Owensboro–Daviess County Regional Airport


Owensboro–Daviess County Airport is a public use airport located three miles southwest of Owensboro, in Daviess County, Kentucky. The airport is owned by both the city and county. It is used for general aviation and is served by two airlines; scheduled passenger service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
Federal Aviation Administration records say this airport had 23,537 passenger boardings in calendar year 2016. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.

Facilities

Owensboro–Daviess County Airport covers 880 acres at an elevation of 407 feet. It has two runways: 18/36 is 8,000 by 150 feet concrete and 6/24 is 5,000 by 100 feet asphalt/concrete.
In the year ending April 30, 2018 the airport had 19,991 aircraft operations, an average of 55 per day: 76% general aviation, 13% air taxi, 10% military, and 1% commercial airline. In June 2019, 49 aircraft were based at this airport: 35 single-engine, 6 multi-engine, 7 jet and 1 ultralight.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Destinations map

History

Eastern Airlines landed at Owensboro from 1951 to 1964, and Ozark Airlines from 1955 to 1975.
RegionsAir operating as AmericanConnection flew to St. Louis until March 2007. The next EAS contract was awarded to Big Sky Airlines, 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 flying Owensboro to Orlando Sanford International Airport; it flew to Las Vegas as well. The airline ended flights to Las Vegas on August 13, 2012, but resumed them later.

Statistics

RankAirportPassengersAirline
1Orlando Sanford International 14,190Allegiant
2Lambert–St. Louis International 5,240Cape Air