Roben-Hood Airport

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Coordinates: 43°43′21″N 085°30′15″W / 43.7225, -85.50417

Roben-Hood Airport
IATA: WBR – ICAO: KRQB – FAA: RQB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Big Rapids
Serves		Big Rapids, Michigan
Elevation AMSL		990 ft / 302 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
9/27	4,300	1,311	Asphalt
14/32	2,700	823	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			4,040
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Roben-Hood Airport (IATA: WBR, ICAO: KRQB, FAA LID: RQB) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) northwest of the central business district of Big Rapids, a city in Mecosta County, Michigan, United States. It is owned by the City of Big Rapids.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Roben-Hood Airport is assigned RQB by the FAA and WBR by the IATA.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Roben-Hood Airport covers an area of 629 acres (255 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 measuring 4,300 x 75 ft. (1,311 x 23 m) and 14/32 measuring 2,700 x 75 ft. (823 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 4,040 general aviation aircraft operations.^[1] The airport is staffed Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and is accessible by road from 18 Mile Rd, and is close to Business US-131.