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Norwood Memorial Airport (IATA: OWD, ICAO: KOWD, FAA LID: OWD)[2][3] is a public airport 2 mi (1.7 nmi; 3.2 km) east of Norwood, in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.[1] It is home to the offices of prominent local business people and several maintenance facilities.

Norwood Memorial Airport
IATA: OWD ICAO: KOWD FAA LID: OWD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Town of Norwood
Location	Norwood, Massachusetts
Elevation AMSL	49 ft / 15 m
Coordinates	42°11′26″N 071°10′23″W
Website	Official website
Map
OWD Show map of Massachusetts OWD Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 4,007 1,222 Asphalt 10/28 3,995 1,218 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2020) 58,628 Based aircraft (2022) 101
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

As Outlying Landing Field Norwood, the airfield was a Naval Outlying Landing Field located in Norwood, Massachusetts operational from 1942 to 1945. It existed as an outlying field of Naval Air Station Squantum and was used by student pilots to gain flight experience on its two 4,000 ft (1,200 m) runways.[4] The 1946 chart shows it as a civil airfield. It took the place of the former Boston Metropolitan Airport in Canton, Massachusetts.[5]

Facilities

Norwood Memorial Airport covers 688 acres (278 ha) and has two runways:[1]

• 17/35: 4,007 ft × 100 ft (1,221 m × 30 m), asphalt
• 10/28: 3,995 ft × 75 ft (1,218 m × 23 m), asphalt

In the year ending January 31, 2020 the airport had 58,628 aircraft operations, an average of 161 per day: 91% general aviation, 9% air taxi and less than 1% military.[1]

In April 2022, there were 101 aircraft based at this airport: 72 single-engine, 9 multi-engine, 7 jet and 13 helicopter.[1]

The airport has two flight schools and Flight Level Aviation as an FBO. Charter services operate commonly out of the airport.

Due to federal budget cuts the air traffic control tower was to close in 2013, but FAA funding was restored before closure took place.[6]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Southern Airways Express	Seasonal: Nantucket[7]

Incidents

On 4 June 2007 a Mooney M-20-P crashed into the woods south of the airport while on final approach. One person was killed.[8]

In March 2010 the airport was temporarily closed due to severe flooding.[9]

References

External links

• Norwood Memorial Airport (official site)
• Flight Level Norwood
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective November 3, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for OWD
  • AirNav airport information for KOWD
  • ASN accident history for OWD
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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