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Notable Aircraft at YYC Right Now

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

YYC Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Calgary International Airport 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
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Top Airlines at YYC Right Now

8 aircraft tracked

Snapshot from 12:50 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

Westjet Airlines
4
Westjet Encore
2
Horizon Air Industries
1
Air Canada
1
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

BOEING 737-700 leads the YYC pattern with 3 aircraft right now, followed by DE HAVILLAND DHC-8-400 Dash 8 at 2. The mix is a fingerprint of the operation. Narrowbody-heavy points to domestic trunk service; widebodies signal long-haul arrivals and departures.

Snapshot from 12:50 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

3
B737
BOEING 737-700
2
DH8D
DE HAVILLAND DHC-8-400 Dash 8
1
E75L
EMBRAER ERJ-170-200 (long wing)
1
B738
BOEING 737-800
1
A321
AIRBUS A-321

About Calgary International Airport

YYC's busiest nonstop destination is YVR, at 593 flights a week. 839 scheduled destinations overall, served by 158 airlines. Based in Calgary.

Elevation
3,557ft
Routes
839
Airlines
158
Busiest Route
YYC → YVR
593x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the YYC 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
WSWS 4022 B737 4,450 156kt 1nm 4277
WRWR 3544 DH8D 3,550 139kt 2nm 7007
WSWS 221 B738 4,975 164kt 5nm 1167
WSWS 343 B737 8,000 279kt 6nm 3426
WRWR 3604 DH8D 9,825 289kt 8nm 4243
WSWS 180 B737 5,450 177kt 8nm 2662
QXQX 2200 E75L 9,475 281kt 10nm 1307
ACAC 130 A321 11,025 334kt 22nm 1334

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