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 Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowEn route to Portland · off blocks 19:36 · 6 min late
20:46

estimated arrival at PDX · local time · landing about now

En routeAC8656 · position estimated
YVRVancouverPDXPortland
Estimated from the boardsarr 20:46

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 19:36 · typical taxi-out at YVR ≈ 8.9 min.

Typical gate push+7 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−15 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~22 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-01
+6 gate
10-31
+6 gate · −24 arrival
10-30
+8 gate · −15 arrival
10-27
+3 gate · −26 arrival
10-26
+18 gate · −12 arrival
10-25
+12 gate · +0 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 −15 min · 0 cancelled · 6 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

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
32%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.5%Chance of cancellation
+6 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at YVR and PDX 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 on this route

Forecast

Vancouver to Portland with Air Canada · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.3%0.9× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.8%1.1× usual

Forecast weather: 73% chance of fog at Portland

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 3 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

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 ~15 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 4/5 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
11-01YVR 19:30 19:36 (+6)PDX 20:46
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-FLJZ, C-GJZT, C-GJFZ, C-FJQZ.

Board clocks recorded as YVR and PDX published them.

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