Car Hire Ottawa Airport

Ottawa Airport is located in the suburban community of Riverside South, ten kilometers south of Ottawa. This is Canada's sixth busiest airport based on passenger traffic. It was ranked by a recent ACI survey as the number one worldwide in customer satisfaction. In the months of winter, the removal of snow from the runway takes a short time as 15 minutes, thanks to the multifunction snow removal systems. This lets airlines to be on schedule in bad weather condition.

You can access the airport from the city either from the east or the west by the Queensway highway 417. Ottawa airport is served by both domestic and United States airlines that offer direct flights via Canada. The major airline is the U.S. Air Canada and it also goes London Heathrow Airport. When you don’t want to use land transport to various popular vacation destinations, you can use one of the low-cost charter airlines. The airport has one passenger terminal which handles the operations of both departure and arrivals. The designing of the terminal gives the travelers that calm and easy feeling. It also shows the rich Canadian culture through the displays of a number of artworks from distinctive Canadian artists. There are modern facilities such as cafes and restaurants, washrooms, ATMs and stores where you can do some shopping.

At the time of departing, you are advised to give yourself ample time for the process of checking in. for domestic or trans-border flights, you are supposed to be at the airport 2 hours before you board and 3 hours for the international flights. Every passenger has to go through security screening before boarding. Arriving passengers from within Canada claim their baggage at carrousels 3 and 4 in the public area, while international arrivals claim theirs within the Canada Customs hall and go through customs and immigration before the exit to the arrival area of the terminal.