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CYQT · YQT

Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
81
▼ 21.1%
DEP / DAY
85
▼ 23.9%
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 81 arrivals and 85 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 28 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 240 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
45°F
Wind
3 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYQT 281100Z 28003KT 20SM MIFG FEW040 FEW100 07/07 A3015 RMK SC1AC1 AC TR SLP215

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 9 476
Ornge AIR 18% Colorful Guizhou Airlines 15% Perimeter Aviation 14% Wasaya Airways 13% PTR 11% Centrafric'Air S.A. 9% Thunder Airlines 7% CFW 7% CGT 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 148
YTZ 43
YYZ 40
YWG 26
YSB 20
YOW 10

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Ornge AIR
84
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
71
Perimeter Aviation
68
Wasaya Airways
62
PTR
53
Centrafric'Air S.A.
42
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Thunder Airlines
34
CFW
32
CGT
30
AIR Changan
27
CGX
25
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
23
JET Freighters
22
AIR Guilin
16
AIR Canada
16
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
14
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
14
AIR Canada Rouge
14
China Flying Dragon Aviation
13
Charlotte
13
2080061 Ontario
12
CFO
11
Westjet Encore
11
Porter Airlines
10
Westjet Airlines
10
Church Fenton FTU
10
CGY
9
Morningstar AIR
9
Care Flight (NSW)
9
North Caribou Flying Service
9
China Flight General Aviation
9
Canadian Armed Forces
8
Calm AIR
8
TOP Flight AIR Service
7
NON
7
Flair Airlines
6
CAL Gulf Aviation
5
Comercializacion Industrial Global
5
AIR Tindi
5
Congressional AIR
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

16 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 12 PM · 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 41 1h 57m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 40 1h 50m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 35 0h 52m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 23 0h 48m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 17 2h 5m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 13 1h 46m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China 11 1h 26m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 11 1h 41m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 10 1h 39m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Thunder Airlines 8 1h 8m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 8 1h 14m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 8 1h 31m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 8 2h 7m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 8 2h 42m
YQTYHD
Dryden, CA
 CFW 7 0h 57m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 6 1h 58m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 AIR Changan 6 1h 51m
YQTYLK
Barrie-Orillia, CA
 CFO 6 1h 58m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CGT 6 1h 2m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 6 1h 38m

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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