Air Canada· Callsign ACA846

AC846 from Montreal to Frankfurt, tracked live

Air Canada between Montreal and Frankfurt: 5,854 km north-east, long-haul, tracked live here whenever it is transmitting.

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YUL
Montreal
Montreal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
5,854 km · 3,638 mi
Non-stop
FRA
Frankfurt
Frankfurt Airport
Aircraft
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
typical equipment
Distance
5,854 km
3,161 nautical miles
Heading
53°
tracks north-east
Clock change
+6 h
on arrival
Range used
43%
of the type's book range
Length rank
#160
of 299 tracked routes

Follow AC846 in real time

The aircraft appears below whenever it is airborne and inside receiver coverage. Its planned route is drawn between the two airports.

AC846 is not transmitting right now. It may be between rotations, on the ground, or out of receiver range - Check back near departure time. The full map has the rest of the sky, and what is flying over me will name whatever is above you instead.

AC846 at a glance

  • The trip: 5,854 km (3,638 miles) from Montreal to Frankfurt, flying north-east.
  • How long: no published block time for this service yet.
  • Your watch: set it 6 hours forward on arrival.
  • Window seat tip: the right (south-facing) side gets the sun on a daytime flight.
  • The plane: usually a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. This route uses about 43% of how far it can fly.

AC846 route overview: YUL to FRA

AC846 distance and great-circle path

AC846 covers 5,854 km, or 3,638 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 299 routes we track, it ranks 160 by distance.

Montreal to Frankfurt is 5,854 km (3,638 miles) on an initial heading of 53°, which is broadly north-east. Watches move 6 hours forward between the two gates. It links Canada with Germany.

Our guide explains how the YUL-FRA route appears on a tracker map.

Can the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner comfortably fly AC846?

Not at all. At roughly 43% of its range, this is an easy trip for a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. The airline picked it for cabin size, not distance. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.

What to know about AC846

  • Time change: you land 6 hours ahead of the time you left. That is enough to cause jet lag. Here is how pilots handle it.

What we know about AC846

What flying YUL to FRA takes

It is a long-haul sector, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Air Canada needs a widebody twinjet: the sector needs long-range tanks and a cabin crew rest provision, which rules out most single-aisle types. Eastbound, the jet stream is usually a tailwind, so the return leg against it tends to be the longer of the two. In daylight the sun sits on the right (south-facing) side of the cabin for most of the crossing.

How we verified this

The origin and destination on this page are the ones we verified for callsign ACA846 through adsbdb, not a schedule copied from elsewhere. We have logged it airborne on 4 days between 2026-09-21 and 2026-09-28. Timings are observations, not an official operational status: always confirm with the airline before travelling.

This page was published from our own tracking record rather than a third-party schedule feed, so it grows as we see the flight again. The seven-day log below is the raw version of the same evidence.

AC846 activity in the past 7 days

Our database contains 2 observations of AC846 across 2 UTC dates in this window, most recently 2026-09-28. Those records contain 2 distinct transponder addresses. The most frequently resolved route was YUL-FRA (2 records).

The median recorded visibility was 393 minutes. That is time inside receiver coverage, not airborne duration or an on-time-performance measurement.

Date (UTC)RouteFirst trackedLast trackedTracked for
2026-09-28 YUL → FRA 02:20 UTC 08:46 UTC 6h 26m
2026-09-25 YUL → FRA 02:01 UTC 08:41 UTC 6h 41m

“First/last tracked” are when AC846 entered and left receiver coverage, in UTC.

Airports and aircraft on AC846

Every scheduled service we follow is listed in the tracker directory, including Air Canada and other tracked flights grouped by airline.

YUL Montreal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Montreal, Canada · live radar →
FRA Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt, Germany · live radar →
B788 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner Typical equipment · specs →

How much CO2 does AC846 emit?

Worked from the great-circle distance and the fuel burn measured for Boeing 787-8, the aircraft normally flying this route. Carbon dioxide only - see the method below.

Distance flown5,854 km
AircraftBoeing 787-8 Dreamliner
Fuel burn rate5.26 kg per km
Fuel burned30,804 kg
CO2, whole flight97.3 tonnes
Seats, typical layout242
Passengers carried201 at an 83% load factor
CO2 per passenger484 kg

Where that lands by cabin

The aircraft burns the same fuel whoever is aboard, so the cabins divide one total rather than each carrying their own. A seat's share is the floor it takes up, which is why an economy seat comes out below the 484 kg cabin average and a flat bed well above it.

Economy198 seats, 164 flown
354 kg CO2 per seat
Business36 seats, 30 flown
1,026 kg CO2 per seat
First7 seats, 6 flown
1,416 kg CO2 per seat

Taken whole, AC846 emits what 1,622 trees take back out of the air in a year. One economy seat on it accounts for about the same carbon dioxide as driving a petrol car 2,849 km, or 13,837 km of the same journey by train.

How this is worked out. Fuel burn is read from published measurements of this type, taken at sectors of 6,297 km and 8,612 km, all longer than this route, so the closest is held flat and the real figure is likely a little higher. It counts carbon dioxide only, and the cabin split assumes the layout typical of this size of aircraft. Read the full method, sources and caveats, or put AC846 against another flight.

Other tracked flights from Montreal

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AC870Montreal (YUL) → Paris (CDG) Boeing 777-300ERAC870 flight tracker →

Guides relevant to AC846

Chosen from this route's distance, timing, aircraft, airline and airports.

The science of jet lag Arrival shifts the clock by 6 hours.
Narrowbody vs widebody aircraft A long-haul sector makes aircraft size, cabin layout and range especially relevant.
Boeing versus Airbus The typical aircraft is built by Boeing; these visual clues help identify it.

Data sources and review

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

The route and typical schedule are maintained reference data. Live ADS-B observations are evidence of receiver coverage, not proof of on-time performance. Always confirm the operating date and times with the airline.

Read our schedule and observation review process, or inspect the machine-readable reference dataset.

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AC846 frequently asked questions

How long is the AC846 flight?

Montreal to Frankfurt is 5,854 km (3,638 miles) in a straight line. Actual airborne time varies with winds, routing and holding.

What aircraft operates AC846?

Typically a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (full specifications), using roughly 43% of that type's published range.

Does AC846 fly every day?

Frequency varies by season. Always confirm with the airline before travelling.

Can I track AC846 live?

Yes. Whenever AC846 is airborne and in receiver coverage the map above follows it live, with altitude, ground speed and heading. Between rotations, the seven-day log above shows where it has been.

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