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CYQT · YQT

Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
96
▼ 4.1%
DEP / DAY
115
▲ 6.5%
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 96 arrivals and 115 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 30 carriers across 18 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 · 4 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
10 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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CYQT 042000Z 07010KT 20SM BKN014 BKN020 OVC200 19/16 A3003 RMK SC6SC1CI1 SLP174 DENSITY ALT 1200FT

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 9 539
Perimeter Aviation 18% Colorful Guizhou Airlines 17% Ornge AIR 13% PTR 12% Centrafric'Air S.A. 10% Wasaya Airways 10% CGT 8% JET Freighters 6% Thunder Airlines 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 159
YYZ 53
YWG 48
YTZ 42
YSB 33
YOW 15

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Perimeter Aviation
95
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
94
Ornge AIR
72
PTR
62
Centrafric'Air S.A.
55
Wasaya Airways
52
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CGT
41
JET Freighters
35
Thunder Airlines
33
AIR Changan
32
2080061 Ontario
28
CGX
26
AIR Canada Rouge
25
Charlotte
22
China Flight General Aviation
22
CFO
21
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
21
CFW
21
Morningstar AIR
21
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
21
AIR Tindi
21
Westjet Encore
20
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
19
Canadian Armed Forces
18
Westjet Airlines
18
CFP
16
AIR Canada
16
CFM
14
Porter Airlines
13
Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A.
13
Care Flight (NSW)
12
AIR Guilin
12
Calm AIR
10
CGY
8
CGW
8
China Flying Dragon Aviation
7
CAL Gulf Aviation
7
Cargo AIR
6
TOP Flight AIR Service
6
NON
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 12 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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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 39 0h 55m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 38 0h 52m
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 PTR 36 2h 2m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 25 2h 8m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 22 1h 42m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 18 2h 1m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 16 1h 37m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 15 1h 14m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 15 1h 45m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 14 2h 6m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 14 2h 43m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 14 1h 59m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 11 1h 36m
YQTYLK
Barrie-Orillia, CA
 CFO 11 2h 19m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Thunder Airlines 10 1h 48m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 10 1h 30m
YQTCKG8
Kakabeka Falls, CA
 Colorful Guizhou Airlines 8 0h 24m
YQTYGK
Kingston, CA
 Ornge AIR 6 4h 15m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Ornge AIR 6 3h 2m
YQTYXZ
Wawa, CA
 CGY 6 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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