Ottawa Municipal
OWI · KOWI · Ottawa, Kansas · Franklin County · map
Ottawa Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Ottawa, 4 miles south of Ottawa, Kansas, 966 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 4,500 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KOWI · observed 4:55 pm CDT (21:55 UTC), 12 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 4 miles
- Weather: haze
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 29.92 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 KOWI 062155Z AUTO 20008KT 4SM HZ CLR 29/15 A2992 RMK A01
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 OWI · ICAO KOWI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Ottawa
- Elevation
- 966 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- TUES to Saturday, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1946
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,500 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 1,550 × 95 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 65 ft high 1,171 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 13: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 22 ft high 778 ft from the end
- Runway 31: pole 44 ft high 1,089 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Owi and aWOS-3PT | 118.25 | |
| Emporia and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.725 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 785-242-2185.
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 Ottawa from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Ottawa, Kansas: 14 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Kansas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 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
- Ultralight activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lightss runway 17 and 35; PAPI runway 17 and 35 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 preset on low intst to incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 13/31 marked with white buckets.
- The FBO (fixed-base operator) services not available easter, thanksgiving and christmas day.
- 75 feet poles 1700 feet north of aer 17 marked west/red lights. Power line marked west/red balls.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport
- Taxiway and hold line markings poor.
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.