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Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
78
▼ 4.7%
DEP / DAY
88
▲ 2.9%
ON-TIME
74.8% Top 25%
arr · avg 11 min
dep · 100% · avg -1 min cal
AVG DELAY
11 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 78 arrivals and 88 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 29 carriers across 15 routes. The most active carrier is Ornge AIR (PUL). The busiest route is to Sioux Lookout Airport (CYXL). On-time performance averages 75% with an average delay of 11 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
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
4 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYQT 011500Z 24004KT 210V320 20SM FEW012 FEW240 21/16 A2983 RMK SF1CI1 SF TR CI TR SLP106 DENSITY ALT 1600FT

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 6m 6a 7m 7a 14m 8a 0m 9a 5m 10a 34m 11a 0m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 436
Ornge AIR 17% Colorful Guizhou Airlines 16% Perimeter Aviation 16% Wasaya Airways 12% PTR 11% Centrafric'Air S.A. 9% Thunder Airlines 8% CFW 6% JET Freighters 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 135
YYZ 38
YTZ 36
YSB 26
YWG 26
YLK 10

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Ornge AIR
75
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
69
Perimeter Aviation
68
Wasaya Airways
51
PTR
47
Centrafric'Air S.A.
40
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Thunder Airlines
34
CFW
27
JET Freighters
25
AIR Changan
23
CGX
21
Charlotte
20
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
19
CGT
19
2080061 Ontario
19
CFO
17
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
17
AIR Tindi
15
China Flight General Aviation
15
AIR Guilin
14
AIR Canada
14
Westjet Encore
13
Porter Airlines
12
CFM
11
China Flying Dragon Aviation
11
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
10
CFP
9
AIR Canada Rouge
9
Calm AIR
8
Westjet Airlines
8
Congressional AIR
7
CGY
7
Airsprint
7
Morningstar AIR
7
Flair Airlines
6
Canadian Armed Forces
6
North Caribou Flying Service
6
Church Fenton FTU
6
NON
5
Pilatus Flugzeugwerke
5

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

15 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 34 1h 59m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 33 0h 55m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 26 2h 12m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 26 0h 48m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 21 2h 12m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 12 1h 47m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 12 2h 3m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 11 1h 37m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 10 1h 14m
YQTYLK
Barrie-Orillia, CA
 CFO 10 2h 19m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 8 1h 32m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 8 2h 5m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 8 1h 36m
YQTCKG8
Kakabeka Falls, CA
 Colorful Guizhou Airlines 7 0h 23m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Thunder Airlines 7 2h 6m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China 7 1h 31m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 7 2h 39m
YQTYXZ
Wawa, CA
 CGY 6 1h 0m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Centrafric'Air S.A. 6 1h 5m
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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