Frequently Asked Questions
Thanks for stopping by. This site uses publicly available data, updated every five minutes, to provide the status of commercial passenger flights into and out of CYYZ. Thanks to the way the airport operates, some Air Canada cargo flights are included in the data. Also included are some technical tests, positioning (i.e. non-revenue) flights, and charters. These are called Service Types and there are 24 of them.
| Code | Description | Abbreviated To |
|---|---|---|
| A | Cargo/Mail | Cargo/Mail Additional |
| B | Shuttle Mode | Passenger Shuttle Additional |
| C | Passenger Only | Passenger Charter |
| D | General Aviation, non-commercial (e.g. school training) and empty flights | General Aviation |
| E | Special (FAA/Government) | Special FAA/Govt |
| F | Loose Loaded cargo and/or preloaded devices | Cargo/Mail Scheduled |
| G | Normal Service | Passenger Additional |
| H | Cargo and/or Mail | Cargo/Mail Charter |
| I | State/Diplomatic (Chapter 6 only) | State/Diplomatic |
| J | Normal Service | Passenger Scheduled |
| K | Crew training (other than GABA operators) | Training |
| L | Passenger and Cargo and/or Mail | Passenger/Cargo/Mail Charter |
| M | Mail only | Cargo/Mail Scheduled |
| N | Business Aviation/Air Taxi | Business |
| O | Charter requiring special handling (e.g. Migrant/Immigrant Flights) | Special Handling Charter |
| P | Non-revenue (Positioning/Ferry/Delivery/Demo) | Non-Revenue |
| Q | Passenger/Cargo in Cabin (mixed configuration aircraft) | Passenger/Cargo Scheduled |
| R | Passenger/Cargo in Cabin (mixed configuration aircraft) | Passenger/Cargo Additional |
| S | Shuttle Mode | Passenger Shuttle Scheduled |
| T | Technical Test | Technical Test |
| U | Service operated by Surface Vehicle Chapter 6 only-Air Ambulance/Humanitarian | Passenger Non-Specific Ground Vehicle |
| V | Service operated by Surface Vehicle | Cargo/Mail Ground Vehicle |
| W | Military | Military |
| X | Technical Stop (for Chapter 6 applications only) | Technical Stop |
The data is only as good as the information entered. As this is done by humans, sometimes the data is inaccurate. For example, AC cargo flights are sometimes tagged as scheduled passenger flights.
Any flight that is tagged as anything other than a scheduled passenger flight will show a pale yellow background behind it, like this:
You can see the service type by clicking on the flight number (if you're looking at the Departure and Arrival board) or the more info button (
) if you've done a search.