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CYQT · YQT

Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
78
▼ 27.4%
DEP / DAY
93
▼ 19.9%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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7d window

Thunder Bay Airport (CYQT/YQT) is a medium regional airport located in Thunder Bay, Canada. It features 2 runways with the longest being 7,318 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 78 arrivals and 93 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 29 carriers across 16 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 · 3 total

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Go-arounds
1
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
2
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Return to field
3

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
7 kts
110°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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CYQT 042300Z 11007KT 20SM FEW015 SCT065 BKN220 20/15 A3004 RMK SC1SC3CI1 SLP177 DENSITY ALT 1300FT

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 9 434
Perimeter Aviation 18% Colorful Guizhou Airlines 16% PTR 12% Ornge AIR 12% Wasaya Airways 10% Centrafric'Air S.A. 9% CGT 9% JET Freighters 6% Thunder Airlines 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 120
YYZ 45
YWG 42
YTZ 36
YSB 31
YOW 13

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Perimeter Aviation
79
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
71
PTR
53
Ornge AIR
53
Wasaya Airways
42
Centrafric'Air S.A.
41
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CGT
39
JET Freighters
28
Thunder Airlines
28
AIR Changan
25
2080061 Ontario
23
CGX
22
AIR Canada Rouge
21
Morningstar AIR
19
CFO
19
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
18
CFW
18
Charlotte
18
Westjet Encore
17
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
16
Canadian Armed Forces
16
CFP
15
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
15
AIR Canada
14
Westjet Airlines
14
AIR Tindi
14
China Flight General Aviation
13
Care Flight (NSW)
12
Porter Airlines
11
Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A.
11
CFM
10
CGW
8
Calm AIR
8
AIR Guilin
8
CAL Gulf Aviation
7
China Flying Dragon Aviation
7
CGY
6
Flair Airlines
6
NON
5
Cargo AIR
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 11 AM · 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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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 PTR 30 2h 4m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 30 0h 53m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 30 1h 0m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 20 2h 10m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 18 1h 42m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 13 1h 13m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 13 1h 43m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 12 1h 35m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 12 2h 6m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 12 2h 1m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 11 2h 41m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 11 2h 5m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 9 1h 36m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Thunder Airlines 9 1h 56m
YQTYLK
Barrie-Orillia, CA
 CFO 9 2h 24m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 8 1h 29m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 6 2h 23m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Ornge AIR 6 3h 2m
YQTYGK
Kingston, CA
 Ornge AIR 6 4h 15m
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 Centrafric'Air S.A. 5 2h 29m

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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