Air Canada (AC)
An at-a-glance profile of Air Canada, the active carrier registered in Canada under IATA code AC. Includes its callsign, ICAO identifier, and a sample of routes filed under this code.
Carrier facts
- Legal/common name: Air Canada
- Country of registration: Canada
- ATC callsign: AIR CANADA
- ICAO code: ACA
Air Canada is one of 983 active airlines indexed in this directory. The route sample below comes straight from the OpenFlights routes table. Treat it as a snapshot rather than a complete schedule. It still gives a clear picture of where the carrier flies and which airports it concentrates on.
Route sample
Up to 60 routes filed under AC. Each row links to both endpoints' airport pages and to a dedicated route page.
| From | To | Route | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABJ | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire | BRU | Brussels, Belgium | ABJ→BRU |
| ABJ | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire | OUA | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | ABJ→OUA |
| ADD | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | JED | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | ADD→JED |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | CPH | Copenhagen, Denmark | AMS→CPH |
| ANU | Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | ANU→YYZ |
| ATL | Atlanta, United States | DEN | Denver, United States | ATL→DEN |
| ATL | Atlanta, United States | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | ATL→YYZ |
| AUA | Oranjestad, Aruba | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | AUA→YYZ |
| AUH | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | AUH→YYZ |
| AZS | Samana, Dominican Republic | YUL | Montreal, Canada | AZS→YUL |
| AZS | Samana, Dominican Republic | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | AZS→YYZ |
| BAH | Bahrain, Bahrain | DOH | Doha, Qatar | BAH→DOH |
| BCN | Barcelona, Spain | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | BCN→YYZ |
| BDA | Bermuda, Bermuda | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | BDA→YYZ |
| BDL | Windsor Locks, United States | YUL | Montreal, Canada | BDL→YUL |
| BDL | Windsor Locks, United States | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | BDL→YYZ |
| BGI | Bridgetown, Barbados | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | BGI→YYZ |
| BJM | Bujumbura, Burundi | NBO | Nairobi, Kenya | BJM→NBO |
| BKK | Bangkok, Thailand | ICN | Seoul, South Korea | BKK→ICN |
| BKK | Bangkok, Thailand | NRT | Tokyo, Japan | BKK→NRT |
| BNA | Nashville, United States | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | BNA→YYZ |
| BOG | Bogota, Colombia | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | BOG→YYZ |
| BOS | Boston, United States | YHZ | Halifax, Canada | BOS→YHZ |
| BOS | Boston, United States | YOW | Ottawa, Canada | BOS→YOW |
| BOS | Boston, United States | YUL | Montreal, Canada | BOS→YUL |
| BOS | Boston, United States | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | BOS→YYZ |
| BRU | Brussels, Belgium | BJM | Bujumbura, Burundi | BRU→BJM |
| BRU | Brussels, Belgium | COO | Cotonou, Benin | BRU→COO |
| BRU | Brussels, Belgium | DKR | Dakar, Senegal | BRU→DKR |
| BRU | Brussels, Belgium | DLA | Douala, Cameroon | BRU→DLA |
| BRU | Brussels, Belgium | KGL | Kigali, Rwanda | BRU→KGL |
| BRU | Brussels, Belgium | LAD | Luanda, Angola | BRU→LAD |
| BRU | Brussels, Belgium | OUA | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | BRU→OUA |
| BRU | Brussels, Belgium | YUL | Montreal, Canada | BRU→YUL |
| BRU | Brussels, Belgium | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | BRU→YYZ |
| BWI | Baltimore, United States | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | BWI→YYZ |
| CCC | Cunagua, Cuba | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | CCC→YYZ |
| CDG | Paris, France | YUL | Montreal, Canada | CDG→YUL |
| CDG | Paris, France | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | CDG→YYZ |
| CKY | Conakry, Guinea | DKR | Dakar, Senegal | CKY→DKR |
| CLE | Cleveland, United States | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | CLE→YYZ |
| CLT | Charlotte, United States | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | CLT→YYZ |
| CMH | Columbus, United States | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | CMH→YYZ |
| COO | Cotonou, Benin | ABJ | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire | COO→ABJ |
| CPH | Copenhagen, Denmark | AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | CPH→AMS |
| CPH | Copenhagen, Denmark | OSL | Oslo, Norway | CPH→OSL |
| CPH | Copenhagen, Denmark | VNO | Vilnius, Lithuania | CPH→VNO |
| CPH | Copenhagen, Denmark | WAW | Warsaw, Poland | CPH→WAW |
| CPH | Copenhagen, Denmark | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | CPH→YYZ |
| CUN | Cancun, Mexico | YUL | Montreal, Canada | CUN→YUL |
| CUN | Cancun, Mexico | YYC | Calgary, Canada | CUN→YYC |
| CUN | Cancun, Mexico | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | CUN→YYZ |
| CVG | Cincinnati, United States | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | CVG→YYZ |
| CZM | Cozumel, Mexico | YUL | Montreal, Canada | CZM→YUL |
| DCA | Washington, United States | YOW | Ottawa, Canada | DCA→YOW |
| DCA | Washington, United States | YUL | Montreal, Canada | DCA→YUL |
| DCA | Washington, United States | YYZ | Toronto, Canada | DCA→YYZ |
| DEL | Delhi, India | BRU | Brussels, Belgium | DEL→BRU |
| DEN | Denver, United States | ATL | Atlanta, United States | DEN→ATL |
| DEN | Denver, United States | MSY | New Orleans, United States | DEN→MSY |
Top destinations in the sample
| IATA | Airport | City | Country | Sample frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YYZ | Lester B. Pearson International Airport | Toronto | Canada | 23 |
| YUL | Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport | Montreal | Canada | 8 |
| BRU | Brussels Airport | Brussels | Belgium | 2 |
| OUA | Ouagadougou Airport | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | 2 |
| YOW | Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport | Ottawa | Canada | 2 |
| DKR | Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport | Dakar | Senegal | 2 |
| JED | King Abdulaziz International Airport | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| CPH | Copenhagen Kastrup Airport | Copenhagen | Denmark | 1 |
| DEN | Denver International Airport | Denver | United States | 1 |
| DOH | Hamad International Airport | Doha | Qatar | 1 |
| NBO | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport | Nairobi | Kenya | 1 |
| ICN | Incheon International Airport | Seoul | South Korea | 1 |
| NRT | Narita International Airport | Tokyo | Japan | 1 |
| YHZ | Halifax / Stanfield International Airport | Halifax | Canada | 1 |
| BJM | Bujumbura International Airport | Bujumbura | Burundi | 1 |
| COO | Cadjehoun Airport | Cotonou | Benin | 1 |
| DLA | Douala International Airport | Douala | Cameroon | 1 |
| KGL | Kigali International Airport | Kigali | Rwanda | 1 |
| LAD | Quatro de Fevereiro Airport | Luanda | Angola | 1 |
| ABJ | Port Bouet Airport | Abidjan | Cote d'Ivoire | 1 |
| AMS | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 1 |
| OSL | Oslo Lufthavn | Oslo | Norway | 1 |
| VNO | Vilnius International Airport | Vilnius | Lithuania | 1 |
| WAW | Warsaw Chopin Airport | Warsaw | Poland | 1 |
| YYC | Calgary International Airport | Calgary | Canada | 1 |
Reading an airline page
An airline's IATA code is the two-character identifier you see on tickets and flight numbers. The ICAO code is the three-letter identifier used in air traffic control and on flight plans. The callsign is the spoken name controllers use on the radio. Together they uniquely fingerprint the carrier across regulatory and operational systems, which is handy when you have a flight number from one source and want to confirm the operator from another.
Route samples here come from a community-maintained snapshot. They aren't a substitute for the airline's official schedule, but they reflect which markets the carrier has historically flown. They're also a fast way to spot a carrier's hubs, since hub airports turn up at the top of both the destination and origin lists.