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Ottawa Municipal Airport

38.53870°N
-95.25300°W
ARR / DAY
6
▲ 85.7%
DEP / DAY
6
▲ 78.3%

Ottawa Municipal Airport (KOWI) is a small general aviation airport located in Ottawa, KS, 33 mi south west of Olathe. It features 3 runways with the longest being 4,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 6 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23m ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
3 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KOWI 151455Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM CLR 29/22 A3013 RMK A01

Runways

3 installed

4,500 FT MAX
05/23
2,345 ft × 81
GRS○ unlitCLOSED
13/31
1,550 ft × 95
GRS○ unlit
17/35
4,500 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

17
33% of ops
107 land · 37 TO
35
23% of ops
76 land · 49 TO
23
15% of ops
50 land · 8 TO
13
11% of ops
35 land · 5 TO
05
9% of ops
29 land · 10 TO
31
9% of ops
29 land · 5 TO
Runway 17 carries 33% of operations (107 landings, 37 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

17 107 landings
UA 13%
35 76 landings
UA 5%
23 50 landings
UA 16%
13 35 landings
UA 0%
05 29 landings
UA 0%
31 29 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 17 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (14 UA events from 107 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
5.7
flights/day · 171 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 1pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 5.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (6.5 vs 5.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

29 · 20%
20 · 14%
13 · 9%
11 · 8%
9 · 6%
9 · 6%
Activity is led by (20% of 143 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 118.250 —
OTHER 127.725 —
EMPORIA 127.725 —
OTHER 270.250 —
EMPORIA 270.250 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Mag var:
4° 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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
AlanM70
06/30/2022
Stopped over to deliver parts.
Nice airport. Nice courtesy car that they allowed us to reserve ahead of time.
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