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Ottawa Municipal Airport

38.53870°N
-95.25300°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 96.3%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 95.7%

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.

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

4h ago
Temp
95°F
Wind
6 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KOWI 261710Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM CLR 35/26 A2993 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
86 land · 36 TO
23
20% of ops
51 land · 9 TO
35
20% of ops
51 land · 29 TO
13
11% of ops
29 land · 3 TO
05
9% of ops
24 land · 10 TO
31
8% of ops
20 land · 3 TO
Runway 17 carries 33% of operations (86 landings, 36 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

17 86 landings
UA 10%
23 51 landings
UA 8%
35 51 landings
UA 8%
13 29 landings
UA 0%
05 24 landings
UA 4%
31 20 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 17 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 86 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
5.3
flights/day · 160 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 1pm
Day vs night
72%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 5.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (6.6 vs 5.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

23 · 18%
17 · 13%
10 · 8%
9 · 7%
9 · 7%
7 · 5%
Activity is led by (18% of 128 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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