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

Wiley Post Airport

35.53420°N
-97.64710°W
ARR / DAY
55
9.0%
DEP / DAY
57
4.3%

Wiley Post Airport (KPWA/PWA) is a small general aviation airport located in Oklahoma City, OK. It features 3 runways with the longest being 7,199 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 55 arrivals and 57 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
90°F
Wind
5 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPWA 281553Z VRB05KT 10SM CLR 32/15 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP183 T03220150

Runway intelligence

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

17L
63% of ops
1,176 land · 903 TO
35R
19% of ops
358 land · 39 TO
17R
9% of ops
174 land · 35 TO
13
4% of ops
74 land · 6 TO
35L
4% of ops
69 land · 358 TO
31
1% of ops
14 land · 10 TO
Runway 17L carries 63% of operations (1,176 landings, 903 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35R at 19%.

Approach quality

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

17L 1,176 landings
UA 8%
35R 358 landings
UA 18%
17R 174 landings
UA 14%
13 74 landings
UA 1%
35L 69 landings
UA 12%
31 14 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 17L show a 8% unstable-approach rate (98 UA events from 1,176 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
102.6
flights/day · 3,079 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 7pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–7pm local, averaging 102.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (95.1 vs 110.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (43% of 2,042 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 327 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
10/07/2025
Lifeline Flight
Picked up 2 pax and gave them a ride to KLBO
skyhawk1pilot
08/27/2007
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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