Thunder Bay Airport
CYQT · CYQT · Thunder Bay, · Ontario, Canada County · map
Thunder Bay Airport is a public-use airport in Thunder Bay, , 653 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 6,200 feet of asphalt.
Weather right now CYQT · observed 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 20 miles
- Sky: a few clouds at 5,500 feet, a broken layer at 23,000 feet
- Temperature 66°F (19°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.56 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 3:40 pm EDT (19:40 UTC), good until Wed 4:00 am EDT (08:00 UTC)
- From Tue 4:00 pm EDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the west at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 4,000 feet, a broken layer at 14,000 feet VFR
- Changing between Tue 6:00 pm EDT (22:00 UTC) and 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC) to: wind from the west at 10 knots, clear skies
- From Wed 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 12 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR CYQT 062100Z 06004KT 030V100 20SM FEW055 BKN230 19/11 A2956 WS RWY07 RMK SC1CI6 SLP017 DENSITY ALT 1800FT
TAF CYQT 061940Z 0620/0708 27005KT P6SM FEW040 BKN140 BECMG 0622/0624 27010KT SKC FM070600 30012KT P6SM SKC RMK NXT FCST BY 070200Z
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CYQT · ICAO CYQT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 653 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 2005
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 6,200 × 200 ft | Asphalt | |
| 12/30 | 5,300 × 200 ft | Asphalt |
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Aircraft registered in Thunder Bay from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Thunder Bay, as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.