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Thunder Bay Airport

48.37190°N
-89.32390°W
ARR / DAY
102
▲ 1.7%
DEP / DAY
112
▼ 2.4%
ON-TIME
8.8% Bottom 25%
arr · avg 67 minest
AVG DELAY
67 min
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 102 arrivals and 112 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 25 carriers across 18 routes. The most active carrier is Colorful Guizhou Airlines (CGZ). The busiest route is to Sioux Lookout Airport (CYXL). On-time performance averages 9% with an average delay of 67 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 · 3 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
2 kts
360°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYQT 211000Z 36002KT 15SM OVC009 14/14 A2991 RMK SC8 SLP134

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 2m 6a 0m 7a 64m 8a 0m 9a 0m 10a 2m 11a 0m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 561
Colorful Guizhou Airlines 24% Perimeter Aviation 13% Centrafric'Air S.A. 13% PTR 11% Ornge AIR 11% Wasaya Airways 10% CFW 7% Thunder Airlines 6% CGT 5%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YXL 149
YTZ 52
YYZ 48
YSB 35
YWG 33
CKG8 20

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
137
Perimeter Aviation
72
Centrafric'Air S.A.
71
PTR
64
Ornge AIR
59
Wasaya Airways
58
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CFW
39
Thunder Airlines
32
CGT
29
AIR Changan
28
Church Fenton FTU
27
China Flight General Aviation
25
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
24
CGX
23
JET Freighters
22
BA Cityflyer
21
China Flying Dragon Aviation
21
Charlotte
21
CFM
20
Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A.
19
AIR Canada Rouge
18
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
18
CAL Gulf Aviation
17
2080061 Ontario
17
Westjet Airlines
16
Westjet Encore
16
Canadian Armed Forces
16
Porter Airlines
15
CFO
14
AIR Canada
13
Calm AIR
11
AIR Tindi
11
Care Flight (NSW)
10
Morningstar AIR
10
NON
9
CGY
9
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
8
AIR Guilin
8
Sterling AIR A/S
8
CGJ
7

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 45 1h 59m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Wasaya Airways 30 0h 44m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 29 0h 52m
YQTYSB
Sudbury, CA
 Perimeter Aviation 17 2h 15m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 15 1h 37m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 13 1h 40m
YQTYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 13 1h 40m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Westjet Encore 12 1h 12m
YQTYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 12 2h 42m
YQTYOW
Ottawa, CA
 PTR 11 2h 6m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CFW 11 1h 38m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Ornge AIR 11 1h 57m
YQTCKG8
Kakabeka Falls, CA
 Colorful Guizhou Airlines 10 0h 21m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 CAL Gulf Aviation 10 1h 8m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Calm AIR 10 1h 26m
YQTYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Morningstar AIR 8 1h 56m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 AIR Changan 8 2h 4m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 2080061 Ontario 8 1h 38m
YQTYLK
Barrie-Orillia, CA
 CFO 8 2h 31m
YQTYXL
Sioux Lookout, CA
 Centrafric'Air S.A. 7 0h 56m

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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