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CYQT · YQT

Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
79
▼ 26.8%
DEP / DAY
91
▼ 24.0%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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7d window

Thunder Bay Airport (CYQT/YQT) is a medium regional airport located in Thunder Bay, Canada. It features 2 runways with the longest being 7,318 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 79 arrivals and 91 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 30 carriers across 17 routes. The most active carrier is Perimeter Aviation (PAG). 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 · 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
3

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
2 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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CYQT 060200Z 33002KT 15SM SCT240 16/14 A3009 RMK CI4 SLP194

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 9 435
Perimeter Aviation 21% Colorful Guizhou Airlines 13% PTR 13% Wasaya Airways 12% Ornge AIR 11% CGT 9% Centrafric'Air S.A. 9% JET Freighters 6% AIR Changan 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 120
YYZ 46
YSB 44
YWG 43
YTZ 33
YOW 14

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Perimeter Aviation
92
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
57
PTR
55
Wasaya Airways
53
Ornge AIR
47
CGT
39
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Centrafric'Air S.A.
38
JET Freighters
28
AIR Changan
26
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
24
Thunder Airlines
24
Morningstar AIR
22
CGX
22
2080061 Ontario
21
AIR Canada Rouge
20
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
19
CFP
19
Westjet Encore
18
CFW
17
Canadian Armed Forces
16
Care Flight (NSW)
15
AIR Canada
15
Charlotte
14
Westjet Airlines
13
Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A.
13
CFO
12
AIR Tindi
12
Porter Airlines
11
China Flight General Aviation
10
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
10
CFM
10
China Flying Dragon Aviation
10
CAL Gulf Aviation
9
AIR Guilin
8
CGY
8
CGW
8
Calm AIR
8
TOP Flight AIR Service
7
Flair Airlines
6
Church Fenton FTU
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
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 36 1h 1m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 35 0h 52m
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 PTR 30 2h 3m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 23 2h 12m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 18 1h 45m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 14 1h 13m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 13 1h 59m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 13 1h 44m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 12 2h 6m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 11 1h 8m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 11 2h 42m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 9 1h 37m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Thunder Airlines 9 1h 7m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 8 2h 0m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 8 1h 28m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 6 2h 23m
YQTYXZ
Wawa, CA
 CGY 6 1h 1m
YQTYLK
Barrie-Orillia, CA
 CFO 6 2h 35m
YQTYGK
Kingston, CA
 Ornge AIR 5 3h 52m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 5 1h 46m

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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