KOWB — Owensboro/Daviess County Rgnl
Owensboro, KY · field elevation 407 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KOWB current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KOWB 252356Z 03006KT 10SM CLR 22/11 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP208 T02220106 10256 20222 53006
- Wind
- from 030° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 22 °C / dewpoint 11 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.15 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,074 ft · pressure altitude 177 ft
- Observed
- 5 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 030° at 6 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 06 | 6 kt head | 2 kt from the left |
| 36 | 5 kt head | 3 kt from the right |
| 18 | 5 kt tail | 3 kt from the left |
| 24 | 6 kt tail | 2 kt from the right |
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
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 13,000–13,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KOWB 252320Z 2600/2624 06008KT P6SM SKC FM260100 03004KT P6SM BKN150 FM261500 05008KT P6SM BKN150
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 37.73883, -87.16683
- Elevation
- 407 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1140Z / 2339Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2200
- Magnetic variation
- 4°W (2015)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- St Louis
- County
- Daviess, KY
Airport diagram
Everything else KOWB publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 8,000 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 06/24 | 5,000 | 100 | ASPH-CONC | MED |
Frequencies
- Tower 0600-2200
- 120.7
- Ground
- 121.7
- CTAF
- 120.7
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 124.025
Published procedures
- 4 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KOWB airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Kentucky 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.