight data available.

Top Airlines at YQQ Right Now

3 aircraft tracked

Snapshot from 02:19 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

Unknown
3
Browse all airlines

Aircraft Types in the Pattern

BELL 429 GlobalRanger and BEECH 1900 are tied at the top of the YQQ pattern with 1 aircraft each. The mix is a fingerprint of the operation. Narrowbody-heavy points to domestic trunk service; widebodies signal long-haul arrivals and departures.

Snapshot from 02:19 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

1
B429
BELL 429 GlobalRanger
1
B190
BEECH 1900
1
C208
CESSNA 208 Caravan

About Comox Valley International Airport / CFB Comox

YQQ's busiest nonstop destination is YVR, at 35 flights a week. 22 scheduled destinations overall, served by 13 airlines. Based in Comox.

Elevation
84ft
Routes
22
Airlines
13
Busiest Route
YQQ → YVR
35x/week
View all YQQ routes

All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the YQQ radar. Sort by any column. Click a row to open its tracker page with route arc, altitude profile, and live telemetry.

Callsign Route Type Dir Alt Speed Dist Squawk
CGSWV B190 3,150 201kt 11nm 6410
CGSSC C208 3,450 142kt 17nm 2443
CGUVI B429 3,925 60kt 22nm

Frequently Asked Questions

Aircraft positions refresh every few minutes. ADS-B is GPS-accurate, so what you see is within about 30 meters of the aircraft's position at broadcast time.

Altitude. Red on the ground, through green, teal, and blue for mid-altitudes, into violet above 40,000 feet. At a glance you can tell who just took off, who is climbing through the pattern, and who is cruising overhead.

They are inside the YQQ radar radius but not landing or departing here. Passing through en route to another airport. We flag them so the numbers for YQQ traffic actually reflect YQQ traffic.

Click any aircraft on the map. You get its track line across the region and an altitude profile showing the climb, cruise, and descent.

A pulsing red circle indicates an emergency squawk: 7500 (hijack), 7600 (comm failure), or 7700 (general emergency). These are legally-required codes pilots set when something is wrong.

The radar shows live aircraft positions. Gate, terminal, and schedule status sit in the Board section above this one.

GPS-accurate via ADS-B, typically within 30 meters horizontally. Positions refresh every few minutes. When a signal drops (mountain terrain, certain oceanic corridors), the marker holds the last-known position instead of disappearing.