Abbotsford is a very unique airport with Conair firefighting traffic, multiple flight schools, Cascade's military traffic and the usual commercial traffic; this makes for a great airport for spotting!

Abbotsford airport is the 2nd largest airport in the lower mainland region of British Colombia.
The airport is serviced by flair, swoop and WestJet and is used an alternate instead of Vancouver (YVR). Abbotsford airport received 992,712 passengers in 2022 making it the 14th busiest airport In Canada in terms of passenger traffic.
The airport is a Class C airspace as well it has 2 runways; 01/19 (5,328ft) and 07/25 (9,597ft).

The airport is also the main hub for Conair Group; a specialized aerial firefighting company with a large and unique fleet which includes Dash 8's, AT808, RJ85 etc...
The airport is also home base to Cascade Aviation; a maintenance facility that works on Canadian and American C130's and the CL215 (CL415) water bombers.
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Airport: Abbotsford International Airport YXX / CYXX
Date: April 28 2023

Features:
00:00 Intro
00:23 Swoop / Boeing 737800 (B738) / CGDMP / To Puerto Vallarta (PVR)
01:25 Conair Aviation / Bombardier Dash 8Q402MR (Q400AT) / CFFZY / To Saskatoon (YXE)
02:20 Flair airlines / Boeing 7378 MAX (B38M) / CFLKC / From Edmonton (YEG)
02:53 Conair Aviation / Air Tractor AT802AF (AT82) / CGAAG / To Whitecourt (YZU)
03:24 Conair Aviation / BAe Avro RJ85 / CGVFH / To Abbotsford (YXX)
04:32 U.S Air Force / Lockheed Martin C130J30 Hercules (C30J) / 053147 / To Abbotsford (YXX)
05:38 Flair Airlines / Boeing 7378 MAX / CFLKC / To Calgary (YYC)
06:41 Sunwest Aviation / Gulfstream G150 / CGZCZ / To Albuquerque (ABQ)
07:55 Conair Aviation / BAe Avro RJ85 / CGVFH / From Abbotsford (YXX)
08:50 Conair Aviation / Air Tractor AT802AF / CFLSI / To Whitecourt (YZU)
09:23 Harbour Air / De Havilland Canada DHC6300 Twin Otter (DHC6) / CGHHA / Pitt Meadows (YPK)
10:20 Swoop / Boeing 7378CT / CFLSF / From Edmonton (YEG)
11:02 Conair Aviation / Aero Commander 690B (AC90) / CGGAA / To Abbotsford (YXX)
11:36 GNDH Holdings Inc. / Cessna 525B CitationJet CJ3 (C525) / CGNDH / From Missoula (MSO)
12:11 Swoop / Boeing 7378CT / CFLSF / To Winnipeg (YWG)
13:07 U.S Air Force / Lockheed Martin C130J30 Hercules (C130) / 053147 / From Abbotsford (YXX)
13:54 Conair Aviation / Aero Commander 690B / CGGAA / From Abbotsford (YXX)
14:32 WestJet Encore / Bombardier Dash 8Q400 (DH8D) / CGDEN / From Calgary (YYC)
15:06 Northern Air Charter / Beechcraft 200 Super King air (B200) / CGSIA
15:54 AeroFlite / Pilatus PC12/45 / N175AC / From Spokane (GEG)
16:34 WestJet Encore / Bombardier Dash 8Q402 / CGDEN / To Calgary (YYC)
17:25 Flair Airlines / Boeing 7378 MAX / CFLKC / To Edmonton (YEG)
18:20 AeroFlite / Pilatus PC12/45 / N175AC / To Spokane (GEG)
19:07 Swoop / Boeing 7378CT / CFPLS / From Hamilton (YHM)
20:21 Flair Airlines / Boeing 7378 MAX / CFFFX / To Toronto (YYZ)
21:31 WestJet / Boeing 7378 MAX / CFQGG / From Calgary (YYC)
22:11 Swoop / Boeing 7378CT / CFLSF / From Winnipeg (YWG)
23:04 WestJet / Boeing 7378 MAX / CGRAX / From Calgary (YYC)
23:55 Costal Pacific Aviation / Cessna 172M Skyhawk (C172) / CGWJP / From Abbotsford (YXX)
24:37 Chinook Helicopter / Cessna 172S Skyhawk / CGPBC / From Langley (YLY)
25:21 WestJet / Boeing 7378 MAX / CFQGG / To Calgary (YYC)
26:13 Conair Aviation / Bombardier Dash 8Q400MT (Q400AT) / CFFQG / To Kamloops (YKA)
26:59 Swoop / Boeing 7378CT / CFLSF / To Edmonton (YEG)
28:00 Conair Aviation / Rockwell 690B Turbo Commander / CGDAA / To Kamloops (YKA)
28:38 Outro

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