KOWA — Owatonna Degner Rgnl
Owatonna, MN · field elevation 1,145 ft · NON-ATCT
2 AIRMETs & SIGMETs Read in the EFB →
KOWA current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KOWA 111155Z AUTO 13005KT 9SM OVC150 22/20 A2984 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE T02150203
- Wind
- from 130° at 5 kt
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 15,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 22 °C / dewpoint 20 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.84 inHg
- Density altitude
- 2,286 ft · pressure altitude 1,225 ft
- Observed
- 22 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 130° at 5 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 5 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 05 | 1 kt head | 5 kt from the right |
| 23 | 1 kt tail | 5 kt from the left |
| 30 | 5 kt tail | 1 kt from the left |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
1 within 20 nm, closest 12 nm. Last image 12 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Pilot reports
2 within 50 nm in the last six hours.
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Forecast
No TAF is issued for KOWA — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KOWA — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 44.12295, -93.25883
- Elevation
- 1,145 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1112Z / 0123Z
- Magnetic variation
- 2° (2000)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Omaha
- County
- Steele, MN
Everything else KOWA publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 5,500 | 100 | CONC | HIGH |
| 05/23 | 3,000 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.7
- UNICOM
- 122.7
- Approach
- 119.8
Published procedures
- 6 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS), VOR
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KOWA airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Minnesota airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.