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CYQT · YQT

Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
10
▼ 89.9%
DEP / DAY
10
▼ 90.5%
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 10 arrivals and 10 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 8 carriers across 8 routes. The most active carrier is Ornge AIR (PUL). 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 277 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
4 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYQT 261200Z VRB04KT 20SM FEW130 OVC210 14/14 A2985 RMK AC1CI7 PRESRR SLP112

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 24m 6a 0m 7a 15m 8a 0m 9a 0m 10a 4m 11a 0m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

34 total
TOP 9 62
Ornge AIR 19% PTR 16% Centrafric'Air S.A. 16% Perimeter Aviation 15% Wasaya Airways 8% CFO 6% Pivot Airlines 6% CFP 6% 2080061 Ontario 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 19
YTZ 9
YYZ 9
YSB 4
YXZ 3
YOW 3

Carriers

See all + destinations → 34
Ornge AIR
12
PTR
10
Centrafric'Air S.A.
10
Perimeter Aviation
9
Wasaya Airways
5
CFO
4
Show 28 more carriers →
Pivot Airlines
4
CFP
4
2080061 Ontario
4
AIR Canada Rouge
4
CFY
3
AIR Changan
3
CGT
3
Netjets Aviation
3
CGX
3
CGJ
3
CGW
2
CAL Gulf Aviation
2
Thunder Airlines
2
CFM
2
China Flying Dragon Aviation
2
Porter Airlines
2
AIR Canada
2
Calm AIR
2
Westjet Encore
2
Flair Airlines
2
AIR Guilin
1
Charlotte
1
Care Flight (NSW)
1
Nolinor Aviation
1
NON
1
Cranfield University
1
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
1
Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A.
1

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

13 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 11 AM · 1 movement every 277 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 → 53 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 PTR 6 2h 4m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 4 1h 33m
YQTYXZ
Wawa, CA
 Ornge AIR 3 1h 49m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 3 1h 59m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Centrafric'Air S.A. 2 1h 52m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 2 0h 45m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CGT 2 2h 49m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Thunder Airlines 2 1h 33m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 2 1h 44m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 2 1h 39m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 2 1h 8m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 2 1h 59m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 2 2h 27m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CFY 2 0h 43m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CFO 2 2h 8m
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 CAL Gulf Aviation 2 2h 12m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CGW 2 0h 42m
YQTYHD
Dryden, CA
 CFP 2 0h 45m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CGJ 1 1h 1m
YQTCML5
Thunder Bay, CA
 Wasaya Airways 1 0h 5m

Pilot & community notes

6 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

6
Anonymous
07/29/2013
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
06/14/2012
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
08/25/2011
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
07/24/2007
College
Attended Aviation Flight Management @ Confederation. Many good times spent here!
Anonymous
07/23/2007
Thunder Bay Shell
The service here was great... quick and friendly service. Thanks for your help!
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