Okeechobee County Airport

Okeechobee County Airport
Connors Army Auxiliary Field

2006 USGS airphoto
IATA: OBE – ICAO: KOBE – FAA LID: OBE
Summary
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 / 27.265972; -80.85111
Website www.co.okeechobee.fl.us
Map
KOBE

Location of Okeechobee County Airport

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
14/32 4,000 1,219 Asphalt

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

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