AC8597Air Canada Jetz · SMF → YVR
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Route confirmed Air Canada Jetz

AC8597 SacramentoSMF · 18:10 VancouverYVR · 20:13

AC8597 by Air Canada Jetz flies from Sacramento (SMF) to Vancouver (YVR) for the Mon, Sep 14 departure.

Right nowEn route to Vancouver · off blocks 18:28 · 18 min late
20:13

estimated arrival at YVR · local time · ~82 min from now

En routeAC8597 · position estimated
SMFSacramentoYVRVancouver
Estimated from the boardsarr 20:13

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 18:28 · typical taxi-out at SMF ≈ 5.1 min.

⚖ AC8597 typically leaves +6 and lands −17. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-14
+18 gate
09-13
+2 gate · −9 arrival
09-12
+9 gate · −24 arrival
09-11
+4 gate · −19 arrival
09-10
+6 gate · −14 arrival
09-09
+23 gate · +0 arrival
09-08
−2 gate · −22 arrival

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

median arrival −17 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
YVRVancouverOn-time likelyYVR delay board →
SMF→YVRevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SMF and YVR are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, 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 →

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 Sacramento to Vancouver flights today

same route · Air Canada Jetz
AC597departs 18:13

If AC8597 is cancelled, this is the other Air Canada Jetz nonstop flight from Sacramento to Vancouver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SMF local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AC8597 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AC8597 across the SMF and YVR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 13/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AC8597 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
09-14SMF 18:10 18:28 (+18)YVR 20:13
09-13SMF 18:10 18:12 (+2)YVR 20:13 20:04 (−9)
09-12SMF 18:10 18:19 (+9)YVR 20:13 19:49 (−24)
09-11SMF 18:10 18:14 (+4)YVR 20:13 19:54 (−19)
09-10SMF 18:10 18:16 (+6)YVR 20:13 19:59 (−14)
09-09SMF 18:10 18:33 (+23)YVR 20:13 (+0)
09-08SMF 18:10 18:08 (−2)YVR 20:13 19:51 (−22)
09-07SMF 18:10 (+0)YVR 20:13 19:55 (−18)
09-06SMF 18:10 18:09 (−1)YVR 20:13 19:56 (−17)
09-05SMF 18:10 18:08 (−2)YVR 20:13 19:42 (−31)
09-04SMF 18:10 18:35 (+25)YVR 20:13 20:11 (−2)
09-03SMF 18:10 19:43 (+93)YVR 20:13 21:18 (+65)
09-02SMF 18:10 18:20 (+10)YVR 20:13 (+0)
09-01SMF 18:13 (+0)YVR 20:13 19:50 (−23)

Aircraft

Recent tails: C-FJZL, C-FBJZ, C-FKJZ, C-GJZS.

Board clocks recorded as SMF and YVR published them.

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