Live flights over Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 701 departures and 703 arrivals at Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, 201 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Toronto (YYZ), Toronto (YTZ) and Montréal (YUL). The airline seen most often is Porter Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- YOW
- ICAO code
- CYOW
- City
- Ottawa
- Region
- Ontario
- Country
- Canada
- Elevation
- 114 m (374 ft)
- Coordinates
- 45.3225, -75.6692
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Ottawa.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 93 | 82 | 175 |
| Mon 2 | 111 | 112 | 223 |
| Tue 3 | 92 | 101 | 193 |
| Wed 4 | 106 | 109 | 215 |
| Thu 5 | 103 | 105 | 208 |
| Fri 6 | 108 | 103 | 211 |
| Sat 7 | 88 | 91 | 179 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Toronto YYZ 217 flights
- Toronto YTZ 141 flights
- Montréal YUL 85 flights
- Halifax YHZ 62 flights
- Calgary YYC 47 flights
- Newark EWR United States 36 flights
- Hamilton YHM 30 flights
- Vancouver YVR 29 flights
- Dulles IAD United States 25 flights
- Chicago ORD United States 25 flights
- Edmonton CA-1291 24 flights
- Winnipeg YWG 23 flights
- Fort Lauderdale FLL United States 17 flights
- Orlando MCO United States 14 flights
- Cancún CUN Mexico 14 flights
- Boston BOS United States 13 flights
32 more connections
- Windsor YQG 12
- St. John's YYT 12
- Washington DCA 12
- Charlottetown YYG 11
- Quebec YQB 10
- Memphis MEM 10
- Saint John YSJ 6
- London LHR 6
- Teterboro TEB 6
- Paris CDG 5
- Victoria YYJ 4
- Sudbury YSB 3
- Buffalo BUF 3
- Saguenay YBG 2
- Montréal YHU 2
- Barrie YLK 2
- Miami MIA 2
- Fredericton YFC 1
- Peterborough YPQ 1
- Niagara-on-the-Lake YCM 1
- London YXU 1
- Bergen BGO 1
- Albuquerque ABQ 1
- Austin AUS 1
- Des Moines DSM 1
- Detroit DTW 1
- White Plains HPN 1
- Wilmington ILM 1
- Islip ISP 1
- Chicago MDW 1
- San Diego SAN 1
- Sarasota/Bradenton SRQ 1
Airlines
- Porter AirlinesPOE 394
- Air CanadaACA 179
- Air Canada JazzJZA 142
- PAL Airlines (Canada)PVL 128
- Republic AirwaysRPA 79
- WestJetWJA 43
- Porter AirlinesPTR 39
- Canadian NorthAKT 25
- AirsprintASP 19
- Central Connect AirlinesCCG 19
Aircraft
- Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 423
- E295 173
- Airbus A220-300 BCS3 104
- E75L 69
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 47
- Airbus A320 A320 45
- A139 43
- E75S 29
- CL60 23
- CRJ7 22
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/45.3225/lon/-75.6692/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Ottawa right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Ottawa: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of YOW, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Porter Airlines, Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz, PAL Airlines (Canada) and Republic Airways.
What are the main connections from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Toronto (YYZ, 217), Toronto (YTZ, 141), Montréal (YUL, 85), Halifax (YHZ, 62) and Calgary (YYC, 47). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Ottawa? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport? +
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport has IATA code YOW and ICAO code CYOW. It lies in Ontario, Canada, at coordinates 45.3225, -75.6692.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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