Ottawa / Rockcliffe Airport guide

Ottawa / Rockcliffe Airport is a small general aviation field on the south shore of the Ottawa River, about four nautical miles northeast of downtown Ottawa. Flying began on the site in 1918, and the airport opened in 1920 as the Ottawa Air Station. In 2018 it was recognized as Canada's oldest active airport.

The airport has no scheduled airline service and no passenger terminal. One asphalt runway, 09/27, remains in use at 1,012 m (3,319 ft). Runways 04/22 and 15/33 are closed. The field has no control tower. The Canada Aviation and Space Museum owns the land, and the Rockcliffe Flying Club uses and maintains it. The only passenger flights in its history were short-haul STOL services to Montreal in the mid-1970s.

The Rockcliffe Yacht Club also operates here. The adjacent Ottawa / Rockcliffe Water Aerodrome is the main seaplane base for the National Capital Region. Travellers who need airline flights should use Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to the south.