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Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
104
▼ 1.6%
DEP / DAY
113
▼ 8.8%
ON-TIME
9.4% Bottom 25%
arr · avg 44 minest
AVG DELAY
44 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 104 arrivals and 113 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 25 carriers across 15 routes. The most active carrier is Colorful Guizhou Airlines (CGZ). The busiest route is to Sioux Lookout Airport (CYXL). On-time performance averages 9% with an average delay of 44 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 212 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
2

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
45°F
Wind
6 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYQT 131700Z 28006KT 260V340 20SM BKN013 OVC054 07/04 A2988 RMK SC7SC1 SLP127

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 14m 8a 0m 9a 35m 10a 8m 11a 0m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 589
Colorful Guizhou Airlines 21% Centrafric'Air S.A. 17% Perimeter Aviation 12% Ornge AIR 10% Wasaya Airways 9% PTR 9% 2080061 Ontario 8% Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV 8% CFW 7%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 160
YTZ 43
YYZ 42
YSB 36
YWG 27
CKG8 25

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
123
Centrafric'Air S.A.
98
Perimeter Aviation
73
Ornge AIR
58
Wasaya Airways
55
PTR
52
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2080061 Ontario
45
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
45
CFW
40
Thunder Airlines
36
CGT
34
Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A.
29
Church Fenton FTU
25
JET Freighters
23
China Flight General Aviation
22
CGX
21
Canadian Armed Forces
20
CFO
20
AIR Changan
19
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
18
AIR Canada Rouge
17
CGY
17
China Flying Dragon Aviation
16
CAL Gulf Aviation
16
Westjet Encore
16
AIR Canada
16
Calm AIR
15
Care Flight (NSW)
14
AIR Tindi
13
CFY
13
Porter Airlines
10
Charlotte
9
AIR Guilin
8
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
8
Morningstar AIR
8
BA Cityflyer
8
NON
7
CGJ
7
Westjet Airlines
7
CFM
7

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

17 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 8 AM · 1 movement every 212 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
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 PTR 37 1h 58m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 33 0h 47m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 31 0h 48m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 24 2h 8m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 19 2h 1m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 16 1h 38m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 13 1h 40m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Centrafric'Air S.A. 13 1h 18m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Thunder Airlines 13 2h 21m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 11 1h 15m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CGT 11 1h 39m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 11 1h 32m
YQTYLK
Barrie-Orillia, CA
 CFO 11 2h 13m
YQTCKG8
Kakabeka Falls, CA
 Colorful Guizhou Airlines 10 0h 24m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 9 1h 42m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 9 1h 28m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CAL Gulf Aviation 8 1h 37m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 8 2h 6m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CFW 5 1h 6m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 5 1h 48m

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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