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Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport

Ottawa/Macdonald–Cartier International Airport or simply Ottawa International Airport is the main serving , , Canada, and its metropolitan area as well as , known as the .
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  • Type: Airport
  • Description: International airport serving Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Also known as: “CYOW”, “Macdonald-Cartier International Airport”, “Ottawa Airport”, “Ottawa International Airport”, “Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport”, “Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier”, “Uplands”, and “YOW”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Airport station and Uplands station.

Bus stop
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is an O-Train rapid transit station. It is located at Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport in the south end of . It serves as the southwestern terminus of the three-stop Line 4 which opened on January 6, 2025.

Railway stop
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is a station on Line 4 of the O-Train system in , . It was constructed as part of the Stage 2 O-Train expansion and opened on January 6, 2025.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uplands and Country Place.

Neighborhood
, also known as Elizabeth Park or Airport-Uplands is a neighbourhood in in the south end of , . It is located in the federal and provincial districts of Ottawa South, in the former city of .

Neighborhood
is a residential neighbourhood near the geographical centre of , , in . Prior to 2001, it was part of the former city of . is situated 3 km west of Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport.

Neighborhood
is a community in , in the south end of , , Canada. The area is named after the , which was first developed in 1876. is situated 3½ km north of Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport.

Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport

Latitude
45.3225° or 45° 19′ 21″ north
Longitude
-75.66917° or 75° 40′ 9″ west
Elevation
113 metres (371 feet)
IATA airport code
YOW
ICAO airport code
CYOW
United Nations Location Code
CA YOW
Open location code
87Q688CJ+X8
Geo­Names ID
6296246
Wiki­data ID
Q1319833
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Vietnamese—“Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier”
  • Cebuano: “Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport”
  • Chinese: “渥太华麦克唐纳-卡蒂埃国际机场”
  • Chinese: “渥太华麦克唐纳－卡蒂埃国际机场”
  • Chinese: “渥太華麥克唐納－卡蒂埃國際機場”
  • Dutch: “Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport”
  • Esperanto: “CYOW”
  • Esperanto: “Internacia Flughaveno Otavo “Macdonald-Cartier””
  • Esperanto: “Internacia Flughaveno Otavo Macdonald-Cartier”
  • Esperanto: “YOW”
  • Finnish: “Ottawa Macdonald-Cartierin kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Ottawan kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • French: “Aaéroport international Macdonald-Cartier”
  • French: “Aeroport international Macdonald-Cartier d’Ottawa”
  • French: “aéroport international Macdonald-Cartier d’Ottawa”
  • French: “Aéroport international Macdonald-Cartier d’Ottawa”
  • French: “Aéroport international Macdonald-Cartier dOttawa”
  • French: “Aéroport international Macdonald-Cartier”
  • French: “CYOW”
  • French: “Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier International, Ontario”
  • French: “Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier”
  • French: “YOW”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto Internacional de Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier”
  • German: “CYOW”
  • German: “Flughafen Ottawa”
  • German: “Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport”
  • German: “YOW”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה של אוטווה”
  • Hungarian: “Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Macdonald-Cartier”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier”
  • Indonesian: “Bandara Internasional Macdonald-Cartier”
  • Indonesian: “Bandara Internasional Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier”
  • Indonesian: “CYOW”
  • Indonesian: “YOW”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Ottawa-Macdonald-Cartier”
  • Italian: “Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport”
  • Italian: “Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier”
  • Japanese: “YOW”
  • Japanese: “オタワ・マクドナルド・カルティエ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “オタワ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “オタワ空港”
  • Korean: “오타와 맥도널드 카르티에 국제공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Ottawa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier”
  • Norwegian: “Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Persian: “CYOW”
  • Persian: “YOW”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی مک‌دونالد-کارتیر اتاوا”
  • Piemontese: “Ottawa ‘Macdonald-Cartier’ International Airport”
  • Piemontese: “Ottawa "Macdonald-Cartier" International Airport”
  • Piemontese: “Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Ottawa”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Ottawa”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier”
  • Portuguese: “Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт «Макдональд-Картье»”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Макдональда-Картье”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени Макдональда — Картье”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени Макдональда-Картье”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт Макдональда-Картье”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт Оттавы имени Макдональда и Картье”
  • Russian: “Оттава Макдональд/Картье”
  • Russian: “Оттава”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Ottawa”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier.”
  • Spanish: “CYOW”
  • Spanish: “Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier”
  • Spanish: “YOW”
  • Swedish: “Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ мак‌дунолд-кортир отово”
  • Ukrainian: “Міжнародний аеропорт ім. Макдональд-Картьє”
  • Ukrainian: “Оттава”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Ottawa Mcdonald-Cartier”

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