Washington-Warren Airport
OCW · KOCW · Washington, North Carolina · Beaufort County · map
Washington-Warren Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Washington in Washington, North Carolina, 38 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 5,001 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 26 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 5,600 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KOCW · observed 6:35 pm EDT (22:35 UTC), 18 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 51°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.08 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KOCW 062235Z AUTO 04003KT 10SM CLR 20/11 A3008 RMK AO2 T01990107
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA OCW · ICAO KOCW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Washington
- Elevation
- 38 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair | |
| 05/23 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: threshold displaced 1,172 ft, pole 39 ft high 325 ft from the end
- Runway 35: trees 25 ft high 512 ft from the end
- Runway 05: localizer with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 64 ft high 1,275 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 200 ft, road 17 ft high 348 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.35 | |
| Ocw and aWOS-3 | 120.175 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 252-975-6133.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,600, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Washington from the FAA register
26 aircraft are registered to owners in Washington, North Carolina: 22 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 2 drones. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Sunset - sunrise
- Activate runway end identifier lightss runway 05 and 23, 35; PAPI runway 05 and 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd new years day, easter, july 4TH, thanksgiving and christmas.
- Fuel 24 hour credit card service available.
- Displaced thld not marked at stated dist of 500 feet but at 1073 feet on runway.
- Faded to NON-EXISTENCE.
- Approach ratio 18:1 to displaced thld due 113 feet trees 2106 feet from displaced thld offset 229 feet right of centerline.
- Approach ratio 17:1 to displaced thld.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 17/35 unlighted.
- 120 feet+ tower 3700 feet+ from runway 5 thld on centerline.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.