KOWB — Owensboro/Daviess County Rgnl
Owensboro, KY · field elevation 407 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KOWB current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KOWB 111156Z 22006KT 10SM CLR 26/26 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP164 T02560256 10261 20250 58006
- Wind
- from 220° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 26 °C / dewpoint 26 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,639 ft · pressure altitude 307 ft
- Observed
- 20 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 220° at 6 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | 6 kt head | 1 kt from the left |
| 18 | 4 kt head | 4 kt from the right |
| 36 | 4 kt tail | 4 kt from the left |
| 06 | 6 kt tail | 1 kt from the right |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KOWB 111120Z 1112/1212 23009KT P6SM SCT150 FM111600 23012G20KT P6SM FEW035 FM120000 20007KT P6SM FEW150 PROB30 1202/1208 4SM -TSRA BKN035CB
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
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
- 1101Z / 0046Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2200
- Magnetic variation
- -4° (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
- 5 approaches — LS, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KTWT Sturgis Muni39 nm
- KGDA Marion-Crittenden County James C Johnson Rgnl51 nm
- KFRH French Lick Muni52 nm
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.