Bob Maxwell Memorial Airfield
OKB · KOKB · Oceanside, California · San Diego County · map
Bob Maxwell Memorial Airfield is a public-use airport owned by the City of Oceanside, 2 miles northeast of Oceanside, California, 28 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 2,712 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 69 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 26,099 takeoffs and landings a year.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
1 warning in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 2E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist).
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (SAN, 30 nm south), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 230° at 8 kt; 6,000 ft: 230° at 27 kt, 4 °C; 9,000 ft: 220° at 37 kt, 3 °C; 12,000 ft: 220° at 36 kt, -2 °C; 18,000 ft: 230° at 40 kt, -14 °C.
1 temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles:
- 4/3635 DISNEYLAND THEME PARK, ANAHEIM,, CA 42 nm northwest · security
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA OKB · ICAO KOKB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Oceanside
- Elevation
- 28 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 2,712 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: road 15 ft high 420 ft from the end
- Runway 25: right-hand traffic pattern, hill 210 ft high 5,300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace 294-332 San below 7,000 feet | 127.3 | |
| Okb and automated weather (ASOS) | 127.8 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 760-439-9683.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 62 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
| helicopters | 4 |
| other | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 26,099, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 14,066 |
| general aviation, local | 12,033 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
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 Oceanside from the FAA register
71 aircraft are registered to owners in Oceanside, California: 56 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 4 balloons, 3 gliders, 2 piston twins. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance, flight instruction, parachute jumping, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: MC Clellan-Palomar Airport (6 nm southeast), Ramona Airport (24 nm southeast), French Valley Airport (24 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Repair stations in Oceanside:
- Aerohoff Inspection Services INC AeroHoff Inspection Services is a FAA-certified repair station offering nondestructive testing (NDT) inspections to the industrial and aerospace industry.
- Turbine Aviation INC Turbine Aviation is an FAA repair station in Oceanside, California that designs, manufactures, and repairs aircraft engine components, ground support equipment, and tooling.
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
36 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 36 for private pilot, 33 for commercial and instrument, 13 for airline transport pilot, 27 for flight instructor, 6 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 33 for airplanes, 21 for multi-engine airplanes, 4 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 36 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 8 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 21 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 10 training center evaluators, 2 training center examiners, 10 administrative pilot examiners.
- Patrick Emory Hill private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Oceanside, CA (0 nm) · (760) 473-9670 · patehill@gmail.com
- Jay Eugene Brentzel private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Carlsbad, CA (6 nm) · (619) 341-0320 · jaybrentzel@gmail.com
- Quinton James Smith private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Carlsbad, CA (6 nm) · (619) 916-7490 · qjsmitty@yahoo.com
- Russell Nmn Defrancesco private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Carlsbad, CA (6 nm) · (760) 492-3286 · raded@roadrunner.com
- Orion Kingman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, gliders · Murrieta, CA (20 nm) · (760) 415-4895 · orion.kingman@gmail.com
- Chad Irick private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Murrieta, CA (24 nm) · (951) 306-9820 · cirick15@gmail.com
- Clifton Dwayne Shuman private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Prop & Rotor Aviation, LLC · Wildomar, CA (24 nm) · (520) 241-8856 · shumancd@aol.com
- Julie Ann Keane private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Ramona, CA (24 nm) · (760) 703-1967 · jkaviation@gmail.com
All 135 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- All traffic pattern established to north.
- Fence and road within primary surface north side.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available 24 hours 100LL self service, full service 9:00 am to 4:30 pm; jet a 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
- 8 feet fence, road, and 8+ feet traffic signal at 345 feet.
- Mts west, northwest, southwest runway 07 up to 280 feet above sea level.
- Unlighted MT approximately 160 feet above sea level in approach zone at 3500 feet from west end of pvmt runway 07.
- Noise abatement in effect: flw riverbed all the way to coast prior to making any turns. Do not fly over any houses alg river banks. No early turnouts prior to the ocean. Skydiving operations in effect sunrise to sunset daily. Prcht landing north side of runway btw downwind and runway; no effect on aircraft takeoff/landing that flw traffic pattern. Use ctn while in the pattern.
- Do not confuse road south of airport with the runway.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Left traffic to runway 25 prohibited for noise abatement.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Oceanside 71 aircraft · 56 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 4 balloons
- Semmig Jeffrey C 3 aircraft in town
- Aerohoff Inspection Services INC · repair station
- Turbine Aviation INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,094 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,552 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/OKB.json.
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 9, 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.