Okeechobee County Airport
| Okeechobee County Airport Connors Army Auxiliary Field | |||||||||||||||
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| IATA: OBE – ICAO: KOBE – FAA LID: OBE | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Okeechobee County | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Okeechobee, Florida | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 34 ft / 10 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°15′57.5″N 80°51′04″W / 27.265972°N 80.85111°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.co.okeechobee.fl.us | ||||||||||||||
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  KOBE Location of Okeechobee County Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Okeechobee County Airport (IATA: OBE, ICAO: KOBE, FAA LID: OBE) is a general aviation airport located 3 mi (4.82 km) northwest of Okeechobee, in Okeechobee County, Florida.
History
The airport was opened in April 1940 as Conners Field. Leased by the United States Army Air Corps in 1941 as an auxiliary training field for the Hendricks Army Airfield B-17 Flying Fortress training school near Sebring during World War II. Runways and other facilities improved by the Army, used for training touch-and-go landings and emergencies. No permanent military units or personnel assigned. With the end of the war in 1945, returned for civil use.
Operated as a general aviation airport ever since.
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
External links
- FAA Terminal Procedures for OBE, effective December 8, 2016
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for OBE
- AirNav airport information for OBE
- ASN accident history for OBE
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for OBE