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KOWA · OWA

Owatonna Degner Regional Airport

44.12340°N
-93.26060°W
ARR / DAY
7
▲ 157.9%
DEP / DAY
8
▲ 86.7%

Owatonna Degner Regional Airport (KOWA/OWA) is a small general aviation airport located in Owatonna, MN, 40 mi west of Rochester. It features 1 runway measuring 5,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 7 arrivals and 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

20m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
14 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KOWA 241813Z AUTO 21014G17KT 10SM SCT065 24/10 A3017 RMK AO2 T02400095

Runways

1 installed

5,500 FT MAX
12/30
5,500 ft × 100
CON● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

30
57% of ops
129 land · 120 TO
12
43% of ops
98 land · 102 TO
Runway 30 carries 57% of operations (129 landings, 120 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 43%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

30 129 landings
UA 4%
12 98 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 30 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 129 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
10.8
flights/day · 325 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 7pm · 6pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 10.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (5.8 vs 13.3 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (55% of 295 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700 —
APCH 119.800 —
APCH 251.125 —
UNICOM 122.700 —
AWOS 128.325 —
OTHER 122.200 —
OWATONNA 122.200 —
OTHER 132.350 —
ROCHESTE 132.350 —
OTHER 307.300 —
ROCHESTE 307.300 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
2° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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