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CYOW · Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport

ICAO · CA · 1 NTSB events

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

Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

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 —

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 9 frequencies

  • 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 (streaming + archived): Open CYOW on LiveATC ↗

  • 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

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 0 matched · 1 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (1 sentence)
  • ·SEE FLIP AP/1 SUPPLEMENTARY ARPT INFO.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

Yes

Tags

UplandsUUPCUUP

Source: OurAirports community

NTSB events

1 NTSB-recorded event on file at this airport .

Last 10 years · n=0

No NTSB events at this field in the last decade.

All time · n=1

  • Other 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2011-12-14 Cessna 177A · Other · IMC · night →