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Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
100
▲ 0.3%
DEP / DAY
113
▲ 4.5%
ON-TIME
76.8% Top 25%
arr · avg 11 min
dep · 100% · avg -11 min cal
AVG DELAY
11 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 100 arrivals and 113 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 31 carriers across 18 routes. The most active carrier is Ornge AIR (PUL). The busiest route is to Sioux Lookout Airport (CYXL). On-time performance averages 77% with an average delay of 11 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
2
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
2
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Return to field
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
6 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYQT 022000Z 32006KT 20SM SCT064 BKN150 BKN230 25/13 A2988 RMK SC3AC2CI2 SLP123 DENSITY ALT 2000FT

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 9 543
Ornge AIR 17% Perimeter Aviation 17% Colorful Guizhou Airlines 14% Wasaya Airways 12% PTR 12% Centrafric'Air S.A. 8% Thunder Airlines 8% 2080061 Ontario 6% CFW 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 180
YYZ 57
YTZ 49
YWG 42
YSB 32
YYC 14

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Ornge AIR
91
Perimeter Aviation
90
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
78
Wasaya Airways
65
PTR
65
Centrafric'Air S.A.
45
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Thunder Airlines
42
2080061 Ontario
35
CFW
32
JET Freighters
32
CGX
31
AIR Changan
30
CGT
28
AIR Canada Rouge
26
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
25
CFO
24
Westjet Encore
22
AIR Tindi
21
Charlotte
20
AIR Canada
19
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
18
China Flight General Aviation
18
Westjet Airlines
18
AIR Guilin
16
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
16
Porter Airlines
14
CFM
14
Morningstar AIR
14
CFP
12
China Flying Dragon Aviation
12
Calm AIR
10
Care Flight (NSW)
10
Canadian Armed Forces
10
CGY
8
NON
8
Flair Airlines
8
Congressional AIR
7
Airsprint
7
TOP Flight AIR Service
6
Pilatus Flugzeugwerke
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 42 2h 1m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 42 0h 52m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 38 0h 48m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 29 2h 1m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 25 2h 13m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 21 1h 42m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 16 1h 12m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 16 1h 47m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 15 1h 45m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 14 2h 48m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 14 2h 4m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 13 1h 35m
YQTYLK
Barrie-Orillia, CA
 CFO 13 2h 16m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Thunder Airlines 11 1h 43m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 10 1h 27m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 9 1h 55m
YQTCKG8
Kakabeka Falls, CA
 Colorful Guizhou Airlines 8 0h 21m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China 8 2h 20m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Centrafric'Air S.A. 8 1h 8m
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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