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'''Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier International Airport''' or '''Macdonald-Cartier International Airport''' (''L'aéroport international Macdonald-Cartier'' in French), {{Airport codes|YOW|CYOW}} in [[Ottawa]] [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] is named after |
'''Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier International Airport''' or '''Macdonald-Cartier International Airport''' (''L'aéroport international Macdonald-Cartier'' in French), {{Airport codes|YOW|CYOW}} in [[Ottawa]] [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] is named after Sirs [[John A. Macdonald]] and [[George-Étienne Cartier]]. Located in [[Riverside South]], {{convert|5.5|NM|abbr=on|lk=in}} south of the [[Central business district|city centre]], it is [[List of the busiest airports in Canada|Canada's 6th busiest airport]] by airline passenger traffic, and the 8th busiest by aircraft movements, with 4,339,225 passengers<ref name="pax"/> and 170,042 movements in 2008.<ref name="2008move" /> It is also an [[Air Canada Jazz]] and [[Air Canada]] focus city and the home base for [[First Air]]. |
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It was formerly known as [[CFB Ottawa|CFB Ottawa South]]/[[CFB Uplands]]. |
It was formerly known as [[CFB Ottawa|CFB Ottawa South]]/[[CFB Uplands]]. |
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Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Transport Canada[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Ottawa, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 374 ft / 114 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°19′21″N 075°40′09″W / 45.32250°N 75.66917°W / 45.32250; -75.66917 (Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.ottawa-airport.ca | ||||||||||||||||||
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Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier International AirportorMacdonald-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[4] and 170,042 movements in 2008.[3] 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 entrybyNAV 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 preclearance facilities.
The airport was originally opened at Uplands on a high plateau (then) south of Ottawa by the Ottawa Flying Club, which still operates from the field. During World War II, when it was known as Uplands, the airport hosted No. 2 Service Flying Training School for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, providing advanced pilot training in Harvard and Yale aircraft.
During the 1950s, while the airport was still named Uplands and a joint-use civilian/military field, it was the busiest airport in Canada by takeoffs and landings, reaching a peak of 307,079 aircraft movements in 1959,[5] nearly double its current traffic. At the time, the airport had scheduled airline flights by Trans-Canada Air Lines (Toronto, Montreal, and Val d'Or), Trans Air (Churchill), and Eastern Air Lines (New York via Syracuse and Washington via Montreal).[5] With the arrival of civilian jet travel, the Canadian government built a new field south of the original one, with two much longer runways and a new terminal building designed to handle up to 900,000 passengers/year. The terminal building was originally scheduled to open in 1959, but during practices for the opening ceremonies, a United States Air Force F-104 Starfighter accidentally went supersonic during a low pass over the airport, and the resultant sonic boom shattered most of the glass in the airport (including the entire north wall) and damaged ceiling tiles, door and window frames, and even structural beams.[6] As a result, the opening was delayed until April 1960. The original terminal building and Trans-Canada Airways hangar continues in private use on the airport's north field.
In May 1992, Hassan al-Turabi was wounded in an attack by a Sudanese-Canadian at the airport.[7]
At the turn of the millennium, the Ottawa Airport Authority announced plans to build a second, adjacent terminal to meet the demands of increased traffic. The new terminal was built ahead of schedule and opened on October 12, 2003. The new terminal building now handles all airline passenger traffic. A section of the 1960 terminal, which was connected to the new terminal by an enclosed bridge, was still used at peak times of the day when extra gate space was needed and also handled most domestic prop flights.
The airport's board of directors approved a further expansion of the airport's passenger terminal on April 4, 2006. The extension of the new terminal was built in phases. Phase II, the next phase of the expansion program opened March 13, 2008. This new addition contains over 7,000 m2 (75,000 sq ft) of space and adds an additional twelve gates and seven jetways. The old 1960 terminal has been demolished and by the end of 2008, its former location was paved over to provide room for more gates and jetways.
In March 2009, Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport was recognized by customers for its excellent customer service in the results of Airports Council International’s (ACI) Airport Service Quality (ASQ) program. For the fourth consecutive year, Ottawa placed 2nd overall for worldwide airports that serve between 0 and 5 million passengers. In 2008, 108 airports from around the world participated in ASQ.[8]
Macdonald-Cartier Airport is part of Canada's busiest air corridor between Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto, which is commonly referred to as the Eastern Triangle.[citation needed] In fact, for decades, Air Canada has specially branded flights between Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal as Rapidair. The airport is also a gateway for flights to the eastern Arctic via Iqaluit.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeromexico | Cancun [seasonal] |
| Air Canada | Calgary, Cancún [seasonal], Edmonton, Fort Lauderdale [seasonal], Frankfurt, Halifax, London-Heathrow, Montego Bay [seasonal], Montréal-Trudeau, Santa Clara [seasonal], St. John's [seasonal], Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Winnipeg |
| Air Canada Jazz | Boston, Charlottetown, Fredericton, Halifax, London (ON), Moncton [seasonal], Montréal-Trudeau, New York-LaGuardia, Quebec City, Saskatoon, Toronto-Pearson, Thunder Bay, Washington-Dulles, Washington-Reagan, Winnipeg |
| Air Transat | Paris-Charles de Gaulle [seasonal] |
| American Eagle | Chicago-O'Hare |
| Bearskin Airlines | Kitchener/Waterloo, North Bay, Sudbury |
| CanJet | Punta Cana [seasonal] |
| Canadian North | Iqaluit |
| Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines | Newark |
| First Air | Iqaluit |
| Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines | Detroit |
| Porter Airlines | Halifax, Toronto-City Centre |
| Skyservice | Cancún, Cayo Coco, Holguin, La Romana, Montego Bay, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Samana, Varadero) [all seasonal] |
| Sunwing Airlines | Cayo Coco, Holguin, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Santiago de Cuba, San Juan, Varadero) [all seasonal] |
| Thomas Cook Airlines | London-Gatwick [seasonal] |
| United Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines | Washington-Dulles |
| United Express operated by Shuttle America | Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Washington-Dulles |
| United Express operated by SkyWest Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare |
| US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin | Philadelphia |
| WestJet | Calgary, Cancún [seasonal], Edmonton [seasonal], Fort Lauderdale [seasonal], Halifax [seasonal], Orlando [seasonal], Tampa [seasonal], Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver [seasonal], Winnipeg[9] |
Nonstop and same-plane freighter flights
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Canada Cargo | |
| Ameriflight | Bedford, MA |
| Cargojet Airways | Hamilton |
| FedEx Express | Indianapolis, Memphis, Montreal-Mirabel |
| First Air | Iqaluit, Kuujjuaq, Val-d'Or |
| Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter | Hamilton, Montreal-Mirabel, Vancouver, Winnipeg |
| Prince Edward Air | Montreal-Mirabel |
| Skylink Aviation | Toronto-Pearson |
OC Transpo bus route 97 provides frequent express service to downtown along a dedicated transitway at a cost of CAD $3.00 cash or two tickets (CAD $2.30), with connections to the O-Train and other bus stations. During the last transit meeting, Ottawa City Council have several proposals tabled that include a light rail link to the airport. Airport limos and shuttle buses are also available, and there are several rental car agencies located at the airport.
The airport actually consists of two distinct airfields connected by a taxiway. The smaller north field, originally referred to as Uplands, was originally founded by the Ottawa Flying Club in the late 1920s and then used by Trans-Canada Air Lines, the predecessor of Air Canada. The north field is still popular for general aviation, although only one of its runways, 04/22, is still in use.
The south field consists of the two longer runways, 07/25 and 14/32, designed for jet airliners. The public passenger terminals are tucked into the north side of the intersection of the two runways, while the two general aviation FBOs for the south field are nearer to the threshold of runway 25. Customs services for private aircraft are available at the two fixed base operators (FBO), Shell Aerocentre and Esso, on the south field.
On May 19, 1967, an Air Canada Douglas DC-8 on a training flight from Montreal crashed on approach to the Ottawa airport, killing all three crew members.[10]
On July 23, 1983, Air Canada Flight 143 (aBoeing 767) departed the Ottawa airport enroute for Edmonton, Alberta. Due to system problems and confusion between metric and imperial units, the aircraft did not have sufficient fuel to complete the flight, and the engines stopped over Red Lake, Ontario. The crew managed to glide the aircraft to a safe landing in Gimli, Manitoba, earning it the nickname Gimli Glider.
On September 15, 1988, a Bradley Air Services (now First Air) BAe 748 crashed on approach to runway 25, killing both crew members.[11]
On June 13, 1997, a North American Airlines Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner struck the runway with gear retracted during a botched approach, resulting in propellor strikes and a fire in one engine when it came to rest on runway 25. The aircraft was written off, but the crew escaped without injury.[12]
On September 15, 2000, a Miami Air International Boeing 727 arriving to pick up the Florida Panthers hockey team ran off the end of the runway. There were no injuries.[13]
On February 17, 2008, a WestJet Boeing 737 from Calgary International Airport went off the runway shortly after landing. An investigation is currently underway by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. None of the 94 passengers on board were injured. It is believed that freezing rain may have left the runway covered with a layer of ice.
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