# Owensboro Daviess County Airport (OWB / KOWB)

**Owensboro Daviess County Airport** (IATA: OWB, ICAO: KOWB) is a medium airport in Owensboro, Kentucky, United States. It opened in Dec 1949. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,000 ft (2,438 m). In 2025 it handled 18 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: OWB / KOWB
- FAA: OWB
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Owensboro, Kentucky, United States
- Opened: Dec 1949
- Elevation: 407 ft / 124 m
- Coordinates: 37.7401, -87.1668
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 8,000 ft / 2,438 m
- Instrument procedures: 8 approaches
- Passengers: 17,699 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: https://flyowb.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro%E2%80%93Daviess_County_Regional_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7114750
- Weather station: KOWB
- Ident: KOWB

## Timeline

- Dec 1949: Owensboro Daviess County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 178° / 358° | yes |
| 06/24 | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 052° / 232° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00707AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 43,254 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 46,547 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 39,244 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 38,757 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 36,548 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 18,958 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 26,810 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 31,204 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 21,412 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 17,541 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 17,699 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 295 mi / 475 km · United Express, Contour Airlines
- [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 387 mi / 623 km · Contour Airlines
- [IAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiad.md) Washington Dulles International Airport · United States · 533 mi / 857 km · United Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from OWB, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- LF [Contour Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/contour-airlines) · 2
- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 18K (2025) | #2,495 of 3,974 | #589 in North America | #406 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | =2,750 of 29,858 | =583 in North America | =438 in US |
| Elevation | 407 ft / 124 m | =28,900 of 43,403 | =13,623 in North America | =11,445 in US |
| Age | Opened 1949 | =3,461 of 15,079 | =2,337 in North America | =2,277 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | EVANSVILLE APP/DEP | 126.400 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 120.700 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| RDO | LOUISVILLE RDO | 108.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.700 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [EVV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kevv.md) Evansville Regional Airport · 29 mi / 46 km
- [FTK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kftk.md) Godman Army Air Field · 66 mi / 107 km
- [BWG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbwg.md) Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport · 67 mi / 109 km
- [HOP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khop.md) Campbell Army Airfield (Fort Campbell) · 76 mi / 122 km
- [SDF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksdf.md) Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · 83 mi / 134 km
- [LOU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klou.md) Bowman Field · 89 mi / 142 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Owensboro–Daviess County Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Owensboro–Daviess_County_Regional_Airport&oldid=1370278036), revision of 20 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/kowb/data