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CYQT · YQT

Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
68
▼ 41.3%
DEP / DAY
74
▼ 41.4%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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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 68 arrivals and 74 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 21 carriers across 11 routes. The most active carrier is Perimeter Aviation (PAG). The busiest route is to Sioux Lookout Airport (CYXL). At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 225 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
4

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
59°F
Wind
4 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYQT 191900Z VRB04KT 20SM FEW230 15/M04 A3040 RMK CI1 SLP303

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 0m 6a 0m 7a 0m 8a 0m 9a 105m 10a 25m 11a 0m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 368
Perimeter Aviation 17% Centrafric'Air S.A. 16% Ornge AIR 15% Wasaya Airways 12% PTR 11% CFW 8% 2080061 Ontario 8% Colorful Guizhou Airlines 8% CFY 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 140
YTZ 33
YYZ 28
YSB 21
YWG 16
YOW 11

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Perimeter Aviation
61
Centrafric'Air S.A.
58
Ornge AIR
55
Wasaya Airways
43
PTR
41
CFW
30
Show 34 more carriers →
2080061 Ontario
30
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
28
CFY
22
JET Freighters
22
CGX
19
Charlotte
19
Thunder Airlines
19
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
18
CFO
18
CGY
17
AIR Changan
16
China Flight General Aviation
14
AIR Canada Rouge
12
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
11
China Flying Dragon Aviation
11
CGT
10
AIR Tindi
10
Canadian Armed Forces
10
Morningstar AIR
9
Condor Flugdienst
9
Care Flight (NSW)
9
CGJ
8
Calm AIR
8
AIR Canada
8
Westjet Airlines
8
Chicago AIR
7
Westjet Encore
7
CGQ
6
CGS
6
Porter Airlines
6
Congressional AIR
6
NON
5
North Caribou Flying Service
5
CFM
5

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

16 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 1 PM · 1 movement every 225 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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See all routes → 80 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 34 1h 9m
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 PTR 29 2h 0m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 25 0h 48m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 23 1h 44m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 14 1h 13m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 12 2h 11m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 12 1h 39m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 10 2h 3m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 8 1h 27m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 7 1h 39m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CGJ 6 0h 58m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Centrafric'Air S.A. 6 1h 29m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CFO 6 1h 41m
YQTYXZ
Wawa, CA
 CGY 6 1h 4m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 5 1h 43m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 5 2h 37m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 4 1h 47m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 AIR Tindi 4 1h 34m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Condor Flugdienst 4 0h 57m
YQTYLK
Barrie-Orillia, CA
 CFO 4 2h 34m

Pilot & community notes

6 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

6
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
11/20/2011
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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