AirportsOwensboro Daviess County Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Owensboro, in Kentucky, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is OWB.
Key facts
- IATA code
- OWB
- ICAO code
- KOWB
- City
- Owensboro
- State or region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 37.7401° N, 87.1668° W
- Elevation
- 124 m (407 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,438 m (8,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, OWB means Owensboro Daviess County Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KOWB. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 37.7401° N, 87.1668° W. It stands 124 metres (407 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Evansville, about 43 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Chicago, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Owensboro Daviess County Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,438 metres (8,000 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 259.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,438 m 8,000 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 06/24 | 1,524 m 5,000 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Evansville Regional AirportEvansville | EVV | 46 km |
| Louisville Muhammad Ali International AirportLouisville | SDF | 134 km |
| Barkley Regional AirportPaducah | PAH | 161 km |
| Veterans Airport of Southern IllinoisMarion | MWA | 163 km |
| Nashville International AirportNashville | BNA | 185 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,463 km | 15 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,360 km | 16 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,993 km | 14 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,619 km | 8 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 1,197 km | 1 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 2,834 km | 3 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,520 km | 19 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,539 km | 13 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,825 km | 18 h 20 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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