AC281Air Canada · YVR → YXY
live · 39m ago
Route confirmed Air Canada

AC281 VancouverYVR · 20:05 WhitehorseYXY

AC281 by Air Canada flies from Vancouver (YVR) to Whitehorse (YXY) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowEn route to Whitehorse · off blocks 20:21 · 16 min late
En route

en route from YVR to YXY

En routeAC281 · position estimated
YVRVancouverYXYWhitehorse
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 20:21 · typical taxi-out at YVR ≈ 8.9 min.

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+16 gate
10-30
+17 gate
10-29
+23 gate
10-27
+8 gate
10-26
+13 gate
10-25
+4 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 · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
YVRVancouverOn-time likelyYVR delay board →
YXYWhitehorseOn-time likelyYXY delay board →
YVR→YXYevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Vancouver to Whitehorse with Air Canada · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.4%3.0× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.3%1.1× usual

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 1 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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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T
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T
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S

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

Other Vancouver to Whitehorse flights today

same route · Air Canada
AC2088departs 19:55

If AC281 is cancelled, this is the other Air Canada nonstop flight from Vancouver to Whitehorse 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 AC281 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AC281 across the YVR and YXY boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~7 min early. Based on 6 confirmed departures · 6/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AC281 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
10-31YVR 20:05 20:21 (+16)YXY
10-30YVR 20:05 20:22 (+17)YXY
10-29YVR 20:05 20:28 (+23)YXY
10-27YVR 20:05 20:13 (+8)YXY
10-26YVR 20:05 20:18 (+13)YXY
10-25YVR 20:05 20:09 (+4)YXY

Aircraft

Recent tails: C-FHFY, C-GJXV, C-GJXW, C-GNBN.

Board clocks recorded as YVR and YXY published them.

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Pro Flight Search: AC281 Vancouver to Whitehorse on-time performance, measured from the YVR and YXY airport boards.

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