# Norwood Memorial Airport (OWD / KOWD)

**Norwood Memorial Airport** (IATA: OWD, ICAO: KOWD) is a medium airport in Norwood, Massachusetts, United States. It opened in Mar 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,007 ft (1,221 m). In 2022 it handled 1 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: OWD / KOWD
- FAA: OWD
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Norwood, Massachusetts, United States
- Opened: Mar 1943
- Elevation: 49 ft / 15 m
- Coordinates: 42.1905, -71.1729
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,007 ft / 1,221 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 1 departure, 1 arrival
- Passengers: 1,367 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.norwoodma.gov/index.php?option=com_content&id=116
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwood_Memorial_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7061633
- Weather station: KOWD
- Ident: KOWD

## Timeline

- Mar 1943: Norwood Memorial Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 4,007 ft / 1,221 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 155° / 335° | yes |
| 10/28 | 3,995 ft / 1,218 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 089° / 269° |  |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00725AD.PDF

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Seasonal (1)

- [ACK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kack.md) Nantucket Memorial Airport · United States · 86 mi / 139 km · Cape Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 9K [Cape Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cape-air) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1K (2022) | #3,250 of 3,974 | #861 in North America | #624 in US |
| Longest runway | 4,007 ft / 1,221 m | =9,511 of 29,858 | =3,720 in North America | =3,106 in US |
| Elevation | 49 ft / 15 m | =39,315 of 43,403 | =17,825 in North America | =14,735 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | BOSTON APP | 124.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 119.950 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.800 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.000 |
| DEP | BOSTON DEP | 124.100 |
| GND | GND | 121.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 126.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [BOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbos.md) Boston Logan International Airport · 15 mi / 23 km
- [BED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbed.md) Laurence G Hanscom Field · 20 mi / 33 km
- [BVY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbvy.md) Beverly Regional Airport · 30 mi / 49 km
- [PVD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpvd.md) Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport · 35 mi / 56 km
- [ORH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/korh.md) Worcester Regional Airport · 36 mi / 58 km
- [LWM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klwm.md) Lawrence Municipal Airport · 36 mi / 59 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: “Norwood Memorial Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Norwood_Memorial_Airport&oldid=1362978802), revision of 7 Jul 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/kowd/data