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Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
84
▼ 13.4%
DEP / DAY
97
▼ 7.9%
ON-TIME
75% Top 25%
arr · avg 12 min
dep · 100% · avg -11 min cal
AVG DELAY
12 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 84 arrivals and 97 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 29 carriers across 17 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 12 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 225 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 3 total

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Go-arounds
1
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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
66°F
Wind
2 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYQT 030100Z 32002KT 20SM FEW070 FEW180 SCT240 19/14 A2991 RMK AC1AC1CI2 SLP132 DENSITY ALT 1300FT

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 9 460
Ornge AIR 16% Colorful Guizhou Airlines 16% Perimeter Aviation 16% PTR 12% Wasaya Airways 11% Centrafric'Air S.A. 9% Thunder Airlines 8% JET Freighters 7% 2080061 Ontario 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 141
YYZ 51
YTZ 42
YWG 35
YSB 23
YLK 13

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Ornge AIR
73
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
72
Perimeter Aviation
72
PTR
54
Wasaya Airways
52
Centrafric'Air S.A.
41
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Thunder Airlines
37
JET Freighters
30
2080061 Ontario
29
CFW
27
CGX
27
AIR Changan
26
CGT
25
CFO
22
AIR Canada Rouge
21
Charlotte
18
AIR Tindi
18
Westjet Encore
17
AIR Canada
17
China Flight General Aviation
17
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
17
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
16
AIR Guilin
14
Westjet Airlines
14
CFM
14
Porter Airlines
12
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
12
CFP
11
Morningstar AIR
10
Canadian Armed Forces
9
CGY
8
Flair Airlines
8
Care Flight (NSW)
8
Calm AIR
8
China Flying Dragon Aviation
8
Congressional AIR
7
TOP Flight AIR Service
6
Pilatus Flugzeugwerke
6
Airsprint
5
Church Fenton FTU
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 225 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 2h 1m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 34 0h 53m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 30 0h 47m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 22 1h 58m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 20 2h 9m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 17 1h 43m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 15 1h 46m
YQTYLK
Barrie-Orillia, CA
 CFO 13 2h 16m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 13 1h 49m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 12 1h 13m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 12 2h 5m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 11 1h 36m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 11 2h 42m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Thunder Airlines 11 1h 43m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 8 1h 28m
YQTCKG8
Kakabeka Falls, CA
 Colorful Guizhou Airlines 7 0h 23m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 7 1h 40m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 7 1h 57m
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 Centrafric'Air S.A. 7 2h 28m
YQTYXZ
Wawa, CA
 CGY 6 1h 0m

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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