Cable car · Niagara Falls, Canada
Whirlpool Aero Car
Whirlpool Aero Car is a cable car near Niagara Falls, Canada. It climbs 11 m over 542 m, from 152 m to 163 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 77 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
62/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Whirlpool Aero Car is scarier than 62% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 5 of 37 in Canada.
- Highest above the ground: about 77 m, as high as a 26-storey building, 422 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 542 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 1°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 361 m of the 542 m ride.
Where does it start?
Whirlpool Aero Car runs 542 m between two stations near Niagara Falls, Canada: the north station at 152 m above sea level (43.12291° N, 79.06842° W) and the south station at 163 m (43.11802° N, 79.06882° W).
Directions to the north station ↗ Directions to the south station ↗
Nearby lines
- Falls Incline Railway funicular · 4.7 km away · rises 30 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.