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CYQT · YQT

Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
75
▼ 28.3%
DEP / DAY
83
▼ 26.7%
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 75 arrivals and 83 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 23 carriers across 13 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 212 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
30°F
Wind
4 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYQT 200300Z 29004KT 15SM FEW230 M01/M03 A3043 RMK CI2 SLP316

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 9 411
Perimeter Aviation 15% Centrafric'Air S.A. 15% Colorful Guizhou Airlines 13% Ornge AIR 12% PTR 11% Wasaya Airways 11% 2080061 Ontario 10% CFW 8% Charlotte 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 151
YTZ 33
YYZ 30
YSB 20
YWG 20
YOW 12

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Perimeter Aviation
63
Centrafric'Air S.A.
60
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
52
Ornge AIR
49
PTR
45
Wasaya Airways
44
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2080061 Ontario
41
CFW
31
Charlotte
26
CFY
26
JET Freighters
23
CGT
20
Thunder Airlines
18
CGX
18
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
18
Canadian Armed Forces
18
CFO
18
China Flight General Aviation
17
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
17
AIR Changan
16
CGY
14
AIR Canada Rouge
12
Morningstar AIR
11
Care Flight (NSW)
11
AIR Tindi
10
CFM
10
AIR Canada
10
China Flying Dragon Aviation
9
Condor Flugdienst
9
Congressional AIR
8
Westjet Airlines
8
Calm AIR
8
Westjet Encore
7
CGJ
7
NON
6
North Caribou Flying Service
6
Church Fenton FTU
6
CGQ
6
CGS
6
Porter Airlines
6

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 4 PM · 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
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 34 1h 12m
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 PTR 31 2h 0m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 24 0h 48m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 23 1h 43m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 20 1h 13m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 14 2h 8m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 12 2h 3m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 12 1h 39m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 9 1h 38m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 8 1h 27m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 7 1h 49m
YQTCKG8
Kakabeka Falls, CA
 Colorful Guizhou Airlines 6 0h 23m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CFO 6 1h 41m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Centrafric'Air S.A. 5 1h 28m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 5 2h 37m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CFY 5 1h 7m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Charlotte 5 2h 8m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 5 1h 43m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CGJ 5 2h 29m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 4 1h 47m

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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