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Qualicum Beach Airport

49.33720°N
-124.39400°W
ARR / DAY
2
71.4%
DEP / DAY
2
71.4%

Qualicum Beach Airport (CAT4/XQU) is a small general aviation airport located in Qualicum Beach, Canada, 93 km west of Vancouver. It features 1 runway measuring 3,565 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runways

1 installed

3,565 FT MAX
11/29
3,565 ft × 75
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

29
87% of ops
377 land · 134 TO
11
13% of ops
56 land · 203 TO
Runway 29 carries 87% of operations (377 landings, 134 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 13%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

29 377 landings
UA 9%
11 56 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 29 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (33 UA events from 377 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
8.9
flights/day · 267 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 10pm · 8pm
Day vs night
37%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–9pm local, averaging 8.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.8× weekday (13.4 vs 7.6 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (33% of 234 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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flying.Dutchman
03/17/2008
nice airport
Good coffee friendly people
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