Airport type Public Website www.owb.net 8,000 2,438 Elevation 124 m Serves Owensboro | Elevation AMSL 407 ft / 124 m 18/36 8,000 Code OWB Phone +1 270-685-4179 | |
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Owner Owensboro City & Daviess County Address 2200 Airport Road, Owensboro, KY 42301, USA Similar Cape Air, Evansville Regional Airport, Enterprise Rent‑A‑Car, Owensbo County Conventi, Hertz | ||
Owensboro–Daviess County Airport (IATA: OWB, ICAO: KOWB, FAA LID: OWB) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Owensboro, a city in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. The airport is owned by both the city and county. It is mostly used for general aviation and is served by two commercial airlines. Scheduled passenger service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
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As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 16,193 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2010, 17,296 in 2011, and 30,795 in 2012. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.
Facilities and aircraft
Owensboro–Daviess County Airport covers an area of 880 acres (356 ha) at an elevation of 407 feet (124 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 18/36 is 8,000 by 150 feet (2,438 x 46 m) with a concrete surface and 6/24 is 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m) with an asphalt/concrete surface.
For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2014, the airport had 16,034 aircraft operations, an average of 44 per day: 74% general aviation, 15% air taxi, 10% military, and 1% scheduled commercial. In November 2016, there were 54 aircraft based at this airport: 41 single-engine, 6 multi-engine, 6 jet and 1 ultralight.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:
History
RegionsAir operating as AmericanConnection 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 in January 2008. Great Lakes Aviation was awarded a contract but ultimately cancelled. Owensboro was without scheduled air service from January 7, 2008, until August 31, 2009 when Pacific Wings operating as KentuckySkies was awarded the Essential Air Service contract offering flights to Nashville. On June 30, 2011 Pacific Wings notified the USDOT of their intent to end service at OWB, saying that they were "unable to procure counter or gate space at Nashville International Airport on reasonable terms," and on October 20, 2011 American Airlines code-share partner Cape Air was selected to operate flights to their hub at Lambert–St. Louis International Airport with service beginning on December 5, 2011.
On February 19, 2009, Allegiant Air began service from Owensboro to Orlando Sanford International Airport, and did operate flights to Las Vegas as well. The airline ended flights to Las Vegas on August 13, 2012, but it returned with the same routing later on.