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CAT4 · XQU

Qualicum Beach Airport

49.33720°N
-124.39400°W
ARR / DAY
7
▲ 53.1%
DEP / DAY
5
▲ 8.8%

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 7 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From CYAZ, 65 mi away (CAT4 does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
50°F
Wind
6 kts
110°
Visib
6437 m
Ceil
—
CYAZ 131544Z 11006KT 4SM -RA BR OVC010 10/10 A3014 RMK SC8 SLP207

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
92% of ops
157 land · 37 TO
11
8% of ops
13 land · 77 TO
Runway 29 carries 92% of operations (157 landings, 37 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 8%.

Approach quality

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

29 157 landings
UA 1%
11 13 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 29 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 157 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
10.1
flights/day · 303 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 8pm · 7pm
Day vs night
40%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–10pm local, averaging 10.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (13.0 vs 9.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 273 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
3/17/2008
nice airport
Good coffee friendly people
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