Bob Sikes Airport
CEW · KCEW · Crestview, Florida · Okaloosa County · map
Bob Sikes Airport is a public-use airport owned by Okaloosa County, 3 miles northeast of Crestview, Florida, 214 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 8,006 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KCEW · observed 3:53 pm CDT (20:53 UTC), 26 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 2,700 feet, a broken layer at 3,500 feet
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 69°F (21°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCEW 062053Z AUTO 07007KT 10SM FEW027 BKN035 26/21 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP126 T02560206 56016
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CEW · ICAO KCEW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Okaloosa County
- Elevation
- 214 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 8,006 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, trees 41 ft high 1,845 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the right, trees 58 ft high 2,195 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.05 | |
| Cew and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.275 | |
| Crestview and rco | 122.2 | Crestview |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 850-682-1237.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Crestview from the FAA register
57 aircraft are registered to owners in Crestview, Florida: 31 piston singles, 7 business jets, 5 turboprops, 4 piston twins, 4 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Military and training traffic all quadrants; men and equip on and in the vicinity of safety area.
- Activate high-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 17 and 35 oper continuously.
- Airport physical addr: 5545 john givens road, Crestview, FL 32536.
- Ext 4.
- Unlgt obstruction in approach; 55 feet trees 1755 feet bfr aer.
- Noise abatement procedure in effect; departure mntn runway hdg to 700 feet above sea level bfr turning.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport; spcly at night.
- VFR arrival mnt 122.95.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.