There are 6 ways to get from Cambridge to Ottawa by train, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
best- Take the train from Cambridge to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)plane LHR - YOW
12h 33m$693–1,637Bus to Luton Airport, fly to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Parkside to Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)plane LTN - YOW
14h 17m$315–1,223Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
- Take the train from Cambridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)plane LGW - YOW
14h 9m$576–1,319Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cambridge to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)plane LHR - YUL
- Take the train from Dorval to Ottawatrain
13h 52m$627–1,676Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cambridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)plane LGW - YUL
- Take the train from Dorval to Ottawatrain
14h 14m$570–1,458Fly London Stansted Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)plane STN - YOW
14h 50m$325–1,239
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cambridge to Ottawa is to bus and fly which costs $310 - $1,300 and takes 14h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Cambridge to Ottawa is to train and fly which takes 12h 33m and costs $650 - $1,700.
The distance between Cambridge and Ottawa is 5483 km.
It takes approximately 12h 33m to get from Cambridge to Ottawa, including transfers.
Ottawa is 5h behind Cambridge. It is currently 2:23 PM in Cambridge and 9:23 AM in Ottawa.
There are 319+ hotels available in Ottawa.
What companies run services between Cambridge, England and Ottawa, ON, Canada?
Jet2.com, Air France, and six other airlines fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) once daily.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Dublin, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Shannon, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 4m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Edinburgh, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 28m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Luton Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Luton Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Luton Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 14m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Luton Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–800
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–800
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Glasgow, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
Flights from Luton Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Glasgow, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–800
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–800
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Glasgow, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
Flights from Luton Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Glasgow, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Luton Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- Website
- jetaviation.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–850
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–80
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–80
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from Dorval to Ottawa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–240
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $35–120
- Business
- $85–220
- Business Plus
- $100–240
- Economy
- $40–130
- Economy Plus
- $45–140
Train from Dorval to Ottawa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–240
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $35–120
- Business
- $85–220
- Business Plus
- $100–240
- Economy
- $40–130
- Economy Plus
- $45–140
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Parkside to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Website
- National Express
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