Owensboro/Daviess County Regional
OWB · KOWB · Owensboro, Kentucky · Daviess County · map
Owensboro/Daviess County Regional is a public-use airport owned by Owensboro City & Daviess County, 3 miles southwest of Owensboro, Kentucky, 407 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 8,000 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 67 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 19,557 takeoffs and landings a year. About 8,132 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KOWB · observed 4:56 pm CDT (21:56 UTC), 57 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-southeast (120°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 44°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.01 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:08 pm CDT (18:08 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east-southeast at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KOWB 062156Z 12004KT 10SM CLR 26/07 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP160 T02560067
TAF KOWB 061808Z 0618/0718 11009KT P6SM SKC FM070000 00000KT P6SM SKC
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 OWB · ICAO KOWB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Owensboro City & Daviess County
- Elevation
- 407 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 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
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1949
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 8,000 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 06: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 24: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower · VFR and adzy | 120.7 | Owensboro |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Ground | 121.7 | Owensboro |
| Approach and departure | 124.025 | Owensboro |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Owensboro |
| Owb and aWOS-3PT | 119.025 | |
| Evansville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.3 | Owensboro |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 270-771-3721.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 19,557, 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 Owensboro from the FAA register
60 aircraft are registered to owners in Owensboro, Kentucky: 41 piston singles, 6 business jets, 5 drones, 4 turboprops, 4 piston twins. 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 Kentucky.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 1 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Prior permission required 24 hour for unscheduled air carrier operations with more than 30 passenger - amgr.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 36; runway end identifier lights runway 06, 18, 24; PAPI runway 6, 18, 24, 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 6/24; high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36; taxiway; windcone - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 06/24 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Wildlife and agriculture operations on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.