Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport is an international airport in Ontario, Canada. It's owned by the government of Canada and opened for civillian traffic in the 1950s.
4,743,091 passengers in 2015-2016
153,347 aircraft movement in 2015-2016
| Callsign | Frequency | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| "OTTAWA DELIVERY" | 119.400MHz | |
| "OTTAWA GROUND" | 121.900MHz | |
| "OTTAWA TOWER" | 118.800MHz | |
| "OTTAWA ARRIVALS" | 119.200MHz | |
| "OTTAWA DEPARTURES" | 118.700MHz | |
| "OTTAWA TERMINAL" | 127.700MHz | Rarely used |
| "OTTAWA ATIS" | 121.150MHz | |
| "OTTAWA ATIS" | 132.950MHz | French ATIS |
The airspace boundary around Ottawa is detailed in NAVCanada's Designated Airspace Handbook. There are two main radar positions, Ottawa Departure and Ottawa Arrival.
Use this map to see the different areas of Ottawa's Airpsace.
The only departure Ottawa has is the Ottawa 4 departure, which is a vector departure. When cleared for the Ottawa Four departure, pilots should climb to an altitude of 3000' on runway heading.
The Ottawa Four for runway 14 states that there should be no left turn below 1000'.
Montreal Centre will assign STARs to aircraft and will give initial descent instructions.
Ottawa Arrivals is responsible for the following:
- issuing further descent clearances;
- clearing aircraft onto a final approach, ILS, RNAV, Visual or LOC;
- ensuring aircraft have sufficient spacing between them.
The various advised altitude restrictions can be found on charts. Charts are available for free from VATCAN's Montreal FIR
The following fixes are Final Approach Course Fixes, meaning that aircraft can be cleared for an approach after these fixes:
- TEFLY - RNAV 25
- RAFNO - RNAV 14
- TEXEN - ILS 32, RNAV 32
- VISOL - ILS 07, RNAV 07
Ottawa Departures
Ottawa Arrivals
There are six restricted areas within Ottawa's airspaces.
The airspace within the area bounded by a circle of: 1 mile radius centred on N45°33'06.00" W075°55'45.00"
Designated Altitude – Surface to 2000´ Time of Designation – Continuous Operating Procedures – No person shall operate an aircraft, including model aircraft, within the area described unless the flight has been authorized by the User/Controlling Agency
This restricted airspace is here probably to protect Harrington Lake estate, the summer residence of the Prime Minister of Canada.
The airspace within the area bounded by a line beginning at: N45°24'00.00" W075°55'00.00" to N45°22'00.00" W075°53'00.00" to N45°21'00.00" W075°55'00.00" to N45°23'00.00" W075°57'00.00" to N45°24'00.00" W075°55'00.00"
Designated Altitude – Surface to 1000´ Time of Designation – Continuous Operating Procedures – No person shall operate an aircraft within the area described unless the flight has been authorized by the User/Controlling Agency.
Connaught Range is a cadet training centre.
The airspace within the area bounded by a circle of: 0.4 mile radius centred on N45°19'18.00" W075°52'32.00"
Designated Altitude – Surface to 1400´ Time of Designation – Continuous during daylight Operating Procedures – No person shall operate an aircraft within the area described unless the flight has been authorized by the User/Controlling Agency.
Within this airspace is CANMET Complex, a building which hosts many different research facilities.
The airspace within the area bounded by a circle of: 0.35 mile radius centred on N45°25'29.00" W075°41'59.00"
Designated Altitude – Surface to 3000´ Time of Designation – Continuous Operating Procedures – No person shall operate an aircraft, including model aircraft, within the area described unless the flight has been authorized by the User/Controlling Agency, except for medical, police and military aircraft on official duty flights and IFR flights.
Within this area is the Parliament of Canada.
The airspace within the area bounded by a circle of: 0.4 mile radius centred on N45°26'38.90" W075°41'17.80"
Designated Altitude – Surface to 3000´ Time of Designation – Continuous Operating Procedures – No person shall operate an aircraft, including model aircraft, within the area described unless the flight has been authorized by the User/Controlling Agency, except for medical, police and military aircraft on official duty flights and IFR flights.
Rideau Hall is the official residence of the Canadian monarch and/or his/her representative.
The airspace within the area bounded by a line beginning at: N45°09'46.00" W075°56'24.00" to N45°07'25.00" W075°53'37.00" to N45°05'16.00" W075°57'09.00" to N45°07'35.00" W075°59'10.00" to N45°09'46.00" W075°56'24.00"
Designated Altitude – Surface to 2500´ Time of Designation – Continuous Operating Procedures – No person shall operate an aircraft within the area described
Located here is a Canadian Forces Training Centre.
Carp Airport was built as a relief landing field during World War II. Today it is a popular home base for local general aviation pilots as it is the only place in Ottawa where private hangar space is available.
Runways:
- 10/28, 1,200m, Asphalt
- 04/22, 672m, Gravel
Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport is a small airport in Gatineau, Quebec. It has customs facilities for international arrivals but has few regularly scheduled commercial flights. It has one runway, 09/27 (1,829m long) made out of Asphalt.
Provided with the videomap is a top down view of the Ottawa's airport layout.
The videomap also contains:
- Top down view of Carp Airport (CYRP);
- Top down view of Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport (CYND);
- All restricted airspaces;
- Ottawa VOR;
- Extended centrelines.
Ottawa Charts, Montreal FIR (VATCAN) Designated Airspace Handbook