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CYQT · YQT

Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
84
▲ 16.9%
DEP / DAY
93
▲ 21.9%
ON-TIME
7.7% Bottom 25%
arr · avg 65 minest
AVG DELAY
65 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 84 arrivals and 93 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 27 carriers across 14 routes. The most active carrier is Perimeter Aviation (PAG). The busiest route is to Sioux Lookout Airport (CYXL). On-time performance averages 8% with an average delay of 65 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 257 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
6

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
8 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYQT 162300Z 20008KT 20SM FEW035 SCT190 14/08 A3032 RMK SC1CC3 SLP277

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
4m 5a 6m 6a 5m 7a 20m 8a 0m 9a 53m 10a 27m 11a 0m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 414
Perimeter Aviation 14% Wasaya Airways 14% Colorful Guizhou Airlines 14% PTR 12% Thunder Airlines 11% Ornge AIR 10% Centrafric'Air S.A. 10% JET Freighters 7% AIR Canada Rouge 7%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 139
YTZ 43
YYZ 43
YWG 33
YSB 24
YOW 14

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Perimeter Aviation
60
Wasaya Airways
57
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
57
PTR
51
Thunder Airlines
47
Ornge AIR
43
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Centrafric'Air S.A.
41
JET Freighters
29
AIR Canada Rouge
29
Charlotte
28
CFW
27
CGT
26
China Flight General Aviation
26
Canadian Armed Forces
24
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
23
Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A.
23
AIR Changan
21
AIR Guilin
20
CGX
19
Church Fenton FTU
17
2080061 Ontario
15
HTT
15
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
13
CFO
13
CGY
13
Care Flight (NSW)
13
Westjet Encore
13
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
11
Calm AIR
11
CFP
11
Morningstar AIR
10
Porter Airlines
10
Westjet Airlines
9
CAL Gulf Aviation
9
AIR Tindi
8
China Flying Dragon Aviation
8
Chicago AIR
8
BA Cityflyer
7
Condor Flugdienst
7
CFM
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 8 AM · 1 movement every 257 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 38 1h 58m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 34 0h 50m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 27 0h 47m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 27 1h 41m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 19 2h 13m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 11 1h 29m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CGT 11 1h 23m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 10 1h 15m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 10 1h 39m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 8 1h 47m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 8 2h 3m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Thunder Airlines 7 1h 34m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Charlotte 7 1h 17m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CFW 7 2h 21m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Centrafric'Air S.A. 6 1h 11m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 AIR Tindi 6 0h 53m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 6 0h 58m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 6 2h 46m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CAL Gulf Aviation 6 2h 12m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 6 2h 6m

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
11/19/2011
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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