Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport

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Coordinates: 37°44′20″N 087°10′01″W / 37.73889, -87.16694

Owensboro-Daviess County Airport
IATA: OWB – ICAO: KOWB – FAA: OWB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Owensboro City & Daviess County
Serves		Owensboro, Kentucky
Elevation AMSL		406 ft / 124 m
Website		www.owb.net
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
18/36	8,000	2,438	Asphalt/Concrete
5/23	5,000	1,524	Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			60,688
Based aircraft			50
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Owensboro-Daviess County Airport (IATA: OWB, ICAO: KOWB, FAA LID: OWB) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Owensboro, a city in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. It is owned by both the city and county.^[1]

The airport is mostly used for general aviation.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 4,680 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2006, up from 3,611 enplanements in 2005.^[2] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, it was classified as commercial service - non-primary because it had between 2,500 and 10,000 passenger boardings per year.^[3]

As of 2008 no scheduled air service exists at Owensboro. Scheduled commercial service was subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. RegionsAir provided flights to St. Louis until it ceased operations in March 2007. The next EAS contract was awarded to Big Sky Airlines, operating as Delta Connection, with service to Cincinnati scheduled to begin in June 2007. Big Sky began service in November 2007 and abruptly ended operations here in January 2008.^[4] Great Lakes Aviation has been awarded service, with the destination yet to be determined.^[5]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Owensboro-Daviess County Airport covers an area of 826 acres (334 ha) which contains two asphalt and concrete paved runways: 18/36 measuring 8,000 x 150 ft. (2,438 x 46 m) and 5/23 measuring 5,000 x 100 ft. (1,524 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2007, the airport had 60,688 aircraft operations, an average of 166 per day: 90% general aviation, 5% military, 5% air taxi and <1% scheduled commercial. There are 50 aircraft based at this airport: 74% single-engine (37), 12% multi-engine (6), 12% jet and 2% ultralight.