Canada · Transport Canada NAS
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
YOW · CYOW · Ottawa, ON · Canada
Reference
- IATA / ICAO
- YOW · CYOW
- Country
- Canada
- Hub tier
- Transport Canada NAS
- Coordinates
- 45.3225, -75.6692
- Elevation
- 374 ft (114 m)
- Time zone
- America/Toronto
- Owner / operator
- Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Authority
- Opened
- 1938
- Customs / international
- Yes
Location
Map © Google. Click the marker for the airport's Google Maps page.
Traffic
Runways
3 runways — per-runway dimensions to be added in a subsequent refresh.
Carriers
| Carrier | Type | Alliance | Role | Flights/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Air Canada
AC · ACA
|
Mainline | Star Alliance | Operator | ~90 /day |
|
WestJet
WS · WJA
|
LCC | Unaligned | Operator | ~25 /day |
|
Porter Airlines
PD · POE
|
LCC | Unaligned | Operator | ~25 /day |
|
Flair Airlines
F8 · FLE
|
ULCC | Unaligned | Operator | — |
|
Air Transat
TS · TSC
|
Charter | Unaligned | Operator | — |
|
American Airlines
AA · AAL
|
Mainline | oneworld | Operator | — |
|
Delta Air Lines
DL · DAL
|
Mainline | SkyTeam | Operator | — |
|
United Airlines
UA · UAL
|
Mainline | Star Alliance | Operator | — |
Daily-flight figures are approximate, sourced from public airport / airline disclosures. Comprehensive per-carrier volume data lives in the US DOT BTS T-100 segment dataset and is a planned upgrade.
Live conditions
METAR / TAF from NOAA Aviation Weather Center. Live data refreshed on each page load.
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About this profile
Reference data (codes, coordinates, elevation, runways, owner, opening date) is curated from each airport's official authority page, the FAA's airport reference system for US airports, NAV CANADA and Transport Canada for Canadian airports, and AFAC and the operating concessionaire for Mexican airports. Latest passenger figures are CY 2023 totals where confidently sourced.
Live METAR and TAF are fetched from NOAA's Aviation Weather Center on each page load. NOTAMs (US airports) are fetched from the FAA NOTAM Search. If a source is unreachable when this page loads, the corresponding section displays an "unavailable" message rather than a blank or stale value.
This data is re-verified on a recurring monthly cadence aligned to the FAA's NASR 28-day cycle.