Every airport we track in Canada

We cover 5 major airports across Canada, with a combined annual reference figure of roughly 95 million passengers. Each airport page shows aircraft observed within available ADS-B coverage.

Canada airport network at a glance

5
Major airports tracked
16
Runways combined
95M
Annual passengers (reference)
3
Time zones

Traffic in Canada is heavily concentrated: Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) alone handles about 46.8 million passengers a year, roughly 49% of the 95 million across the 5 airports listed here. That pattern is typical of a country with one dominant hub carrier feeding a single gateway.

Between them these airports operate 16 runways serving 5 cities, and the country spans 3 time zones, so a domestic flight here can change your watch. The highest field is Calgary International Airport at 3,557 ft, where thinner air lengthens the takeoff run. Every airport below links to a live map of aircraft observed within available ADS-B coverage around the field.

The next airport in the ranking is Vancouver International Airport (YVR) at about 26.4 million passengers. The gap to YYZ is 20.4 million, while the three busiest airports account for roughly 100% of traffic represented by this list. Most listed traffic is therefore concentrated at the top of the network.

The airports are spread across roughly 10 degrees of latitude and 49 degrees of longitude. That geographic spread makes weather, daylight and local operating conditions materially different across the same national network. Field elevations span 3,543 ft, so crews can move between very different takeoff-performance conditions. The average across this selected set is 3.2 runways per airport.

Read airport by airport, the selected Canada network is not interchangeable: Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) has 5 runways and about 46.8 million annual passengers, Vancouver International Airport (YVR) has 3 runways and about 26.4 million annual passengers, Montreal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) has 3 runways and about 22.0 million annual passengers, Calgary International Airport (YYC) has 3 runways and no comparable traffic figure and Edmonton International Airport (YEG) has 2 runways and no comparable traffic figure. Those differences matter when comparing a live map. A larger passenger total indicates schedule scale, while runway count describes physical layout; neither number by itself proves how delayed, connected or operationally efficient an airport will be on a particular day.

What stands out in Canada

  • Leading gateway: Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), with an annual reference figure of roughly 46.8 million passengers.
  • Traffic concentration: the three busiest airports represent about 100% of the passenger total in this selected dataset.
  • Operating spread: 16 runways across 5 airports, with a 3,543 ft difference between the lowest and highest fields represented.
  • Local clocks: the listed airports use 3 time zones.

Every Canada airport we track

AirportIATAICAOCityPassengers/yrRunways
Toronto Pearson YYZ CYYZ Toronto 46.8m 5
Vancouver YVR CYVR Vancouver 26.4m 3
Montreal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau YUL CYUL Montreal 22.0m 3
Calgary YYC CYYC Calgary - 3
Edmonton YEG CYEG Edmonton - 2

What we have tracked at Canada airports

Not reference data: these are the individual airframes this site has logged arriving at or departing from Canada, identified by their Mode-S address.

49
Individual aircraft identified
349
Completed legs logged
6
Distinct types with a page here
AircraftTypeAirframes identified
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner B789 7
Boeing 777-300ER B77W 5
Bombardier CRJ900 CRJ9 4
Airbus A319 A319 3
Airbus A330-300 A333 2
Boeing 737-800 B738 2

The operators we see most often on those movements are Air Canada (6 airframes), KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (4 airframes), Delta Air Lines (4 airframes), Delta Connection (4 airframes), Qantas (2 airframes). That reflects which carriers fly where our coverage is, not which are largest in Canada: an airline flying mostly at hours we sample less often will be under-represented here.

Airlines based in Canada

AC Air Canada 350 aircraft · AIR CANADA

Compare other national airport networks

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Browse every airport we track, watch the traffic over Canada on the live map, or read how airport codes work in IATA and ICAO codes explained.

Data sources and review

Reviewed 2026-07-29 by Flight-Tracker.net Editorial Team

Totals are derived from the 5 selected airport profiles on this site, not a complete census of every field in Canada. Passenger figures are reviewed snapshots.

Read our airport dataset methodology, or inspect the machine-readable reference dataset.

Airports in Canada: Common questions

What is the busiest airport in Canada?

Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) is the busiest of the 5 airports we track in Canada, handling roughly 46.8 million passengers a year. It sits in Toronto and uses the ICAO code CYYZ.

How many airports does Canada have?

We track 5 major airports in Canada, covering 5 cities and 16 runways in total. The country has many more smaller fields; these are the ones carrying significant scheduled traffic.

Which airlines are based in Canada?

Air Canada is headquartered in Canada. Each has a page here listing its fleet, radio callsign and hub airports.

Does Canada span more than one time zone?

Yes. The airports listed here fall across 3 time zones, which is why domestic departure and arrival times can look strange until you notice that both are published in local time rather than UTC.

Can I track flights over Canada live?

Yes. Each of the 5 Canada airports listed above has its own radar map covering about 55 km around the field, so between them they cover Toronto, Edmonton and 3 more cities. The full-screen live map covers the whole country at once.