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CYQT · YQT

Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
79
▼ 30.3%
DEP / DAY
82
▼ 36.1%
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 79 arrivals and 82 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 24 carriers across 18 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 225 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 5 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
5
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Return to field
3

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
59°F
Wind
2 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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CYQT 260700Z 24002KT 15SM FEW009 OVC027 15/15 A2974 RMK ST2SC6 SLP077 DENSITY ALT 1100FT

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 9 458
Ornge AIR 16% Colorful Guizhou Airlines 15% Perimeter Aviation 14% PTR 12% Centrafric'Air S.A. 11% Wasaya Airways 10% CFW 8% CGT 8% Thunder Airlines 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 133
YTZ 41
YYZ 41
YWG 27
YSB 15
YYC 12

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Ornge AIR
71
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
70
Perimeter Aviation
64
PTR
55
Centrafric'Air S.A.
50
Wasaya Airways
48
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CFW
36
CGT
35
Thunder Airlines
29
AIR Changan
25
CGX
25
JET Freighters
23
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
17
Charlotte
15
2080061 Ontario
14
Westjet Airlines
14
China Flight General Aviation
13
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
13
AIR Canada Rouge
13
Church Fenton FTU
12
AIR Canada
12
China Flying Dragon Aviation
12
AIR Guilin
11
Porter Airlines
11
Calm AIR
11
Care Flight (NSW)
10
Morningstar AIR
9
Westjet Encore
9
CFM
9
Sterling AIR A/S
8
CGY
8
CFO
7
TOP Flight AIR Service
7
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
6
Flair Airlines
6
Canadian Armed Forces
6
BA Cityflyer
6
Comercializacion Industrial Global
5
NON
5
North Caribou Flying Service
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

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 40 1h 57m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 31 1h 41m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 31 0h 52m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 19 0h 46m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 15 2h 4m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 11 2h 41m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 11 1h 39m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 11 1h 43m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 10 1h 41m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 10 1h 31m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China 10 1h 46m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 9 2h 5m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CGT 8 0h 56m
YQTCKG8
Kakabeka Falls, CA
 Colorful Guizhou Airlines 7 0h 17m
YQTYHD
Dryden, CA
 CFW 6 0h 52m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 6 1h 14m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 6 1h 59m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 AIR Changan 6 1h 51m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 6 1h 38m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Thunder Airlines 6 1h 14m

Pilot & community notes

6 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

6
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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