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Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
82
▼ 18.8%
DEP / DAY
97
▼ 9.7%
ON-TIME
72.7% Top 25%
arr · avg 14 min
dep · 100% · avg -12 min cal
AVG DELAY
14 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 82 arrivals and 97 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 29 carriers across 17 routes. The most active carrier is Perimeter Aviation (PAG). The busiest route is to Sioux Lookout Airport (CYXL). On-time performance averages 73% with an average delay of 14 minutes against scheduled times. 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
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
70°F
Wind
8 kts
110°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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CYQT 032300Z 11008KT 20SM FEW060 BKN270 21/13 A2997 RMK SC1CI5 SLP154 DENSITY ALT 1500FT

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 9 458
Perimeter Aviation 17% Colorful Guizhou Airlines 16% Ornge AIR 13% PTR 12% Centrafric'Air S.A. 11% Wasaya Airways 10% CGT 7% Thunder Airlines 7% AIR Changan 7%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 140
YYZ 48
YWG 41
YTZ 38
YSB 30
YYC 12

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Perimeter Aviation
80
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
71
Ornge AIR
61
PTR
55
Centrafric'Air S.A.
49
Wasaya Airways
45
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CGT
34
Thunder Airlines
33
AIR Changan
30
2080061 Ontario
26
JET Freighters
25
CGX
24
AIR Canada Rouge
22
Charlotte
21
CFW
21
AIR Tindi
19
Westjet Encore
19
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
19
CFO
18
China Flight General Aviation
17
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
17
Westjet Airlines
16
Morningstar AIR
15
AIR Canada
14
CFP
14
Porter Airlines
13
CFM
13
AIR Guilin
12
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
12
Canadian Armed Forces
11
Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A.
11
Care Flight (NSW)
10
Calm AIR
8
China Flying Dragon Aviation
7
TOP Flight AIR Service
6
CGY
6
CGW
6
Flair Airlines
6
Congressional AIR
6
NON
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 11 AM · 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 34 0h 53m
YQTYTZ
Toronto, CA
 PTR 32 2h 3m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 30 0h 51m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 21 2h 7m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 19 1h 40m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 16 2h 0m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 14 1h 14m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 14 1h 39m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 13 1h 47m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 12 2h 44m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 12 2h 6m
YQTYLK
Barrie-Orillia, CA
 CFO 11 2h 19m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 11 1h 36m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Thunder Airlines 10 1h 48m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 10 2h 0m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 8 1h 30m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Ornge AIR 6 3h 2m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 6 2h 23m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CGX 6 0h 43m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Centrafric'Air S.A. 6 1h 0m

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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