Mobile Regional
MOB · KMOB · Mobile, Alabama · Mobile County · map
Mobile Regional is a public-use airport owned by Mobile Airport Authority, 11 miles west of Mobile, Alabama, 219 feet above sea level. It has 5 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 8,502 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KMOB · observed 3:56 pm CDT (20:56 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 14 knots, gusting to 21
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 3,000 feet, scattered clouds at 12,000 feet, a broken layer at 25,000 feet
- Temperature 83°F (28°C), dew point 68°F (20°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:27 pm CDT (17:27 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 1,900 feet, a broken layer at 15,000 feet MVFR
- From Tue 3:00 pm CDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 2,500 feet, a broken layer at 15,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 7:00 am CDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 11 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 1,500 feet MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMOB 062056Z 07014G21KT 10SM SCT030 SCT120 BKN250 28/20 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP120 T02830200 55016
TAF KMOB 061727Z 0618/0718 04010KT P6SM BKN019 BKN150 FM062000 06010KT P6SM SCT025 BKN150 FM071200 03011KT P6SM OVC015
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 MOB · ICAO KMOB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Mobile Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 219 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1942
Runways 5
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 8,502 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 4,376 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 100 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | |
| H2 | 60 × 40 ft | Asphalt | |
| H3 | 60 × 60 ft | Concrete |
- Runway 15: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 33: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 18: tree 32 ft high 850 ft from the end
- Runway 36: trees 62 ft high 1,760 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.3 | Mobile |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Mob and automated weather (ASOS) | 124.75 | Mobile |
| Clearance delivery | 119.85 | Mobile |
| Ground | 121.9 | Mobile |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) arriving from headings 320 to 139; East | 118.5 | Mobile |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 140 to 319; West | 121.0 | Mobile |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Mobile |
| Mobile and rco | 122.2 | Mobile |
| Mobile and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.65 | Mobile |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 251-206-0328.
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Aircraft registered in Mobile from the FAA register
143 aircraft are registered to owners in Mobile, Alabama: 104 piston singles, 19 business jets, 10 helicopters, 4 turboprops, 4 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Alabama.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 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
- Airport constd prior to FAA act. Airspace action not on file.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runways 15 and 33 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 15 and 33 operates continuously. High-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 preset step 3 or hyr, based on weather conditions.
- Landing fee for unscheduled commercial aircraft ovr 65000 pounds.
- Pattern altitude: helicopter/sngl srs cat I 800 feet above ground level, 1300 feet above ground level fixed wing aircraft, ovhd 1800 feet above ground level.
- Runway 18/36 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. Closed 10:00 pm to 7:00 am except for emergency operations.
- Military use only helipad located at uscg apron.
- Rvr unavailable when the control tower closed.
- Coast guard; west apron, east apron.
- Conditions not mntd when the control tower closed.
- Mob taxiway C between taxiway a and taxiway C3 closed to aircraft wingspan more than 78FT
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.