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CAT4 · XQU

Qualicum Beach Airport

49.33720°N
-124.39400°W
ARR / DAY
3
46.7%
DEP / DAY
4
33.3%

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 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From CYAZ, 65 mi away (CAT4 does not publish METAR)

28m ago
Temp
59°F
Wind
10 kts
130°
Visib
8047 m
Ceil
CYAZ 012346Z CCA 13010G17KT 5SM -RA BR OVC030 15/14 A2977 RMK SC8 SLP083 DENSITY ALT 400FT

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
87% of ops
168 land · 88 TO
11
13% of ops
26 land · 42 TO
Runway 29 carries 87% of operations (168 landings, 88 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 13%.

Approach quality

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

29 168 landings
UA 5%
11 26 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 29 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 168 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
12.0
flights/day · 359 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 5pm · 9pm
Day vs night
43%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–9pm local, averaging 12.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (10.6 vs 13.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 313 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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