KOWA · Owatonna Degner Regional Airport

OWATONNA, MINNESOTA · SMALL AIRPORT

1,145

Elevation ft

Runway

5,500

Longest ft · 12/30

44.12N

93.26W

Owatonna Degner Regional Airport serves Owatonna, Minnesota at 1,145 ft elevation with its longest runway, 12/30, at 5,500 by 100 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
12/30	5,500 × 100 ft	concrete	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,145 ft is about 13°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 13°C)	1,145 ft	2,661 ft	2,231 ft	3,346 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,345 ft	2,895 ft	2,357 ft	3,536 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,545 ft	3,129 ft	2,484 ft	3,726 ft
35°C afternoon	3,820 ft	3,183 ft	2,513 ft	3,770 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (12/30, 5,500 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,770 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KOWA is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KAEL Albert Lea Municipal Airport	27 nm S	5,000 ft
KMKT Mankato Regional Airport	29 nm W	6,600 ft
KRST Rochester International Airport	35 nm E	9,034 ft
KFCM Flying Cloud Airport	43 nm N	5,001 ft
KRGK Red Wing Regional Airport	43 nm NE	5,010 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KOWA

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KOWA, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KOWA or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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