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Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
70
▼ 10.9%
DEP / DAY
80
▼ 1.7%
ON-TIME
78.1% Top 25%
arr · avg 10 min
dep · 100% · avg -1 min cal
AVG DELAY
10 min
7d window

Thunder Bay Airport (CYQT/YQT) is a medium international airport located in Thunder Bay, Canada. It features 2 runways with the longest being 7,318 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 70 arrivals and 80 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 28 carriers across 16 routes. The most active carrier is Colorful Guizhou Airlines (CGZ). The busiest route is to Sioux Lookout Airport (CYXL). On-time performance averages 78% with an average delay of 10 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 240 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
4 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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CYQT 020300Z 22004KT 15SM FEW060 SCT230 18/15 A2984 RMK SC2CI2 SLP109 DENSITY ALT 1200FT

Runways

2 installed

7,318 FT MAX
07/25
7,318 ft × 200
ASP● LIT
12/30
5,297 ft × 150
ASP● LIT

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

Schedule vs actual
0m 5a 6m 6a 7m 7a 14m 8a 0m 9a 5m 10a 34m 11a 0m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 397
Colorful Guizhou Airlines 18% Ornge AIR 17% Perimeter Aviation 14% Wasaya Airways 13% Centrafric'Air S.A. 9% PTR 9% Thunder Airlines 8% JET Freighters 6% AIR Changan 5%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 122
YYZ 31
YTZ 29
YSB 22
YWG 22
YLK 10

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
73
Ornge AIR
68
Perimeter Aviation
56
Wasaya Airways
50
Centrafric'Air S.A.
37
PTR
36
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Thunder Airlines
32
JET Freighters
25
AIR Changan
20
2080061 Ontario
19
CFW
18
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
17
CFO
17
CGT
17
CGX
17
Charlotte
16
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
16
AIR Guilin
16
China Flight General Aviation
15
AIR Tindi
14
Westjet Encore
12
AIR Canada
12
CFM
11
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
10
Canadian Armed Forces
10
AIR Canada Rouge
9
Porter Airlines
9
CFP
9
China Flying Dragon Aviation
9
Westjet Airlines
9
CGY
8
Morningstar AIR
7
Congressional AIR
7
Pilatus Flugzeugwerke
6
Calm AIR
6
Airsprint
5
NON
5
Church Fenton FTU
5
TOP Flight AIR Service
4
North Caribou Flying Service
4

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZYZ
Elevation:
653 ft
Mag var:
3° W

Destination network

Great-circle routes from CYQT · last 7d

15 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 12 PM · 1 movement every 240 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 30 0h 55m
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 PTR 27 1h 59m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 24 2h 9m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 22 0h 47m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 17 2h 14m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 12 2h 3m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 10 1h 47m
YQTYLK
Barrie-Orillia, CA
 CFO 10 2h 19m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 9 1h 12m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 8 1h 40m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 8 1h 37m
YQTCKG8
Kakabeka Falls, CA
 Colorful Guizhou Airlines 7 0h 23m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 7 2h 39m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 6 2h 4m
YQTYXZ
Wawa, CA
 CGY 6 1h 0m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Thunder Airlines 6 1h 59m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 6 1h 29m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 5 1h 59m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CGX 4 0h 42m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Centrafric'Air S.A. 4 0h 49m

Pilot & community notes

6 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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Anonymous
7/29/2013
I have stopped here often
Service is great, dealt with Brad goes out of his way to always help and is very knowledgeable C
Anonymous
6/14/2012
Pilot training
Is there a pilot training facility at Thunder Bay?
Anonymous
11/19/2011
Thunderbay ESSO Service
I have stopped there three times. Great, quick, and friendly service at reasonable prices.
david
8/25/2011
Esso is great
I second the comments from @douglasr - the Esso Avitat (Thunder Bay Flight Refueling) has big-airport service without the big-airport fees (compare the Esso Avitat at CYUL or CYOW to see what I'm talking about): no ramp fee, no handling fee, no parking fee. Ryan, who was on duty, was very friendly and professional: he even booked a hotel for me downtown and arranged for them to pick me up in their shuttle, so that I wouldn't have to pay for a taxi.
tvguru
7/24/2007
College
Attended Aviation Flight Management @ Confederation. Many good times spent here!
Anonymous
7/23/2007
Thunder Bay Shell
The service here was great... quick and friendly service. Thanks for your help!
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