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CYQT · YQT

Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
82
▼ 28.6%
DEP / DAY
85
▼ 35.1%
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 82 arrivals and 85 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 25 carriers across 18 routes. The most active carrier is Colorful Guizhou Airlines (CGZ). 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 225 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 4 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
4
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Return to field
3

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
54°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYQT 250700Z 00000KT 15SM BKN170 OVC250 12/11 A3005 RMK AC6CI2 SLP179

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 5m 6a 0m 7a 100m 8a 0m 9a 0m 10a 6m 11a 0m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 459
Colorful Guizhou Airlines 16% Ornge AIR 16% Perimeter Aviation 13% PTR 12% Centrafric'Air S.A. 11% Wasaya Airways 11% CGT 8% CFW 7% AIR Changan 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 141
YTZ 45
YYZ 37
YWG 29
YSB 21
YYC 11

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
74
Ornge AIR
74
Perimeter Aviation
61
PTR
54
Centrafric'Air S.A.
50
Wasaya Airways
50
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CGT
36
CFW
32
AIR Changan
28
JET Freighters
27
Thunder Airlines
27
CGX
24
2080061 Ontario
18
Charlotte
18
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
16
China Flight General Aviation
15
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
15
Church Fenton FTU
14
Westjet Airlines
14
AIR Canada
14
CFM
14
BA Cityflyer
13
AIR Guilin
13
China Flying Dragon Aviation
13
Calm AIR
11
Morningstar AIR
11
AIR Canada Rouge
11
Porter Airlines
10
Care Flight (NSW)
10
Westjet Encore
9
Sterling AIR A/S
8
AIR Tindi
8
CGY
8
Canadian Armed Forces
8
TOP Flight AIR Service
7
CFO
7
Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A.
6
NON
6
CAL Gulf Aviation
6
Flair Airlines
6

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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See all routes → 80 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 PTR 41 1h 57m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 33 1h 44m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 31 0h 52m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 20 0h 50m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 14 2h 9m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 13 1h 40m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 11 2h 43m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 10 1h 40m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 AIR Changan 10 1h 57m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 10 1h 27m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 9 2h 4m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 8 1h 42m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 8 1h 56m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China 8 2h 17m
YQTCKG8
Kakabeka Falls, CA
 Colorful Guizhou Airlines 7 0h 17m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 6 1h 13m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CGT 6 0h 56m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 6 1h 39m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 6 1h 47m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CGX 6 1h 33m

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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