Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport

Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport Aéroport international Macdonald-Cartier d'Ottawa
IATA: YOW ICAO: CYOW WMO: 71628
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Transport Canada
Operator	Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport Authority
Serves	National Capital Region
Focus city for	Air Canada Porter Airlines
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	377 ft / 115 m
Coordinates	45°19′21″N 075°40′02″W / 45.32250°N 75.66722°W / 45.32250; -75.66722Coordinates: 45°19′21″N 075°40′02″W / 45.32250°N 75.66722°W / 45.32250; -75.66722
Website	yow.ca
Map
CYOW Location in Ottawa
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 04/22 3,300 1,006 Asphalt 07/25 8,000 2,438 Asphalt 14/32 10,005 3,050 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Aircraft movements 154,637 Number of Passengers 4,616,448
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement Environment Canada Movements from Statistics Canada Passenger statistics from Ottawa Airport.

Ottawa/Macdonald–Cartier International Airport or Macdonald–Cartier International Airport (L'aéroport international Macdonald-Cartier in French), (IATA: YOW, ICAO: CYOW) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is an international airport named after the Canadian statesmen and one of the "founding fathers of Canada", Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir George-Étienne Cartier. Located in the south end of the city, 5.5 nautical miles (10.2 km; 6.3 mi) south of downtown Ottawa, it is Canada's sixth busiest airport and Ontario's second busiest airport by airline passenger traffic and Canada's eighth busiest by aircraft movements, with 4,616,448 passengers and 154,637 aircraft movements in 2014. The airport is an Air Canada focus city and the home base for First Air. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency. The airport is one of eight Canadian airports that have United States border preclearance facilities. The airport used to be a military base known as CFB Ottawa South/CFB Uplands. Although it is no longer a Canadian Forces Base it is still home to the Royal Canadian Air Force's 412 Transport Squadron.