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KOWA · OWA

Owatonna Degner Regional Airport

44.12340°N
-93.26060°W
ARR / DAY
10
1.4%
DEP / DAY
10
28.0%

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 10 arrivals and 10 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12h ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
5 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KOWA 030035Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM CLR 27/22 A2985 RMK AO2 T02660218

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
370 land · 382 TO
12
33% of ops
179 land · 128 TO
Runway 30 carries 67% of operations (370 landings, 382 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

30 370 landings
UA 11%
12 179 landings
UA 13%
Approaches to 30 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (40 UA events from 370 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
17.0
flights/day · 509 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 8pm
Day vs night
56%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–8pm local, averaging 17.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (13.1 vs 19.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (42% of 446 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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