Wiley Post Airport satellite view
📍 Oklahoma City⬆ 1,300 ft3 runways
KPWA · PWA

Wiley Post Airport

35.53420°N
-97.64710°W
ARR / DAY
63
▼ 16.9%
DEP / DAY
66
▼ 16.4%

Wiley Post Airport (KPWA/PWA) is a small general aviation airport located in Oklahoma City, OK. It features 3 runways with the longest being 7,198 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 63 arrivals and 66 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
3 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
SPECI KPWA 261228Z 30003KT 10SM FEW026 OVC075 20/16 A3007 RMK AO2 RAB1158E26 TSB13E28 P0013 T02000156

Runway intelligence

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

17L
71% of ops
1,612 land · 1,354 TO
17R
12% of ops
270 land · 69 TO
35R
11% of ops
257 land · 67 TO
13
4% of ops
93 land · 1 TO
35L
2% of ops
41 land · 237 TO
31
0% of ops
5 land · 4 TO
Runway 17L carries 71% of operations (1,612 landings, 1,354 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17R at 12%.

Approach quality

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

17L 1,612 landings
UA 9%
17R 270 landings
UA 12%
35R 257 landings
UA 13%
13 93 landings
UA 14%
35L 41 landings
UA 22%
31 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 17L show a 9% unstable-approach rate (139 UA events from 1,612 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
119.8
flights/day · 3,594 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 6pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 119.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (100.4 vs 132.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (39% of 2,169 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 126.900 —
TWR 126.900 0700-2200
TWR 306.900 0700-2200
GND 121.700 0700-2200
ATIS 128.725 0700-2200
APCH 120.450 —
APCH 124.200 —
APCH 124.600 —
APCH 263.075 —
APCH 266.800 —
APCH 288.325 —
APCH 336.400 —
UNICOM 122.950 —
EMERG 121.500 0700-2200
OTHER 122.400 —
WILEY PO 122.400 —
OTHER 124.200 —
FUNNL DP 124.200 —
JUDDG RN 124.200 —
WAYMAN R 124.200 —
RDHWK DP 124.200 —
KRMSN DP 124.200 —
OTHER 124.600 —
FUNNL DP 124.600 —
CCASH RN 124.600 —
FAKEY RN 124.600 —
KRMSN DP 124.600 —
DAWKS RN 124.600 —
BASTS RN 124.600 —
RDHWK DP 124.600 —
LCL/P 126.900 0700-2200
EMERG 243.000 0700-2200
OTHER 266.800 —
BASTS RN 266.800 —
FUNNL DP 266.800 —
DAWKS RN 266.800 —
KRMSN DP 266.800 —
RDHWK DP 266.800 —
CCASH RN 266.800 —
LCL/P 306.900 0700-2200
OTHER 336.400 —
FUNNL DP 336.400 —
JUDDG RN 336.400 —
KRMSN DP 336.400 —
RDHWK DP 336.400 —
WAYMAN R 336.400 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZFW
Mag var:
5° E
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 9 AM · 1 movement every 277 s
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

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

2
AlanM70
10/7/2025
Lifeline Flight
Picked up 2 pax and gave them a ride to KLBO
skyhawk1pilot
8/27/2007
great airport
This is my home base. Graet airport fuel prices too high always go to HSD or 208 to buy fuel
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