Owatonna Degner Regional Airport (IATA: OWA, ICAO: KOWA, FAA LID: OWA) is three miles northwest of Owatonna, in Steele County, Minnesota.

[1] Its IATA identifier "OWA" comes from the first three letters of the city of Owatonna.

It was completed and the airport opened in 1947 with four unpaved runways.

In the 1990s, the concrete runway was lengthened to 5,500 feet (1,700 m) and an instrument landing system was added.

The plane crashed on July 31, 2008, while attempting a go-around at the airport, killing all eight passengers and crew on board.