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Local time zone: America/Toronto
Ottawa / Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) currently has nonstop service to 30 destinations on 8 airlines in our latest departure data. The busiest route is to Toronto (YYZ), served by 3 carriers, and the largest operator here is Porter Airlines with nonstops to 21 destinations. 11 of its routes are international.
Route data as of October 12, 2026, based on a 7-day departures sample.
This schedule snapshot includes nonstop flights from YOW to 30 destinations, including 11 international routes. The snapshot shows about 92 flights per day across those routes. The busiest options start with Toronto (YYZ), Toronto (YTZ), Montreal (YUL).
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11 international routes in this schedule set
Canada 19 · United States 7 · United Kingdom 2
14-15/day on 3 airlines
Embraer E-Jet · Bombardier Q400 · Boeing 737
These routes have enough tracked flights or schedule depth for a full guide with duration, distance, airlines, aircraft, and frequency.
Ottawa to Vancouver · CA
Toronto · 226 mi · 14-15/day
Toronto · 218 mi · 11/day
Montreal · 94 mi · 9-10/day
Halifax · 593 mi · 9-10/day
Calgary · 1,789 mi · 6-7/day
Newark · 329 mi · 4/day
Washington · 450 mi · 4/day
Ranked by destinations served, then daily frequency.
Grouped by departure terminal in our schedule data, with each carrier's share of that terminal's captured departures.
Ranked by airlines operating the route. Routes with enough tracked data or schedule depth link to full route guides.
Ottawa / Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW / CYOW) is located in Ottawa, Canada.
The IATA code is YOW. The ICAO code is CYOW.
The busiest scheduled route from YOW in our current departure data is YOW to YYZ (Toronto), with 14-15/day across 3 airlines.
Porter Airlines is the largest operator in our YOW schedule data, serving 21 destinations with 31-32/day.
This schedule snapshot includes 11 international routes and 19 domestic routes from YOW.
8 airlines operate at YOW. Top carriers include Porter Airlines, Air Canada, Pal, WestJet, United Airlines.
This schedule snapshot includes direct flights from YOW to 30 destinations including Toronto, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, Calgary.
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