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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.

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
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

History

The airport was opened in April 1940 as Conners Field. It was leased by the United States Army Air Corps in 1941 as an auxiliary training field, and used by the Hendricks Army Airfield B-17 Flying Fortress training school near Sebring during World War II. The runways and other facilities were improved by the Army, and the airport was used for training touch-and-go landings landings and emergencies. No permanent military units or personnel were assigned. With the end of the war in 1945, the site was returned for civil use.

Since then, Okeechobee has been operated as a general aviation airport.

See also

• Florida World War II Army Airfields

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• World War II airfields database: Florida

External links

• FAA Terminal Procedures for OBE, effective May 19, 2022

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for KOBE
  • AirNav airport information for KOBE
  • ASN accident history for KOBE
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KOBE

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