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CYQT · YQT

Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
81
▼ 10.3%
DEP / DAY
89
▼ 10.7%
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 81 arrivals and 89 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 240 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
39°F
Wind
5 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYQT 140900Z 29005KT 15SM SKC 04/04 A3020 RMK SLP236

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 7m 6a 5m 7a 29m 8a 0m 9a 49m 10a 26m 11a 0m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 400
Perimeter Aviation 16% Wasaya Airways 15% Thunder Airlines 12% Ornge AIR 11% PTR 10% Colorful Guizhou Airlines 10% Centrafric'Air S.A. 10% JET Freighters 8% Charlotte 8%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 145
YYZ 43
YTZ 35
YWG 35
YSB 31
YHM 9

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Perimeter Aviation
66
Wasaya Airways
59
Thunder Airlines
47
Ornge AIR
45
PTR
40
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
40
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Centrafric'Air S.A.
39
JET Freighters
33
Charlotte
31
CFW
29
AIR Changan
27
CGT
27
AIR Canada Rouge
26
China Flight General Aviation
22
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
21
2080061 Ontario
21
Canadian Armed Forces
20
HTT
19
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
16
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
16
CGX
16
Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A.
15
Care Flight (NSW)
15
Church Fenton FTU
13
CAL Gulf Aviation
13
Westjet Encore
13
CFO
13
Calm AIR
12
CGY
11
AIR Guilin
10
CFP
10
AIR Tindi
10
China Flying Dragon Aviation
10
Pilatus Flugzeugwerke
9
Morningstar AIR
8
Porter Airlines
8
Westjet Airlines
7
CFM
7
Congressional AIR
6
AIR Canada
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 11 AM · 1 movement every 240 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 31 1h 59m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 31 0h 44m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 27 0h 46m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 23 2h 9m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 23 1h 41m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CGT 13 1h 49m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 12 1h 5m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 12 1h 27m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 10 1h 16m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CAL Gulf Aviation 10 1h 30m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 8 1h 38m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 8 1h 28m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CFW 8 2h 35m
YQTYHM
Hamilton, CA
 HTT 7 2h 11m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Charlotte 6 2h 42m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 6 2h 11m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 6 1h 39m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Centrafric'Air S.A. 6 1h 11m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 5 2h 43m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 5 1h 34m

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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