Putnam County
OWX · KOWX · Ottawa, Ohio · Putnam County · map
Putnam County is a public-use airport owned by Putnam CO Arpt Authority, 3 miles northeast of Ottawa, Ohio, 764 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 4,502 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KOWX · observed 5:15 pm EDT (21:15 UTC), 6 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (180°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.05 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 KOWX 062115Z AUTO 18011KT 10SM CLR 22/06 A3005 RMK AO2
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 OWX · ICAO KOWX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Putnam CO Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 764 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1967
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,502 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 16 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 11 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.8 | |
| Owx and aWOS-3PT | 120.525 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 419-523-4151.
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
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Ottawa, Ohio: 5 piston singles, 2 drones. 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 Ohio.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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
- Intensive agricultural operations and crop dusting.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 09 and 27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 09 and 27 operates continuously.
- Prior cdn required.
- Fuel available H24 self service.
- +9 feet road, 0-200 feet dist, 217 feet L.
- +11 feet road, 0-200 feet dist, 208 feet R.
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.