YQT

Thunder Bay International Airport

ICAO CYQT48.3719°N 89.3239°W199 m / 653 ftMedium airport
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Thunder Bay International Airport (IATA: YQT, ICAO: CYQT) is a medium airport in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. It opened in 1938. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,231 m (7,318 ft). It is operated by Transport Canada. In 2022 it handled 581 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1938–1938
1938
OpenedThunder Bay International Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Thunder Bay International Airport
07/25070° / 250° · LIT
LENGTH2,231 m7,318 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt
12/30120° / 300° · LIT
LENGTH1,615 m5,297 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
719K
762K
780K
739K
773K
807K
764K
776K
773K
263K
273K
581K
111213141516171819202122

Routes

18 destinations · 2 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miYXL · Sioux Lookout Airport · 269 km / 167 miYFH · Fort Hope Airport · 369 km / 229 miYQK · Kenora Airport · 399 km / 248 miYAM · Sault Ste Marie Airport · 419 km / 260 miYLH · Lansdowne House Airport · 436 km / 271 miYOG · Ogoki Post Airport · 440 km / 273 miZRJ · Round Lake (Weagamow Lake) Airport · 527 km / 327 miYWP · Webequie Airport · 528 km / 328 miMSA · Muskrat Dam Airport · 589 km / 366 miYWG · Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport · 600 km / 373 miZPB · Sachigo Lake Airport · 645 km / 401 miYSB · Sudbury Airport · 669 km / 416 miYYZ · Toronto Pearson International Airport · 912 km / 567 miYTZ · Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport · 930 km / 578 miYOW · Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · 1,091 km / 678 miYYC · Calgary International Airport · 1,791 km / 1,113 miPUJ · Punta Cana International Airport · 3,814 km / 2,370 miYRL · Red Lake Airport · 439 km / 273 miPUJYYCYOWYTZYSBZPBYWGYWPYXLZRJYOGYRLYAMYQKMSAYLHYFHYQT
Year-round15
YXLSioux Lookout AirportCanada · Wasaya Airways, North Star Air, Bearskin Airlines269 km167 miYFHFort Hope AirportCanada · North Star Air369 km229 miYQKKenora AirportCanada · North Star Air399 km248 miYAMSault Ste Marie AirportCanada · Bearskin Airlines419 km260 miYLHLansdowne House AirportCanada · North Star Air436 km271 miYOGOgoki Post AirportCanada · North Star Air440 km273 miZRJRound Lake (Weagamow Lake) AirportCanada · North Star Air527 km327 miYWPWebequie AirportCanada · North Star Air528 km328 miMSAMuskrat Dam AirportCanada · North Star Air589 km366 miYWGWinnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore600 km373 miZPBSachigo Lake AirportCanada · North Star Air645 km401 miYSBSudbury AirportCanada · Bearskin Airlines669 km416 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines912 km567 miYTZBilly Bishop Toronto City AirportCanada · Porter Airlines930 km578 miYOWOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines1,091 km678 mi
Most destinationsNorth Star Air 9Bearskin Airlines 3Porter Airlines 3WestJet 2Wasaya Airways 1WestJet Encore 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from YQT. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Thunder Bay Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers581K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,049of 3,974 · #252 North America · #19 CALongest runway2,231 m7,318 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,215of 29,823 · #715 North America · #51 CAElevation199 m653 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=24,304of 43,341 · =11,657 North America · #1,000 CAAgeOpened 19382026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=870of 15,079 · =246 North America · =13 CARunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =43 CA
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels
A/DAPP/DEP119.200
A/GMF118.100
ATISATIS128.800
CNTRWINNIPEG CNTR132.125
GNDGND121.900
RCOWINNIPEG RDO122.500
TWRTWR118.100