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KOWA · OWA

Owatonna Degner Regional Airport

44.12340°N
-93.26060°W
ARR / DAY
7
2.0%
DEP / DAY
8
14.7%

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

18h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
14 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KOWA 031635Z AUTO 20014KT 9SM CLR 26/08 A3022 RMK AO2 T02630084

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

12
58% of ops
81 land · 0 TO
30
42% of ops
58 land · 2 TO
Runway 12 carries 58% of operations (81 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

12 81 landings
UA 19%
30 58 landings
UA 22%
Approaches to 12 show a 19% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 81 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
7.3
flights/day · 220 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 7pm · 4pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 7.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (4.9 vs 8.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (52% of 211 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-05-14
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
APCH 119.800
APCH 251.125
UNICOM 122.700
AWOS 128.325
OWATONNA 122.200
ROCHESTE 132.350
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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