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CAT4 · XQU

Qualicum Beach Airport

49.33720°N
-124.39400°W
ARR / DAY
2
58.1%
DEP / DAY
2
44.4%

Qualicum Beach Airport (CAT4/XQU) is a small general aviation airport located in Qualicum Beach, Canada, 93 km west of Vancouver. It features 1 runway measuring 3,565 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runways

1 installed

3,565 FT MAX
11/29
3,565 ft × 75
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

29
82% of ops
221 land · 108 TO
11
18% of ops
47 land · 83 TO
Runway 29 carries 82% of operations (221 landings, 108 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 18%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

29 221 landings
UA 15%
11 47 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 29 show a 15% unstable-approach rate (34 UA events from 221 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
8.1
flights/day · 242 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 9pm · 12am
Day vs night
45%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–8pm local, averaging 8.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.8× weekday (12.1 vs 6.9 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (28% of 220 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
flying.Dutchman
03/17/2008
nice airport
Good coffee friendly people
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