The following active airports serve the area around Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, lying under or adjacent to Ottawa's terminal control area:

Airport name	ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization airport code The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic... /TC Transport Canada Transport Canada is the department within the government of Canada which is responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. It is part of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities portfolio...  LID Location identifier A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO... /IATA	Location	Coordinates
Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier International Airport or Macdonald-Cartier International Airport , in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is named after Sirs John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier...	CYOW (YOW)	Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...	45°19′21"N 075°40′09"W
Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport or Rockcliffe Airport, , a former military base, is a non-towered airport located on the south shore of the Ottawa River, northeast of Downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada...	CYRO (YRO)	Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...	45°27′37"N 075°38′46"W
Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport	CYND (YND)	Gatineau Gatineau Gatineau is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth largest city in the province. It is located on the northern banks of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and together they form Canada's National Capital Region. Ottawa and Gatineau comprise a single Census... , Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	45°31′17"N 075°33′51"W
Ottawa/Carp Airport Ottawa/Carp Airport Ottawa/Carp Airport or Carp Airport, , is located south of Carp, Ontario, Canada, a small village that is now part of Ottawa. Carp is the only airport in the Ottawa area where private hangar space is readily available, so it is a popular home base for local general aviation pilots.The airport had...	CYRP (YRP)	Carp Carp, Ontario Carp is a large village west of urban Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.The village takes its name from the Carp River which runs through the village.The main street was formerly a section of the Trans-Canada Highway and carried much of the traffic coming from the west into Ottawa...	45°19′21"N 076°01′20"W
Ottawa/Manotick (Hope Field) Aerodrome Ottawa/Manotick (Hope Field) Aerodrome Ottawa/Manotick Aerodrome , is a small airport located southwest of Manotick, Ontario, Canada, south of Ottawa....	CHF2	Manotick Manotick, Ontario Manotick, Ontario is an exurb in Eastern Ontario on the Rideau River, located on the south edge of Ottawa's urban area. Manotick is located immediately south of the booming suburbs Barrhaven and Riverside South and is about from downtown Ottawa. It has been part of the City of Ottawa since...	45°11′26"N 075°42′31"W
Ottawa/Casselman (Shea Field) Aerodrome Ottawa/Casselman (Shea Field) Aerodrome Ottawa/Casselman Aerodrome is an aerodrome located east of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada....	CSF7	Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...	45°17′59"N 075°10′17"W
Smiths Falls-Montague Airport Smiths Falls-Montague Airport Smiths Falls-Montague Airport, , is located about east of the town of Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada. The airport and airspace are not controlled, but published instrument approaches are available....	CYSH (YSH)	Smiths Falls Smiths Falls, Ontario Smiths Falls is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the census division for Lanark County, but is considered a separated town and does not participate in county government...	44°56′45"N 075°56′26"W
Arnprior/South Renfrew Municipal Airport Arnprior/South Renfrew Municipal Airport Arnprior/South Renfrew Municipal Airport or Arnprior Airport, , is a registered aerodrome located south of the town of Arnprior, Ontario, Canada directly behind Arnprior Aerospace Inc. ....	CNP3	Arnprior Arnprior, Ontario Arnprior is a town in Renfrew County, in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, Canada. It is located at the mouth of the Madawaska River, as it enters the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley...	45°24′49"N 076°21′57"W
Kars/Rideau Valley Air Park Kars/Rideau Valley Air Park Rideau Valley Air Park, , located south of Kars is a small airport south of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the shore of the Rideau River. The airport has a single grass runway, and serves mainly ultralight and glider traffic.-Users:...	CPL3	Kars Kars, Ontario Kars is a small village on the Rideau River within the rural section of the city of Ottawa, Ontario. Prior to amalgamation in 2000 it was part of Rideau Township....	45°06′00"N 075°38′00"W
Ottawa/Embrun Aerodrome	CPR2	Embrun Embrun, Ontario Embrun (ˈɛmbrən in English; ), UN/LOCODE: CA EBU, is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario in the Eastern Ontario region. Embrun is also part of the National Capital Region. Embrun is part of the larger Russell Township in Prescott and Russell United Counties...	45°14′28"N 075°17′55"W
Winchester Airport Winchester Airport Winchester Airport, , is located south of Winchester, Ontario, Canada, south of Ottawa. The airport has two runways, one paved and one grass.-External links:** on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory...	CNA8	Winchester	45°02′44"N 075°18′12"W
Carleton Place Airport Carleton Place Airport Carleton Place Airport, , is located southeast of Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada, west of Ottawa.-External links:* on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory...	CNR6	Carleton Place Carleton Place, Ontario Carleton Place is a town in the eastern portion of Eastern Ontario, Canada, in Lanark County, about west of downtown Ottawa. It is located at the crossroads of Highway 15 and Highway 7, halfway between the towns of Perth, Almonte, Smiths Falls, and the nation's capital, Ottawa...	45°06′14"N 076°07′24"W
Pendleton Airport Pendleton Airport Pendleton Airport, , is located northwest of Pendleton, Ontario, Canada, east of Ottawa. The airfield is currently operated by the Gatineau Gliding Club.-History:...	CNF3	Pendleton	45°29′10"N 075°05′46"W

Macdonald-Cartier handles most of the scheduled passenger service for Ottawa, in addition to a large amount of general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

 and some military

Military aviation

Military aviation is the use of aircraft and other flying machines for the purposes of conducting or enabling warfare, including national airlift capacity to provide logistical supply to forces stationed in a theater or along a front. Air power includes the national means of conducting such...

 traffic. Gatineau has some scheduled commuter flights to other Quebec cities, while the remaining airports serve almost exclusively general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

. Macdonald-Cartier, Gatineau, Carp, Smiths Falls, and Arnprior have instrument approach

Instrument approach

For aircraft operating under instrument flight rules , an instrument approach or instrument approach procedure is a series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft under instrument flight conditions from the beginning of the initial approach to a landing, or to a point...

es and winter maintenance for year-round, all-weather operations.

Water aerodromes

Airport name	ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization airport code The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic... /TC Transport Canada Transport Canada is the department within the government of Canada which is responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. It is part of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities portfolio...  LID Location identifier A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO... /IATA	Location	Coordinates
Ottawa/Gatineau Water Aerodrome Ottawa/Gatineau Water Aerodrome Ottawa/Gatineau Water Aerodrome , is located on the north side of the Ottawa River in Quebec and is open from May until November....	CTI3	Gatineau Gatineau Gatineau is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth largest city in the province. It is located on the northern banks of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and together they form Canada's National Capital Region. Ottawa and Gatineau comprise a single Census... , Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	45°27′52"N 075°40′48"W
Ottawa/Rockcliffe Water Aerodrome Ottawa/Rockcliffe Water Aerodrome Ottawa/Rockcliffe Water Aerodrome is located adjacent to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a small airport and few Ottawans know of its existence. The airport is the home of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, which owns the field, and is used and maintained by the Rockcliffe Flying Club. The...	CTR7	Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...	45°27′47"N 075°38′47"W
Constance Lake Water Aerodrome Constance Lake Water Aerodrome Constance Lake Water Aerodrome, , is located on Constance Lake, Ontario, Canada....	CNQ5	Constance Lake	45°24′10"N 075°58′32"W
Arnprior Water Aerodrome Arnprior Water Aerodrome Arnprior Water Aerodrome, , is located south of the community and is open from May until November....	CNB5	Arnprior Arnprior, Ontario Arnprior is a town in Renfrew County, in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, Canada. It is located at the mouth of the Madawaska River, as it enters the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley...	45°24′27"N 076°21′35"W

Heliports

Airport name	ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization airport code The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic... /TC Transport Canada Transport Canada is the department within the government of Canada which is responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. It is part of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities portfolio...  LID Location identifier A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO... /IATA	Location	Coordinates
Ottawa (Children's Hospital) Heliport Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario is a major children's hospital and university teaching hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, serving Eastern Ontario and western Quebec. It is affiliated with The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa, and is funded by the provincial Government of Ontario...	CPK7	Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...	45°24′04"N 075°39′01"W
Ottawa (Civic Hospital) Heliport The Ottawa Hospital The Ottawa Hospital or L'Hôpital d'Ottawa is a major, non-profit, public, university teaching hospital in Ottawa made up of the former Grace Hospital, Riverside Hospital, Ottawa General Hospital and Ottawa Civic Hospital. It is a 1,195-bed academic health sciences centre...	CPP7	Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...	45°23′30"N 075°43′14"W
Ottawa/Gatineau (Casino) Heliport Casino du Lac Leamy The Casino du Lac-Leamy is a government run casino in Gatineau, Quebec.The casino was opened in 1996, the third of a group of casinos built by the provincial government to raise funds. Ottawa, the larger city across the river, was also planning to build a casino in the early 1990s, but these plans...	CTA9	Gatineau Gatineau Gatineau is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth largest city in the province. It is located on the northern banks of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and together they form Canada's National Capital Region. Ottawa and Gatineau comprise a single Census... , Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	45°26′47"N 075°43′35"W
Ottawa/Dwyer Hill Heliport	CYDH	Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...	45°07′50"N 075°56′54"W
Smiths Falls (Community Hospital) Heliport	CNS9	Smiths Falls Smiths Falls, Ontario Smiths Falls is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the census division for Lanark County, but is considered a separated town and does not participate in county government...	44°54′26"N 076°01′38"W
Carleton Place (District Memorial Hospital) Heliport	CPN7	Carleton Place Carleton Place, Ontario Carleton Place is a town in the eastern portion of Eastern Ontario, Canada, in Lanark County, about west of downtown Ottawa. It is located at the crossroads of Highway 15 and Highway 7, halfway between the towns of Perth, Almonte, Smiths Falls, and the nation's capital, Ottawa...	45°08′32"N 076°08′16"W