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Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
101
▲ 3.4%
DEP / DAY
118
▲ 11.9%
ON-TIME
74.6% Top 25%
arr · avg 12 min
dep · 100% · avg -13 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 101 arrivals and 118 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 32 carriers across 19 routes. The most active carrier is Perimeter Aviation (PAG). 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 212 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 4 total

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Go-arounds
1
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
3
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Return to field
2

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
3 kts
140°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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CYQT 031500Z 14003KT 130V280 20SM FEW025 SCT260 20/14 A3000 RMK CU1CI2 SLP164 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 9 570
Perimeter Aviation 17% Colorful Guizhou Airlines 17% Ornge AIR 14% PTR 11% Wasaya Airways 11% Centrafric'Air S.A. 9% Thunder Airlines 8% CGT 7% AIR Changan 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 172
YYZ 58
YTZ 47
YWG 47
YSB 34
YOW 15

Carriers

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Perimeter Aviation
99
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
97
Ornge AIR
79
PTR
65
Wasaya Airways
60
Centrafric'Air S.A.
54
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Thunder Airlines
43
CGT
38
AIR Changan
35
2080061 Ontario
32
CGX
31
JET Freighters
30
CFW
27
AIR Canada Rouge
25
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
23
CFO
22
Westjet Encore
22
Charlotte
21
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
20
AIR Tindi
19
AIR Canada
19
China Flight General Aviation
18
Westjet Airlines
17
Morningstar AIR
17
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
16
Porter Airlines
15
AIR Guilin
15
CFM
14
CFP
14
Canadian Armed Forces
14
Care Flight (NSW)
11
Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A.
11
Calm AIR
10
China Flying Dragon Aviation
10
Congressional AIR
10
Flair Airlines
8
CGY
8
NON
8
Pilatus Flugzeugwerke
7
TOP Flight AIR Service
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 212 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 2h 2m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 40 0h 52m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 37 0h 50m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 25 2h 7m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 24 2h 0m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 21 1h 43m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 17 1h 47m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 16 1h 13m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 15 1h 40m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 14 2h 5m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Thunder Airlines 13 1h 34m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 13 2h 42m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 13 1h 36m
YQTYLK
Barrie-Orillia, CA
 CFO 13 2h 16m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 11 1h 58m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 10 1h 29m
YQTCKG8
Kakabeka Falls, CA
 Colorful Guizhou Airlines 7 0h 23m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 7 1h 40m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CGT 7 1h 43m
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 Centrafric'Air S.A. 7 2h 28m

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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