Arrivals
Live arrival times, status, terminal and baggage belt are on the arrivals page.
YOW
Airport information
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
Ottawa, CanadaIATA: YOWICAO: CYOW
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Departures
Live departure times, status, terminal and gate are on the departures page.
Live radar
Live radar around the airport
View current aircraft positions around this airport and find a flight directly on the map.
The runways at this airport
What do the colors mean?
- No traffic seen The runway is there, but we see nothing on it right now.
- Arriving traffic Aircraft are descending toward this runway right now.
- Departing traffic Aircraft are climbing out from this runway right now.
- Direction unknown It says “in use now” without an arrow: we see traffic, but the aircraft does not report whether it is climbing or descending.
The white arrow on the runway points the way the traffic is going. Derived from the positions of aircraft flying low near the airport right now. Not an official runway plan; what we see.
Designation, direction and length of every runway. These rarely change; which one is in use right now shows up here whenever we observe traffic.
3 runways · Longest runway: 10,000 ft
- 14/3210,000 ft · heading 126/306 degrees
- 07/258,000 ft · heading 57/237 degrees
- 04/223,300 ft · heading 26/206 degrees
We currently see no traffic on approach or just after takeoff. That happens at a quiet airport or in the middle of the night.
Runway data: OurAirports, public domain.
Practical
Plan your trip
Transport by train, bus, and taxi; parking at the airport; picking someone up or dropping them off.
Fly direct
Direct destinations
The destinations we know the most flight numbers for. That approximates how heavily a route is served; it is not a passenger count.
YYZCanada
Toronto
- Distance
- 226 mi
- Estimated duration
- 44m
- Airlines
Air Canada · Air Canada Rouge · +4
Air Canada · Air Canada Rouge · Jazz Aviation · Perimeter Aviation · Porter Airlines · WestJet
YTZCanada
Toronto
- Distance
- 218 mi
- Estimated duration
- 48m
- Airlines
Central Connect Airlines · Chrono Aviation · +3
Central Connect Airlines · Chrono Aviation · Jazz Aviation · Porter Airlines · Tradewind Aviation
YULCanada
Montreal
- Distance
- 94 mi
- Estimated duration
- 28m
- Airlines
Air Canada · Air Canada Rouge · +7
Air Canada · Air Canada Rouge · Air Creebec · Air Inuit · Air Transat · Jazz Aviation · PAL Airlines · Propair · Starlink Aviation
YYCCanada
Calgary
- Distance
- 1,788 mi
- Estimated duration
- 4h 9m
- Airlines
Air Canada · Canadian North · +2
Air Canada · Canadian North · Porter Airlines · WestJet
Airports nearby
Other airports within reach, with the straight-line distance and the number of direct destinations we know of. Airports without scheduled service are left out.
- MontrealMontreal Mirabel International AirportYMX83 mi15 destinations
- MontrealMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportYUL94 mi128 destinations
- MontrealMontréal / Saint-Hubert Metropolitan AirportYHU110 mi19 destinations
- BurlingtonPatrick Leahy Burlington International AirportBTV136 mi28 destinations
- SyracuseSyracuse Hancock International AirportSYR154 mi40 destinations
Airport facts
Practical information
- Full name
- Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
- City and country
- Ottawa, Canada
- IATA / ICAO
- YOW / CYOW
- Time zone
- America/Toronto
- Category
- Major airport