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CAT4 · XQU

Qualicum Beach Airport

49.33720°N
-124.39400°W
ARR / DAY
3
58.3%
DEP / DAY
2
64.3%

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 3 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
88% of ops
392 land · 137 TO
11
12% of ops
56 land · 221 TO
Runway 29 carries 88% of operations (392 landings, 137 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 12%.

Approach quality

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

29 392 landings
UA 11%
11 56 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 29 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (43 UA events from 392 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
9.3
flights/day · 280 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 10pm · 8pm
Day vs night
39%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–9pm local, averaging 9.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (13.4 vs 8.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 247 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)

1
flying.Dutchman
03/17/2008
nice airport
Good coffee friendly people
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