Ottumwa Regional
OTM · KOTM · Ottumwa, Iowa · Wapello County · map
Ottumwa Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Ottumwa, 5 miles northwest of Ottumwa, Iowa, 846 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 6,001 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 29 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 10,500 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA OTM · ICAO KOTM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Ottumwa
- Elevation
- 846 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 6,001 × 100 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 4,601 × 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 04: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Ottumwa and center (remote transmitter) Low | 118.15 | |
| Otm and automated weather (ASOS) | 124.175 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 641-684-9164.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 10,500, 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 Ottumwa from the FAA register
72 aircraft are registered to owners in Ottumwa, Iowa: 66 piston singles, 4 balloons, 1 piston twin, 1 glider. 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 Iowa.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 2 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
- <oxygen available daylight hours only.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 31; runway end identifier lights runway 04, 22 and 13; PAPI runway 04, 13 and 22; high-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 and runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 31 is preferred calm wind runway.
- Remote control aircraft operations in area.
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.