AC218Air Canada · YVR → YYC
live · 21m ago
Route confirmed Air Canada

AC218 VancouverYVR · 18:00 CalgaryYYC · 20:29

AC218 by Air Canada flies from Vancouver (YVR) to Calgary (YYC) for the Fri, Nov 6 departure.

Right nowExpected in Calgary · today
20:29

arrival expected at YYC · on schedule

Typical gate push+10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−12 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~22 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-06
+10 gate
11-05
+10 gate · −12 arrival
11-04
+39 gate · +22 arrival
11-03
+6 gate · −13 arrival

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

The route today

live boards
YVRVancouverHigh riskYVR delay board →
YYCCalgaryOn-time likelyYYC delay board →
YVR→YYCevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.6%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at YVR and YYC are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow at Vancouver

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High13°Clikely 12°C to 14°C
Low7°Clikely 5°C to 10°C
  • 97% 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.

Tomorrow at Calgary

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High13°Clikely 10°C to 16°C
Low5°Clikely 2°C to 9°C
  • Gusts to 39 kt

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
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Vancouver to Calgary flights today

same route · Air Canada
AC200departs 06:25
AC8064departs 06:25
AC7074departs 07:09
AC204departs 07:35
AC2018departs 08:00
AC208departs 09:00

If AC218 is cancelled, these are the other Air Canada nonstop flights from Vancouver to Calgary on the same day, with scheduled departure times in YVR 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 AC218 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AC218 across the YVR and YYC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 min early. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 2/3 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AC218 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
11-06YVR 18:00 18:10 (+10)YYC 20:29
11-05YVR 18:00 18:10 (+10)YYC 20:29 20:17 (−12)
11-04YVR 18:00 18:39 (+39)YYC 20:29 20:51 (+22)
11-03YVR 18:00 18:06 (+6)YYC 20:29 20:16 (−13)

Aircraft

Recent tails: CGJXW, C-GJXW, CGUPL, C-GUPL.

Board clocks recorded as YVR and YYC published them.

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