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Thunder Bay International Airport

Thunder Bay International Airport, (IATA: YQT, ICAO: CYQT), is an airport in the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. With 108,130 aircraft movements in 2012, it was the fourth busiest airport in Ontario and the 16th busiest airport in Canada. During the same year, more than 761,000 passengers went through the airport.


Thunder Bay International Airport
Thunder Bay International Airport.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle aircraft with up to 40 passengers.

Thunder Bay International Airport
Aéroport International de Thunder Bay

  • IATA: YQT
  • ICAO: CYQT
  • WMO: 71749
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Transport Canada
Operator Thunder Bay International Airports Authority
Serves Thunder Bay, Ontario
Time zone EST (UTC−05:00)
Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL 654 ft / 199 m
Coordinates 48°22′19″N
089°19′18″W
Website tbairport.on.ca
Map

Location in Ontario

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
07/25
7,318
2,231
Asphalt
12/30
5,297
1,615
Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Aircraft movements
94,836
Passengers
807,041
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement
Environment Canada
Movements from Statistics Canada
Passengers from Thunder Bay Airport Authority Inc.

History

It was built as the Fort William Municipal Airport in 1938, partly as a means of relieving unemployment.

During World War II, the Thunder Bay (then Fort William) airport was home to No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School, part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The airport was also used as a base for test flights of fighter aircraft being built at the nearby Canadian Car and Foundry factory.


Thunder Bay International Airport
Thunder Bay International Airport.

Before the two cities of Fort William and Port Arthur merged, it was called the Canadian Lakehead Airport.

The airport went under major renovations in 1994 with the construction of a new airport terminal building, including two jetways, a large food court, a gift shop and an arcade.

The airport was handed over from the government in 1997 to the Thunder Bay International Airports Authority, a non-profit organization. The airport handled over 600,000 passengers in 2006 for the first time since 2001.


Thunder Bay International Airport
Thunder Bay International Airport.

Historical airline jet service

A number of airlines served the airport with scheduled passenger jet service in the past from the late 1960s to the late 1990s. These air carriers along with the respective jetliner types they operated from the airfield are as follows:

  • Air Canada (mainline service): Airbus A319, Boeing 727-200, McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
  • Air Ontario: Fokker F28
  • Canadian Airlines International: Boeing 737-200
  • Canadian Regional Airlines: Fokker F28
  • CanJet: Boeing 737-200
  • Nordair: Boeing 737-200
  • North Central Airlines: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
  • Pacific Western Airlines: Boeing 737-200
  • Republic Airlines (1979-1986): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
  • Transair (Canada): Boeing 737-200, Fokker F28
  • Vistajet: Boeing 737-200

According to various Official Airline Guide (OAG) editions, the majority of jet service operated by Canadian-based air carriers was nonstop or direct to Toronto and Winnipeg. U.S.-based North Central Airlines operated nonstop flights to Duluth with continuing no change of plane jet service to Chicago O'Hare Airport while successor Republic Airlines (1979-1986) also flew nonstop to Duluth with continuing no change of plane jet service to Minneapolis/St. Paul and then on to Denver.


Thunder Bay International Airport
Thunder Bay International Airport.

During the mid 1980s, three airlines were competing with nonstop service operated with mainline jet aircraft between Thunder Bay and Toronto: Air Canada with Boeing 727-200 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 aircraft, Nordair with Boeing 737-200 aircraft and Pacific Western Airlines with Boeing 737-200 aircraft.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines Destinations
Air Canada Express Toronto–Pearson, Winnipeg
Bearskin Airlines Dryden, Fort Frances, Sault Ste. Marie, Sioux Lookout, Sudbury
North Star Air Sioux Lookout, Fort Hope/Eabametoong, Neskantaga, Ogoki Post, Webequie, Muskrat Dam, Sachigo Lake, Weagamow
Porter Airlines Toronto–Billy Bishop
Sunwing Airlines Seasonal: Cancun, Punta Cana (begins December 19, 2018), Varadero
Superior Airways Charter: Red Lake
Wasaya Airways Sioux Lookout, Winnipeg, Webequie
WestJet Encore Toronto–Pearson, Winnipeg

Thunder Bay International Airport
Thunder Bay International Airport.

Cargo

Airlines Destinations
Cargojet Airways Winnipeg
FedEx Feeder Winnipeg
North Star Airways On-Demand Canadian & US Destinations

Thunder Bay International Airport
Thunder Bay International Airport.

Charter

Airlines Destinations
Air Bravo On-Demand Charter
Thunder Airlines On-Demand Charter
North Star Airways On-Demand Canadian & US Destinations

Thunder Bay International Airport
Thunder Bay International Airport.

Tenants

  • CHC Helicopter for Ornge (Ontario Air Ambulance)
  • Thunder Airlines for Ornge
  • Confederation College School of Aviation – Aviation Centre of Excellence
  • Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services - seasonal firefighting aircraft base

Thunder Bay International Airport
Thunder Bay International Airport.

Parking and transportation

Vehicles can reach the airport via Ontario Highway 61 and connections with Harbour Expressway and Ontario Highway 11 into Thunder Bay's core.

The parking lot contains 100 short-term spaces, 300 long-term spaces, curbside taxi service and courtesy cars. Thunder Bay Transit bus route 14 Arthur serves the airport terminal and the nearby Aviation Centre of Excellence.

Infrastructure


Thunder Bay International Airport
Thunder Bay International Airport.

Thunder Bay Airport interior

The Thunder Bay International Airport has a 2-storey terminal building.

Thunder Bay's runways are at present primarily being used by small or larger turboprop aircraft such as the Bombardier Q400 propjet; however, they are capable of accommodating narrow-body jetliners such as current generation Boeing 737 aircraft operated by Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines and WestJet. As noted above, the airport routinely handled Boeing 727-200, Boeing 737-200 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 mainline jet aircraft as well as the smaller Fokker F28 Fellowship twin jet in the past. Other larger jet aircraft types have also landed at the airport in the past with examples including a Boeing 720 operated by American Airlines in 1962, Boeing 757-200 and wide body Airbus A310 aircraft operated by Royal Aviation subsidiary Royal Airlines in 1999 and 2000, and a wide body Boeing 747SP operated as the "Global Peace Ambassadors" aircraft for Christian preacher K.A. Paul in 2005.

The airport also has two fixed-base operators: Innotech Aviation Services for Shell Aviation, and Thunder Bay Flight Refuelling for Esso Avitat.


Thunder Bay International Airport
Thunder Bay International Airport.

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General Info
Country Canada
ICAO ID CYQT
Time UTC-5(-4DT)
Latitude 48.371944
48° 22' 19.00" N
Longitude -89.323889
089° 19' 26.00" W
Elevation 653 feet
199 meters
Type Civil
Magnetic Variation 003° W (01/06)
Beacon Yes
Operating Agency CIVIL GOVERNMENT, (LANDING FEES AND DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE MAY BE REQUIRED)
Operating Hours 24 HOUR OPERATIONS
International Clearance Status Airport of Entry
Daylight Saving Time Second Sunday in March at 0200 to first Sunday in November at 0200 local time (Exception Arizona and that portion of Indiana in the Eastern Time Zone)


Communications
TWR
Opr 1100-0400Z++.
118.1
236.6
WINNIPEG RDO 122.5
GND 121.9
275.8
WINNIPEG CNTR 132.125
387.4
ATIS
Opr 1100-0400Z++.
128.8
285.3
MF
Opr 0400-1100Z++.
118.1
236.6
5 NM to 4000'.
APP/DEP 119.2
363.8
Communications Remarks
TWR Emerg only C807-473-5252.
A/G Emerg only C807-473-4311.
RCO (RCO)


Runways
ID
Dimensions Surface PCN ILS
07/25 6200 x 200 feet
1890 x 61 meters
ASPHALT 089FCWT NO
12/30 5300 x 200 feet
1615 x 61 meters
ASPHALT 089FCWT NO


Navaids
Type ID Name Channel Freq Distance From Field Bearing From Navaid
VORTAC YQT THUNDER BAY 088X 114.1 8.4 NM 035.3
TACAN UAU MCKAY 072X - At Field -
NDB ZQT SUPERIOR - 263 4.2 NM 253.3


Supplies/Equipment
Fuel Jet B, Wide cut turbine fuel, Without icing inhibitor.

Jet A1, without icing nhibitor.

100/130 MIL Spec, low lead, aviation gasoline (BLUE)
Oil O-117, 1100, Reciprocating Engine Oil (MIL L 6082)
Other Fluids LHOX, Low and high pressure oxygen servicing
JASU CE16
DC 22-35v, 500 amp continuous 1100 amp intermittent soft start


Remarks
CAUTION Copter flood lgt 30' AGL N side of apn 2. Lgtd obst 746' 0.5 NM NE thld Rwy 25.Twy E, NE of D unctl. Terrain rises abruptly to 1600' 2 NM SE of arpt. Extv flttrng within 35 NM W and N of arpt.
FLUID LHOX
FUEL A1+ (Shell, C807-475-5915) (NC-100LL, A1, B)
JASU 1(CE16)
LGT VASI Rwy 25 and 30, 9 lgt unit for acft with eye-to-wheel hgt up to 25' and Rwy 12 up to 10'. Rwy 30 apch lgt nstd 1700'.
RSTD Apn 1 rstd to sked coml air carrier and apn 2 itinerant acft prk.
TFC PAT Rwy 25 and 30 rgt tfc.
TRAN ALERT Stor and minor acft maint avbl.

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