KOWA — Owatonna Degner Rgnl
Owatonna, MN · field elevation 1,145 ft · NON-ATCT
KOWA current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KOWA 100233Z AUTO 23005KT 10SM CLR 07/03 A3002 RMK AO2 T00660035
- Wind
- from 230° at 5 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 7 °C / dewpoint 4 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Density altitude
- 293 ft · pressure altitude 1,045 ft
- Observed
- 8 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 230° at 5 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | 5 kt head | — |
| 30 | 1 kt head | 5 kt from the left |
| 12 | 1 kt tail | 5 kt from the right |
| 05 | 5 kt tail | — |
Calculator: crosswind components
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 36 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
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
- 1302Z / 2251Z
- Magnetic variation
- 2°E (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
- 5 approaches — ILS, 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.