Flight Report

This page captures ADS-B radar data for Toronto Pearson International Airport (CYYZ/YYZ) on February 28, 2025, the 53rd anniversary of the airport's official designation as Toronto International Airport. Over the course of that single day, 1,053 total flights were recorded across 524 arrivals, 519 departures, and 10 touch-and-gos, involving 455 unique aircraft. Traffic ran continuously from 00:00 to 23:59 EST, averaging 43.9 flights per hour. The peak hour was 10:00, which saw 72 movements. A secondary cluster appears in the 19:00 and 20:00 hours, which logged 61 and 65 flights respectively, driven largely by arrivals (48 and 49 in those hours). The dominant routes were Montreal (YUL, 44 total movements), LaGuardia (LGA, 37), and Ottawa (YOW, 31), with Newark (EWR) and Chicago O'Hare (ORD) each recording 28. ENE was the top departure direction with 100 movements, while S led approaches at 93. The fleet was predominantly Canadian-registered (297 aircraft) followed by US-registered (113), with aircraft from 24 additional countries also present. Altitude data spans from ground level up to a recorded maximum of 49,200 feet, with an average of 20,465 feet across 543,560 ADS-B position points. The most concentrated altitude band was 34,000 to 35,000 feet (33,342 points). The shortest recorded flight was a 9.7 nautical mile arrival from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) lasting 12.9 minutes. The longest was a 2,663.8 nautical mile departure to Kirksville Regional Airport (IRK) at 528.8 minutes. Total distance across all tracked legs reached 765,625.6 nautical miles, with an average leg distance of 727.1 nautical miles.