Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport security wait times

~12 min through security at YOW, from our airport directory. Early mornings and holiday weekends run longer.

Budget that on top of check-in or bag drop and the walk to your gate. For your exact leave-home time, enter your flight above: the plan uses the live wait when there is one.

Split CATSA and CBP for U.S. flights. Domestic CATSA can look short while U.S. preclearance is the real constraint—do not copy a quiet Toronto hop buffer onto a Washington or New York departure.