Show Low Regional
SOW · KSOW · Show Low, Arizona · Navajo County · map
Show Low Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Showlow, 2 miles east of Show Low, Arizona, 6,416 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 7,202 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KSOW · observed 1:35 pm MST (20:35 UTC), 1 minutes ago
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.25 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 KSOW 062035Z AUTO 00000G12KT 10SM 24/08 A3025 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 SOW · ICAO KSOW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Showlow
- Elevation
- 6,416 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- January to December, every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1946
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 7,202 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 3,938 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 07: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 700 ft, 6,500 ft available for landing
- Runway 25: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 04: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Sow and aWOS-3 | 118.075 | |
| Globe Nr 1 Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.9 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 928-532-0379.
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 Show Low from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Show Low, Arizona: 21 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin. 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 Arizona.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 38 since 1982, 4 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
- Part 77 obstructions and wind sock in 7-1 trsn.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 07 and 25; PAPI runway 07 and 25; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service fuel H24.
- Runway 04/22 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.
- Approach ratio 40:1 to dthr.
- Military traffic in the vicinity of airport.
- Overnight transient and commercial operations landing fee.
- Runway 04/22 and 07/25 not connected by pavement at approach end runway 22.
- Runway 22 and 25 simul operations NA.
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.