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CYQT · YQT

Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
70
▼ 38.8%
DEP / DAY
74
▼ 42.0%
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 70 arrivals and 74 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 27 carriers across 16 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 225 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 3 total

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Go-arounds
0
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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
54°F
Wind
3 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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CYQT 271200Z 27003KT 20SM R07/3000VP6000FT/N MIFG FEW140 FEW240 12/12 A3001 RMK AC1CI1 AC TR SLP166

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 16m 6a 0m 7a 210m 8a 0m 9a 0m 10a 8m 11a 0m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 407
Ornge AIR 18% Perimeter Aviation 14% PTR 13% Colorful Guizhou Airlines 12% Wasaya Airways 12% Centrafric'Air S.A. 9% CGT 8% CFW 8% Thunder Airlines 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 134
YTZ 40
YYZ 38
YWG 24
YSB 16
YYC 11

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Ornge AIR
72
Perimeter Aviation
56
PTR
53
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
50
Wasaya Airways
49
Centrafric'Air S.A.
37
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CGT
32
CFW
32
Thunder Airlines
26
CGX
24
AIR Changan
23
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
21
JET Freighters
18
AIR Canada Rouge
14
2080061 Ontario
14
Westjet Encore
13
Charlotte
13
Westjet Airlines
13
AIR Canada
12
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
12
AIR Guilin
12
Care Flight (NSW)
10
China Flying Dragon Aviation
10
Porter Airlines
10
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
10
China Flight General Aviation
9
North Caribou Flying Service
9
Calm AIR
9
CGY
7
Morningstar AIR
7
TOP Flight AIR Service
7
CFO
7
Flair Airlines
6
Church Fenton FTU
6
NON
6
CAL Gulf Aviation
5
Canadian Armed Forces
5
Comercializacion Industrial Global
5
AIR Tindi
5
CGQ
3

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 225 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
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 PTR 40 1h 57m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 32 1h 47m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 31 0h 52m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 19 0h 47m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 16 2h 8m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 11 1h 41m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China 11 1h 26m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 10 1h 43m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 10 1h 39m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 10 2h 41m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 9 1h 14m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 8 2h 7m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 8 1h 33m
YQTYHD
Dryden, CA
 CFW 6 0h 52m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Centrafric'Air S.A. 6 1h 22m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CGT 6 1h 2m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 AIR Changan 6 1h 51m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 6 1h 38m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 5 2h 2m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 5 1h 47m

Pilot & community notes

6 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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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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