Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier International Airport or Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (L'aéroport international Macdonald-Cartier in French), (IATA: YOW, ICAO: CYOW) in Ottawa Ontario, Canada is named after Sirs John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier. Located in Riverside South, 5.5 NM (10.2 km; 6.3 mi) south of the city centre, it is Canada's 6th busiest airport by airline passenger traffic, and the 8th busiest by aircraft movements, w...
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Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier International Airport or Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (L'aéroport international Macdonald-Cartier in French), (IATA: YOW, ICAO: CYOW) in Ottawa Ontario, Canada is named after Sirs John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier. Located in Riverside South, 5.5 NM (10.2 km; 6.3 mi) south of the city centre, it is Canada's 6th busiest airport by airline passenger traffic, and the 8th busiest by aircraft movements, with 4,339,225 passengers and 170,042 movements in 2008. It is also an Air Canada Jazz and Air Canada focus city and the home base for First Air.
It was formerly known as CFB Ottawa South/CFB Uplands.
The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency. CBSA officers at this airport can handle aircraft with no more than 165 passengers, unless the passengers are disembarked in stages.
Ottawa International Airport is one of eight Canadian airports that has United States border...
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