# Owatonna Degner Regional Airport (OWA / KOWA)

**Owatonna Degner Regional Airport** (IATA: OWA, ICAO: KOWA) is a small airport in Owatonna, Minnesota, United States. It opened in Dec 1946. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,500 ft (1,676 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kowa

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: OWA / KOWA
- FAA: OWA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Owatonna, Minnesota, United States
- Opened: Dec 1946
- Elevation: 1,145 ft / 349 m
- Coordinates: 44.1234, -93.2606
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,500 ft / 1,676 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://ci.owatonna.mn.us/airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owatonna_Degner_Regional_Airport (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35286798
- Weather station: KOWA
- Ident: KOWA

## Timeline

- Dec 1946: Owatonna Degner Regional Airport opens.
- 31 Jul 2008: East Coast Jets Flight 81. 8 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 5,500 ft / 1,676 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 124° / 304° | yes |
| 05/23 | 3,000 ft / 914 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 050° / 230° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,500 ft / 1,676 m | =5,417 of 29,858 | =1,676 in North America | =1,334 in US |
| Elevation | 1,145 ft / 349 m | =15,706 of 43,403 | =6,864 in North America | =5,408 in US |
| Age | Opened 1946 | =2,744 of 15,079 | =1,680 in North America | =1,626 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | ROCHESTER APP/DEP | 119.800 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 128.325 |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 132.350 |
| RDO | PRINCETON RDO | 122.250 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kowa/data