YOW · CYOW Ontario, Canada Live · — aircraft now within 80 km

Live flights over Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)

From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 215 departures and 215 arrivals at Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, 215 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Toronto (YYZ), Toronto (YTZ) and Halifax (YHZ). The airline seen most often is Porter Airlines.

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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

23–24 October 2026

Movements a day

215

departures + arrivals

Departures

215

total, 2 days

Arrivals

215

total, 2 days

Connections

airports, airline flights

Movements per day

100

200

300

Fri 23

Sat 24

Show as a table

Day	Departures	Arrivals	Total
Fri 23	116	112	228
Sat 24	99	103	202

Connections

airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen

Toronto YYZ 67 flights
Toronto YTZ 40 flights
Halifax YHZ 28 flights
Montréal YUL 27 flights
Calgary YYC 18 flights
Newark EWR United States 17 flights
Dulles IAD United States 15 flights
Winnipeg YWG 13 flights
Vancouver YVR 12 flights
Chicago ORD United States 10 flights
Edmonton CA-1291 9 flights
Hamilton YHM 7 flights
Boston BOS United States 7 flights
Quebec YQB 5 flights
Victoria YYJ 4 flights
Washington DCA United States 4 flights

10 more connections

Orlando MCO 4
Memphis MEM 3
Windsor YQG 2
Charlottetown YYG 2
St. John's YYT 2
Fort Lauderdale FLL 2
Paris CDG 2
Sudbury YSB 1
London LGW 1
London LHR 1

Airlines

Porter AirlinesPOE 65
Porter AirlinesPTR 57
Air Canada JazzJZA 44
PAL Airlines (Canada)PVL 38
Air Canada RougeROU 28
WestJetWJA 28
Air CanadaACA 24
Republic AirwaysRPA 24
GoJet AirlinesGJS 12
Canadian NorthAKT 7

Aircraft

Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 125
E295 49
Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 39
CRJ7 20
E75L 20
Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 16
Boeing 737-800 B738 12
Boeing 737-700 B737 10
Airbus A321 A321 8
Airbus A220-300 BCS3 8

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.

Updated every night · the data as JSON (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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/80

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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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Porter Airlines, Porter Airlines, Air Canada Jazz, PAL Airlines (Canada) and Air Canada Rouge.

What are the main connections from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport? +

The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Toronto (YYZ, 67), Toronto (YTZ, 40), Halifax (YHZ, 28), Montréal (YUL, 27) and Calgary (YYC, 18). 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.