Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport

ID CYOW Elev 374 ft Lat 45° 19.35' N Lon 75° 40.15' W Zulu …

Aerial view · CYOW

No FAA diagram published

The FAA does not publish an Airport Diagram (APD) for CYOW — most non-towered fields, heliports, seaplane bases, and private strips fall here. Below: aerial imagery showing the actual field, runways, taxiways, and surroundings.

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways at CYOW

6 runway ends on file. Longest: 10,000 ft.

Designator	Heading	Length	Width	Surface	Lighting	Gradient
14	126.3°	10,000 ft	200 ft	ASP	Yes	—
32	306.3°	10,000 ft	200 ft	ASP	Yes	—
07	57.2°	8,000 ft	200 ft	ASP	Yes	—
25	237.2°	8,000 ft	200 ft	ASP	Yes	—
04	026°	3,300 ft	75 ft	ASP	No	—
22	206°	3,300 ft	75 ft	ASP	No	—

Source: in-app airport database (runway lengths + headings), OurAirports for surface, width, lighting. Gradient computed from FAA NASR runway-end elevation deltas (the published RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of NASR rows; we derive it from the elevations the FAA does publish).

Communications

9 frequencies on file — tower, ground, ATIS, CTAF, approach, departure, etc.

ATIS English ATIS 121.150
ATIS French ATIS 132.950
GND Ottawa Ground 121.900
TWR Ottawa Tower 118.800
DEP Ottawa Departures 128.175
ARR Ottawa Arrivals 135.150
CLNC DEL Ottawa Clearance 119.400
RCO Quebec Radio 123.150
TML Ottawa Terminal 127.700

📻 Live ATC audio

LiveATC.net hosts streaming + archived ATC audio. Their site routes deep-links through their search page, so we link there.

Open CYOW on LiveATC ↗

Navaids associated with CYOW

DME IOW

Ottawa

109.50 MHz · DME 109.50 · TERMINAL · LOW
NDB OW

Ottawa

0.24 MHz · BOTH · LOW
NDB YRR

Greely

0.38 MHz · LO · LOW
VOR-DME YOW

Ottawa

114.60 MHz · DME 114.60 · BOTH · HIGH

Field intel · synthesized from Chart Supplement

Plain-English translation of the Chart Supplement remarks for CYOW, anchored to the FAA's own text. Operational items first, advisory next, raw FAA prose at the bottom.

0 matched · 1 not yet translated

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (1 sentence)

Sentences our pattern matchers haven't yet templated. The full FAA text is authoritative — these aren't translation errors, just gaps in our rule library. Curators add new templates over time; coverage rises monotonically.

·SEE FLIP AP/1 SUPPLEMENTARY ARPT INFO.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

Yes