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Ottawa Municipal Airport

38.53870°N
-95.25300°W
ARR / DAY
4
▲ 73.3%
DEP / DAY
3
▲ 84.6%

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 4 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13m ago
Temp
37°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
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Ceil
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METAR KOWI 271155Z AUTO 00000KT 1 3/4SM BR CLR 17/17 A3007 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
32% of ops
30 land · 11 TO
23
23% of ops
22 land · 11 TO
35
21% of ops
20 land · 8 TO
05
12% of ops
11 land · 1 TO
31
6% of ops
6 land · 0 TO
13
5% of ops
5 land · 1 TO
Runway 17 carries 32% of operations (30 landings, 11 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

17 30 landings
UA 3%
23 22 landings
UA 0%
35 20 landings
UA 5%
05 11 landings
UA 0%
31 6 landings
UA 33%
13 5 landings
UA 40%
Approaches to 17 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 30 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 · 159 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 5.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.9× weekday (10.4 vs 3.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

29 · 22%
22 · 17%
10 · 8%
9 · 7%
6 · 5%
5 · 4%
Activity is led by (22% of 129 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)

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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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