KOWA Owatonna Degner Rgnl

WIND_INFERRED 70%

Runway 23 — favored by the wind (12 kt at 190° true)

Based on wind only — no traffic or ATIS to confirm. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building.

certainty: 70% evidence: WEAK no tower now

Wind 190° true at 12 kt G17 · VFR · 14 min old · from KMKT (29.0 nm away)

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23 77% 3000 ft · 9 kt head, 8 kt x-left

12 23% 5500 ft · 5 kt head, 11 kt x-right

30 <1% 5500 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 11 kt x-left

5 <1% 3000 ft · 9 kt TAIL, 8 kt x-right

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 23

WIND 9 kt headwind, 8 kt left crosswind 14 min ago +2.20
PRIOR runway length 3000 ft -0.06

Runway 12

WIND 5 kt headwind, 11 kt right crosswind 14 min ago +0.88
PRIOR runway length 5500 ft +0.06

Runway 30

WIND 5 kt TAILWIND, 11 kt left crosswind 14 min ago -6.63
PRIOR runway length 5500 ft +0.06

Runway 5

WIND 9 kt TAILWIND, 8 kt right crosswind 14 min ago -20.16
PRIOR runway length 3000 ft -0.06

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	14 min	Nearest station KMKT (29.0 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	4851 min	Only 0 min of track history so far
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (Only 0 min of track history so far)

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KOWA field & runways

Owatonna Degner Rgnl, Owatonna, Minnesota. Field elevation 1145 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 2.0°E on record, 0.1°W today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.045°/year west — about 1° every 22 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
12	124.1°	124.2°	matches rule gives runway 13 in ~18 yr	5,500 ft	CONC	left
23	229.6°	229.7°	matches	3,000 ft	ASPH
30	304.1°	304.2°	matches rule gives runway 31 in ~18 yr	5,500 ft	CONC	left	ILS
5	49.6°	49.7°	matches	3,000 ft	ASPH

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KOWA ☆ Owatonna Degner Rgnl