Owatonna Degner Regional
OWA · KOWA · Owatonna, Minnesota · Steele County · map
Owatonna Degner Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Owatonna, 3 miles northwest of Owatonna, Minnesota, 1,145 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 5,500 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 42 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 30,050 takeoffs and landings a year. About 6 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Owatonna Degner Regional?
Its FAA code is OWA, and its ICAO code is KOWA.
Where is Owatonna Degner Regional?
It is 3 miles northwest of Owatonna, Minnesota, 1,145 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Owatonna Degner Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 12/30, is 5,500 feet long.
Does Owatonna Degner Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Owatonna Degner Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Owatonna Degner Regional?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Accelerated Aviation Instruction LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Owatonna Degner Regional?
8 pilot examiners and 14 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Owatonna Degner Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA OWA · ICAO KOWA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Owatonna
- Elevation
- 1,145 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 852 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to September, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; May to September, weekends, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm; October to April, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; October to April, weekends, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1946
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 5,500 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 3,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 30: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.8 | |
| Owa and aWOS-3 | 128.325 | |
| Rochester and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.35 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 507-455-0642.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Faribault Muni-Liz Wall Strohfus Field (13 nm north), Dodge Center Airport (19 nm east), Albert Lea Municipal (27 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Minnesota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Ultralights on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; approach lights (MALSR) runway 30; runway end identifier lights runway 05, 12 and 23; high-intensity runway lights runway 12/30; PAPI runway 05, 12, 23, and 30 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL available 24 hours west credit card.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 38 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| jets | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 30,050, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2,800 |
| general aviation, travelling | 13,000 |
| general aviation, local | 14,000 |
| military | 250 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Owatonna from the FAA register
26 aircraft are registered to owners in Owatonna, Minnesota: 23 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 drone. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Accelerated Aviation Instruction LLC 6 aircraft · Owatonna Accelerated Aviation Instruction LLC is a flight school in Owatonna, Minnesota that offers accelerated and flexible pilot training programs.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for seaplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 14 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 20 aircrew program designees, 3 administrative pilot examiners.
- Thomas Paul Burns private pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Stanton, MN (24 nm) · (563) 299-5942 · [email protected]
- Darren Schone private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Albert Lea, MN (27 nm) · (507) 383-9366 · [email protected]
- Catherine Bonnie Plasschaert private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Mankato Regional Airport · Mankato, MN (29 nm) · (507) 469-4431 · [email protected]
- Jason Russell Ceminsky private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Mankato, MN (29 nm) · (507) 779-2118 · [email protected]
- Paul Skjeveland private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · North Star Aviation · Mankato, MN (29 nm) · (507) 382-2742 · [email protected]
- Sanjay Sundar Sujanani private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lakeville, MN (31 nm) · (612) 964-9394 · [email protected]
- Jacob William Fielstra private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hangar Office · Eden Prairie, MN (43 nm) · (952) 303-2043 · [email protected]
- Mary Kristen Alverson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, seaplanes · Minneapolis, MN (46 nm) · (612) 240-0123 · [email protected]
All 56 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Owatonna 26 aircraft · 23 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 drones
- Accelerated Aviation Instruction LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Aero Classics INC 2 aircraft in town
- Accelerated Aviation Instruction LLC 6 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Minnesota 1,542 since 1982 · 207 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Minnesota 146 landing places
- Minnesota 6,935 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/OWA.json.
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 26, 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.