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Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
88
▼ 17.2%
DEP / DAY
98
▼ 18.6%
ON-TIME
68.6% Top 25%
arr · avg 26 min
dep · 100% · avg 15 min cal
AVG DELAY
26 min
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 88 arrivals and 98 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 29 carriers across 15 routes. The most active carrier is Perimeter Aviation (PAG). The busiest route is to Sioux Lookout Airport (CYXL). On-time performance averages 69% with an average delay of 26 minutes against scheduled times. 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 · 2 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
2
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Return to field
4

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
59°F
Wind
3 kts
100°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYQT 071300Z 10003KT 20SM -RA SCT009 BKN027 BKN120 OVC220 15/15 A3013 RMK SC3SC3AC1CI1 SLP206

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 8m 6a 5m 7a 30m 8a 0m 9a 53m 10a 27m 11a 0m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 466
Perimeter Aviation 19% Colorful Guizhou Airlines 16% PTR 12% Wasaya Airways 12% Ornge AIR 10% Centrafric'Air S.A. 9% CGT 9% JET Freighters 6% 2080061 Ontario 5%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 145
YWG 47
YYZ 46
YSB 39
YTZ 36
YOW 14

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Perimeter Aviation
90
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
76
PTR
58
Wasaya Airways
55
Ornge AIR
45
Centrafric'Air S.A.
44
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CGT
43
JET Freighters
30
2080061 Ontario
25
Canadian Armed Forces
24
Charlotte
24
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
24
AIR Changan
24
Thunder Airlines
23
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
22
AIR Canada Rouge
22
Morningstar AIR
22
Westjet Encore
21
CGX
20
CFP
19
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
19
CFO
16
Church Fenton FTU
14
Care Flight (NSW)
14
Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A.
14
Westjet Airlines
14
AIR Canada
14
AIR Tindi
14
China Flying Dragon Aviation
13
China Flight General Aviation
13
CFW
12
Porter Airlines
11
CFM
11
CAL Gulf Aviation
11
Calm AIR
11
CGW
8
CGY
8
TOP Flight AIR Service
7
Flair Airlines
6
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
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 37 0h 53m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 37 1h 1m
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 PTR 33 2h 1m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 21 2h 9m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 20 1h 44m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 15 1h 13m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 14 1h 3m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 14 2h 6m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 13 1h 59m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 12 1h 45m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 12 2h 42m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 11 1h 28m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 9 1h 39m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 9 1h 35m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Thunder Airlines 8 1h 10m
YQTYLK
Barrie-Orillia, CA
 CFO 8 2h 24m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 6 2h 23m
YQTYXZ
Wawa, CA
 CGY 6 1h 1m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 5 1h 43m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CAL Gulf Aviation 5 1h 0m

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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