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CYQT · YQT

Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
92
▼ 14.0%
DEP / DAY
106
▼ 8.0%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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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 92 arrivals and 106 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 33 carriers across 17 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 · 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
63°F
Wind
2 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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CYQT 050500Z VRB02KT 15SM OVC088 17/16 A3007 RMK AC8 SLP186 DENSITY ALT 900FT

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 9 494
Perimeter Aviation 19% Colorful Guizhou Airlines 14% PTR 13% Ornge AIR 12% Wasaya Airways 11% Centrafric'Air S.A. 9% CGT 9% JET Freighters 6% AIR Changan 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 144
YYZ 55
YWG 49
YTZ 41
YSB 41
YOW 15

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Perimeter Aviation
95
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
71
PTR
63
Ornge AIR
58
Wasaya Airways
56
Centrafric'Air S.A.
46
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CGT
44
JET Freighters
31
AIR Changan
30
Thunder Airlines
29
2080061 Ontario
26
CFW
25
AIR Canada Rouge
25
CGX
25
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
24
CFP
23
Morningstar AIR
22
Charlotte
20
Westjet Encore
20
CFO
19
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
19
AIR Canada
17
Care Flight (NSW)
16
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
16
Westjet Airlines
16
Canadian Armed Forces
16
AIR Tindi
15
CFM
14
Porter Airlines
13
China Flight General Aviation
13
Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A.
13
Calm AIR
10
China Flying Dragon Aviation
10
AIR Guilin
9
CAL Gulf Aviation
9
Flair Airlines
8
CGW
8
CGY
8
TOP Flight AIR Service
7
Church Fenton FTU
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 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 59m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 37 0h 51m
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 PTR 36 2h 2m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 23 2h 12m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 22 1h 43m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 15 1h 13m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 15 1h 44m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 14 2h 6m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 14 1h 42m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 13 2h 43m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 13 1h 59m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 12 2h 0m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 11 1h 38m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 10 1h 28m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Thunder Airlines 10 1h 49m
YQTYLK
Barrie-Orillia, CA
 CFO 9 2h 24m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 7 1h 43m
YQTYGK
Kingston, CA
 Ornge AIR 6 4h 15m
YQTYXZ
Wawa, CA
 CGY 6 1h 1m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 6 2h 23m

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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