AC1978Air Canada · YYZ → YOW
updated 6h ago
Route confirmed Air Canada

AC1978 TorontoYYZ · 00:30 OttawaYOW

AC1978 by Air Canada flies from Toronto (YYZ) to Ottawa (YOW) for the Wed, Nov 4 departure.

Right nowEn route to Ottawa · off blocks 02:10 · 100 min late
En route

en route from YYZ to YOW

En routeAC1978 · position estimated
YYZTorontoYOWOttawa
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 02:10 · typical taxi-out at YYZ ≈ 11 min.

Typical gate push+48 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+33+67+100 min
11-04
+100 gate
10-24
+25 gate
10-23
+48 gate
10-22
+2 gate
10-21
+100 gate

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
YYZTorontoOn-time likelyYYZ delay board →
YOWOttawaOn-time likelyYOW delay board →
YYZ→YOWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Tomorrow at YYZ

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High17°Clikely 16°C to 19°C
Low12°Clikely 10°C to 15°C
  • 87% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Toronto to Ottawa flights today

same route · Air Canada
AC472departs 00:30
AC1914departs 07:10
AC440departs 07:10
AC444departs 08:00
AC1912departs 08:05
AC1916departs 08:05

If AC1978 is cancelled, these are the other Air Canada nonstop flights from Toronto to Ottawa on the same day, with scheduled departure times in YYZ local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How AC1978 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AC1978 across the YYZ and YOW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~33 min late. Based on 5 confirmed departures · 2/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AC1978 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
11-04YYZ 00:30 02:10 (+100)YOW
10-24YYZ 00:30 00:55 (+25)YOW
10-23YYZ 00:30 01:18 (+48)YOW
10-22YYZ 00:30 00:32 (+2)YOW
10-21YYZ 00:30 02:10 (+100)YOW

Aircraft

Recent tails: C-FSCY, C-GEIV, C-0506B.

Board clocks recorded as YYZ and YOW published them.

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https://proflightsearch.com/flight/AC1978
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