KOWI · Ottawa Municipal Airport

OTTAWA, KANSAS · SMALL AIRPORT

966

Elevation ft

Runways

4,500

Longest ft · 17/35

38.54N

95.25W

Ottawa Municipal Airport serves Ottawa, Kansas at 966 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 4,500 by 75 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
17/35	4,500 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit
13/31	1,550 × 95 ft	turf	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 966 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)	966 ft	2,626 ft	2,212 ft	3,318 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,166 ft	2,860 ft	2,339 ft	3,508 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,366 ft	3,095 ft	2,465 ft	3,698 ft
35°C afternoon	3,598 ft	3,140 ft	2,490 ft	3,734 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 4,500 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,734 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 KOWI is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KIXD New Century AirCenter Airport	24 nm NE	7,339 ft
KUKL Coffey County Airport	26 nm SW	5,500 ft
KLWC Lawrence Municipal Airport	28 nm N	5,701 ft
KFOE Topeka Regional Airport	31 nm NW	12,803 ft
KTOP Philip Billard Municipal Airport	36 nm NW	5,099 ft
KK88 Allen County Airport	41 nm S	5,501 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KOWI

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KOWI, 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 KOWI or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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