KOWB IATA OWB Medium Airport

Airport record

Owensboro Daviess County Airport

Owensboro, Kentucky, United States

Scheduled service reported
WGS 84 position 37.74010°, -87.16680° Open map
FIELD ELEVATION 407 ft MSL

124 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 2

2 reported lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 8,000 ft

2,438 metres · 18/36

PUBLISHED COMMS 6

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
18/36 8,000 × 150 ft2,438 × 46 m Concrete 178.0° / 358.0° north–south Reported lighted Reported open
06/24 5,000 × 100 ft1,524 × 30 m Asphalt 52.0° / 232.0° northeast–southwest Reported lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

Each runway end is listed separately. Headings are true; elevations are MSL. A dash means the source did not publish a value—not zero.

Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
18 LE · low-numbered end 18/36 Reported open 178.0°T 407 ft MSL124 m Not published 37.74890°, -87.16780° Open end map ↗
36 HE · high-numbered end 18/36 Reported open 358.0°T 401 ft MSL122 m Not published 37.73110°, -87.16690° Open end map ↗
06 LE · low-numbered end 06/24 Reported open 52.0°T 405 ft MSL123 m Not published 37.73600°, -87.17300° Open end map ↗
24 HE · high-numbered end 06/24 Reported open 232.0°T 403 ft MSL123 m Not published 37.74450°, -87.15940° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
A/D 126.400 MHz EVANSVILLE APP/DEP
CTAF 120.700 MHz CTAF
GND 121.700 MHz GND
RDO 108.600 MHz LOUISVILLE RDO
TWR 120.700 MHz TWR
UNIC 122.950 MHz UNICOM

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KSDF Louisville Muhammad Ali International AirportLouisville 73 NM134 km · E · 69° true 11,887 ft
KBNA Nashville International AirportNashville 100 NM185 km · S · 166° true 11,030 ft
KIND Indianapolis International AirportIndianapolis 126 NM233 km · N · 19° true 11,200 ft
KCVG Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International AirportCincinnati / Covington 141 NM262 km · NE · 55° true 12,001 ft
KSTL St. Louis Lambert International AirportSt Louis 163 NM301 km · NW · 293° true 11,020 ft
KTYS McGhee Tyson AirportKnoxville/Maryville 192 NM355 km · SE · 126° true 10,000 ft

Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.