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 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. 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.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Owensboro/Daviess County Regional?
Its FAA code is OWB, and its ICAO code is KOWB.
Where is Owensboro/Daviess County Regional?
It is 3 miles southwest of Owensboro, Kentucky, 407 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Owensboro/Daviess County Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 18/36, is 8,000 feet long.
Does Owensboro/Daviess County Regional have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Owensboro/Daviess County Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Owensboro/Daviess County Regional?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Chicago O'Hare International, Charlotte/Douglas International, Smyrna, Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois, Republic. Every route
Are there flight schools at Owensboro/Daviess County Regional?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Eagle Flight Academy LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Owensboro/Daviess County Regional?
3 pilot examiners and 4 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 Owensboro/Daviess County Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, charter flights, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Hancock County/Ron Lewis Field (20 nm northeast), Madisonville Regional (25 nm southwest), Henderson City-County (25 nm west).
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 Kentucky · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 701 departures from OWB in those twelve months, carrying 9,421 passengers in 19,947 seats (47% filled), to 28 destinations on 2 airlines.
All 28 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 47 |
| multi-engine | 8 |
| jets | 9 |
| other | 3 |
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 19,557, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 6 |
| air taxi and commuter | 2,055 |
| general aviation, travelling | 9,399 |
| general aviation, local | 5,960 |
| military | 2,137 |
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 Owensboro from the FAA register
61 aircraft are registered to owners in Owensboro, Kentucky: 41 piston singles, 7 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Kentucky.
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:
- Eagle Flight Academy LLC 3 aircraft · Owensboro Eagle Aircraft Flight Academy is a flight school based at Porter County Regional Airport (KVPZ) in Valparaiso, Indiana.
Charter operators and airlines based in Owensboro:
- MidAmericaJet, Inc. 4 aircraft on the certificate MidAmerica Jet is a private jet charter and aircraft management company based in Owensboro, Kentucky.
Repair stations in Owensboro:
- Mid America Aircraft Services, LLC MidAmerica Jet is a private jet charter and aircraft services company based in Owensboro, Kentucky.
- The French Connection
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
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 3 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 4 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 training center examiner.
- Bradley Vernon Kramer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · United Companies Air Center · Evansville, IN (25 nm) · (812) 483-8855 · [email protected]
- John Christopher Lemon private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · United Companies Air Center · Evansville, IN (25 nm) · (812) 480-4355 · [email protected]
- Ryan Hobby private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Evansville, IN (25 nm) · (812) 589-9339 · [email protected]
All 9 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.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 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. 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 Owensboro 61 aircraft · 41 piston singles, 7 business jets, 5 drones
- Eagle Flight Academy LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Scg Leasing LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Rf Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Houston AG Flying Service INC 2 aircraft in town
- MidAmericaJet, Inc. 4 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Eagle Flight Academy LLC 3 aircraft · flight school
- Mid America Aircraft Services, LLC · repair station
- The French Connection · repair station
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 500 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 109 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Smyrna (MQY) 28 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois (MWA) 9 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Republic (FRG) 7 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Cape Girardeau Regional (CGI) 6 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Kirksville Regional (IRK) 5 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Southeast Iowa Regional (BRL) 4 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Kentucky 702 since 1982 · 112 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Kentucky 60 landing places
- Kentucky 2,983 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/OWB.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.