Okeechobee County
OBE · KOBE · Okeechobee, Florida · Okeechobee County · map
Okeechobee County is a public-use airport owned by Okeechobee County, 3 miles northwest of Okeechobee, Florida, 34 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 25 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 50,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 60 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KOBE · observed 6:35 pm EDT (22:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
LIFR very low ceiling or visibility
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 0.5 miles
- Sky: a broken layer at 300 feet, overcast at 3,100 feet
- Weather: heavy rain, fog
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 77°F (25°C)
- Altimeter 29.85 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 KOBE 062235Z AUTO VRB04KT 1/2SM +RA FG BKN003 OVC031 25/25 A2985 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S AND SW
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 OBE · ICAO KOBE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Okeechobee County
- Elevation
- 34 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 4,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 43 ft high 1,920 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 43 ft high 1,430 ft from the end
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 34 ft high 1,060 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, fence 5 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Obe and aWOS-3 | 118.675 | |
| Vero Beach Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.25 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 863-467-1148.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 50,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Okeechobee from the FAA register
85 aircraft are registered to owners in Okeechobee, Florida: 67 piston singles, 8 helicopters, 3 turboprops, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 drones. 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 · 30 since 1982, 4 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
- VFR operations only.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 05 and 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23, - the common traffic frequency
- Unatndd christmas and thanksgiving.
- 5 feet fence 200FT from runway end 215 feet L.
- Calm wind runway.
- Runway 14 markings in poor condition.
- Runway 32 markings in poor condition.
- Runway 23 approach slp 34:1 to aer.
- Runway 14/32 longitudinal and transverse cracking throughout.
- NON-POWERED flight WI traffic pattern NA.
- Takeoff and landing on grass at own risk.
- Apron pcr value: 203/F/A/X/T
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.