Qualicum Beach Airport satellite view
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CAT4 · XQU

Qualicum Beach Airport

49.33720°N
-124.39400°W
ARR / DAY
6
7.3%
DEP / DAY
7
2.2%

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

Current weather

From CYQQ, 34 mi away (CAT4 does not publish METAR)

51m ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
2 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
CYQQ 050733Z 22002KT 20SM -DZ SCT007 OVC075 14/13 A3003 RMK SF3AC5 DENSITY ALT 73FT SLP169

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
85% of ops
289 land · 123 TO
11
15% of ops
52 land · 93 TO
Runway 29 carries 85% of operations (289 landings, 123 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 15%.

Approach quality

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

29 289 landings
UA 5%
11 52 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 29 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 289 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
13.6
flights/day · 409 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 11pm · 5pm
Day vs night
40%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–8pm local, averaging 13.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (11.0 vs 15.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 347 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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