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Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
72
▼ 43.3%
DEP / DAY
80
▼ 43.6%
ON-TIME
8.8% Bottom 25%
arr · avg 60 minest
AVG DELAY
60 min
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 72 arrivals and 80 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 26 carriers across 16 routes. The most active carrier is Colorful Guizhou Airlines (CGZ). The busiest route is to Sioux Lookout Airport (CYXL). On-time performance averages 9% with an average delay of 60 minutes against scheduled times. 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 · 2 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
2
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Return to field
2

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13h ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
3 kts
260°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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METAR CYQT 071200Z 26003KT 20SM SCT080 BKN230 16/14 A3004 RMK AC3CI4 SLP178

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 -1m 6a 0m 7a -3m 8a 0m 9a 0m 10a -4m 11a -1m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 422
Colorful Guizhou Airlines 15% Ornge AIR 15% PTR 12% Wasaya Airways 12% Perimeter Aviation 11% Centrafric'Air S.A. 11% Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV 9% Thunder Airlines 8% AIR Changan 7%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 107
YYZ 45
YTZ 33
YWG 32
YSB 24
YOW 10

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
64
Ornge AIR
62
PTR
50
Wasaya Airways
49
Perimeter Aviation
48
Centrafric'Air S.A.
46
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Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
37
Thunder Airlines
35
AIR Changan
31
Canadian Armed Forces
25
China Flight General Aviation
24
2080061 Ontario
19
CFP
19
AIR Canada
17
Westjet Encore
16
CFW
16
Porter Airlines
15
Westjet Airlines
14
Charlotte
13
CFO
13
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
13
Care Flight (NSW)
13
CFY
12
CGT
12
AIR Canada Rouge
11
CAL Gulf Aviation
11
NON
11
JET Freighters
11
Morningstar AIR
10
Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A.
10
AIR Guilin
9
TOP Flight AIR Service
9
Calm AIR
9
Nolinor Aviation
7
Flair Airlines
6
China Flying Dragon Aviation
6
CGS
5
CGY
4
Cranfield University
4
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
4

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 8 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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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 PTR 33 2h 1m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 29 0h 49m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 18 1h 24m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 18 0h 46m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 17 1h 42m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 16 2h 2m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 11 1h 14m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Thunder Airlines 10 1h 48m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 10 2h 1m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 10 1h 36m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 9 2h 45m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 9 1h 34m
YQTCKG8
Kakabeka Falls, CA
 Colorful Guizhou Airlines 7 0h 21m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Centrafric'Air S.A. 7 1h 1m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CAL Gulf Aviation 7 2h 4m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 7 1h 29m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 6 1h 58m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 6 1h 45m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 6 2h 3m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Care Flight (NSW) 4 3h 58m

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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