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Owatonna Degner Regional Airport

44.12340°N
-93.26060°W
ARR / DAY
8
22.7%
DEP / DAY
9
34.0%

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 8 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
6 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KOWA 060715Z AUTO 12006KT 9SM OVC120 21/21 A3004 RMK AO2 T02060206

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
67% of ops
357 land · 372 TO
12
33% of ops
174 land · 117 TO
Runway 30 carries 67% of operations (357 landings, 372 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

30 357 landings
UA 12%
12 174 landings
UA 13%
Approaches to 30 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (42 UA events from 357 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
15.9
flights/day · 478 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 8pm · 9pm
Day vs night
54%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–9pm local, averaging 15.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (13.8 vs 17.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 424 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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