AC8656Air Canada · YVR → PDX
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Route confirmed Air Canada

AC8656 VancouverYVR · 19:30 PortlandPDX · 20:46

AC8656 by Air Canada flies from Vancouver (YVR) to Portland (PDX) for the Fri, Nov 6 departure.

Right nowExpected in Portland · On Time
20:46

arrival expected at PDX · on schedule

⚖ AC8656 typically leaves +13 and lands −4. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−4 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~17 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 10tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-06
+8 gate
11-05
+14 gate · −4 arrival
11-04
+17 gate · −4 arrival
11-02
+18 gate · −2 arrival
11-01
+16 gate · −2 arrival
10-31
+6 gate · −24 arrival
10-30
+8 gate · −15 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 −4 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
YVRVancouverOn-time likelyYVR delay board →
PDXPortlandOn-time likelyPDX delay board →
YVR→PDXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
32%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.0%Chance of cancellation
+14 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by PDX (Portland), currently flying VFR (visual). 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
  • 96% 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 Portland

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High17°Clikely 16°C to 19°C
Low11°Clikely 9°C to 13°C
  • 94% 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 Vancouver to Portland flights today

same route · Air Canada
AC8650departs 08:10
AC8652departs 13:25
AC8654departs 17:15

If AC8656 is cancelled, these are the other Air Canada nonstop flights from Vancouver to Portland 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 AC8656 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AC8656 across the YVR and PDX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 8/9 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AC8656 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 19:30 19:38 (+8)PDX 20:46
11-05YVR 20:30 20:44 (+14)PDX 20:46 20:42 (−4)
11-04YVR 20:30 20:47 (+17)PDX 20:46 20:42 (−4)
11-02YVR 20:30 20:48 (+18)PDX 20:46 20:44 (−2)
11-01YVR 20:30 20:46 (+16)PDX 20:46 20:44 (−2)
10-31YVR 19:30 19:36 (+6)PDX 20:46 20:22 (−24)
10-30YVR 19:30 19:38 (+8)PDX 20:46 20:31 (−15)
10-27YVR 19:30 19:33 (+3)PDX 20:46 20:20 (−26)
10-26YVR 19:30 19:48 (+18)PDX 20:46 20:34 (−12)
10-25YVR 19:30 19:42 (+12)PDX 20:46 (+0)

Aircraft

Recent tails: C-GGOI, C-GGNF, C-GJZN, C-FLJZ.

Board clocks recorded as YVR and PDX published them.

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