AC8786Air Canada · YYZ → DCA
updated 1h ago
Route confirmed Air Canada

AC8786 TorontoYYZ · 18:20 WashingtonDCA · 19:58

AC8786 by Air Canada flies from Toronto (YYZ) to Washington (DCA) for the Sat, Nov 7 departure.

Right nowExpected · gate F88 · as of 15:33
18:20

departs YYZ · on schedule

⚖ AC8786 typically leaves +37 and lands −1. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+32+64+96 min
11-07
−2 arrival
11-06
+35 gate · −1 arrival
11-05
+26 gate · −3 arrival
11-04
+96 gate · +66 arrival
11-03
+13 gate · −21 arrival
11-02
+21 gate · +9 arrival
11-01
+34 gate · −3 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 −1 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
YYZTorontoOn-time likelyYYZ delay board →
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
YYZ→DCAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.9%Chance of cancellation
+7 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at YYZ and DCA 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 Toronto

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High11°Clikely 10°C to 13°C
Low5°Clikely 3°C to 6°C

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 Washington

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High16°Clikely 15°C to 17°C
Low8°Clikely 7°C to 10°C

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

Other Toronto to Washington flights today

same route · Air Canada
AC8780departs 07:20
AC8782departs 16:40
AC8784departs 16:40
AC8788departs 21:00

If AC8786 is cancelled, these are the other Air Canada nonstop flights from Toronto to Washington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in YYZ 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 AC8786 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AC8786 across the YYZ and DCA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 10/13 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AC8786 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
11-07YYZ 18:20DCA 19:58 19:56 (−2)
11-06YYZ 18:20 18:55 (+35)DCA 19:58 19:57 (−1)
11-05YYZ 18:20 18:46 (+26)DCA 19:58 19:55 (−3)
11-04YYZ 18:20 19:56 (+96)DCA 19:58 21:04 (+66)
11-03YYZ 18:20 18:33 (+13)DCA 19:58 19:37 (−21)
11-02YYZ 18:20 18:41 (+21)DCA 19:58 20:07 (+9)
11-01YYZ 18:20 18:54 (+34)DCA 19:58 19:55 (−3)
10-31YYZ 18:20 18:58 (+38)DCA 19:58 19:56 (−2)
10-30YYZ 18:20 20:17 (+117)DCA 19:58 21:22 (+84)
10-29YYZ 18:20 21:04 (+164)DCA 19:58 22:36 (+158)
10-28YYZ 18:20 19:31 (+71)DCA 19:58 20:36 (+38)
10-27YYZ 18:20 18:50 (+30)DCA 19:58 19:54 (−4)
10-26YYZ 18:20 19:10 (+50)DCA 19:58 20:07 (+9)
10-24YYZ DCA 22:34 22:14 (−20)

Aircraft

Recent tails: C-GJAZ, C-GJFZ, C-FTJZ, C-GPJZ.

Board clocks recorded as YYZ and DCA published them.

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