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CYQT · YQT

Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
86
▼ 2.3%
DEP / DAY
95
▲ 1.7%
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 86 arrivals and 95 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 29 carriers across 15 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 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
2

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

56m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
7 kts
90°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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CYQT 301846Z 09007KT 20SM OVC013 20/17 A2999 RMK SC8 SLP161 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 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 9 504
Colorful Guizhou Airlines 21% Ornge AIR 16% Perimeter Aviation 14% PTR 11% Wasaya Airways 11% Centrafric'Air S.A. 9% Thunder Airlines 7% CFW 6% CGX 5%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 155
YTZ 44
YYZ 39
YSB 26
YWG 21
CKG8 13

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
104
Ornge AIR
82
Perimeter Aviation
72
PTR
55
Wasaya Airways
54
Centrafric'Air S.A.
46
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Thunder Airlines
33
CFW
32
CGX
26
AIR Changan
25
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
25
JET Freighters
23
Charlotte
20
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
19
China Flight General Aviation
19
CGT
18
CFO
16
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
15
2080061 Ontario
15
AIR Guilin
15
AIR Canada Rouge
13
AIR Canada
13
AIR Tindi
12
Porter Airlines
11
China Flying Dragon Aviation
10
Westjet Encore
10
Church Fenton FTU
10
CGY
9
Canadian Armed Forces
9
Morningstar AIR
9
CFM
8
NON
8
Calm AIR
8
Westjet Airlines
8
Congressional AIR
7
Flair Airlines
6
Care Flight (NSW)
6
North Caribou Flying Service
6
CFP
5
Comercializacion Industrial Global
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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See all routes → 80 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 PTR 41 1h 58m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 37 1h 52m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 33 0h 52m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 26 0h 48m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 21 2h 6m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 11 1h 47m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China 11 1h 17m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 11 1h 38m
YQTCKG8
Kakabeka Falls, CA
 Colorful Guizhou Airlines 10 0h 22m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 10 1h 36m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 10 2h 4m
YQTYLK
Barrie-Orillia, CA
 CFO 9 1h 59m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Thunder Airlines 8 1h 8m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 8 1h 32m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 7 1h 16m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 7 2h 4m
YQTYHD
Dryden, CA
 CFW 7 0h 57m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Centrafric'Air S.A. 7 1h 2m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CGT 7 1h 17m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 6 1h 57m

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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