# Okeechobee County Airport (OBE / KOBE)

**Okeechobee County Airport** (IATA: OBE, ICAO: KOBE) is a small airport in Okeechobee, Florida, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,000 ft (1,524 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kobe

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: OBE / KOBE
- FAA: OBE
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Okeechobee, Florida, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 34 ft / 10 m
- Coordinates: 27.2628, -80.8498
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okeechobee_County_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2902486
- Weather station: KOBE
- Ident: KOBE

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Okeechobee County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 045° / 225° | yes |
| 14/32 | 4,001 ft / 1,220 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 135° / 315° |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from OBE, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

### Year-round (1)

- [FLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfll.md) Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · United States · 93 mi / 149 km · 2 passengers · Tailwind Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from OBE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- TI [Tailwind Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tailwind-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | =6,591 of 29,858 | =2,430 in North America | =2,018 in US |
| Elevation | 34 ft / 10 m | #40,219 of 43,403 | #18,194 in North America | #14,979 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 118.675 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [32FA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/32fa.md) Sunset Strip Airpark · 3.9 mi / 6.2 km
- [00FL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/00fl.md) River Oak Airport · 7.7 mi / 12 km
- [08FD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/08fd.md) Sunniland Ranch Airport · 8.4 mi / 14 km
- [90FL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/90fl.md) Paxton Airport · 8.7 mi / 14 km
- [9FD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/96fd.md) Citrus Hedging Ranch Airport · 9.2 mi / 15 km
- [6FA0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/6fa0.md) Harveys Landing · 10 mi / 16 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kobe/data