Branch County Memorial
OEB · KOEB · Coldwater, Michigan · Branch County · map
Branch County Memorial is a public-use airport owned by Branch County, 3 miles west of Coldwater, Michigan, 958 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 5,350 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KOEB · observed 5:15 pm EDT (21:15 UTC), 7 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 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 KOEB 062115Z AUTO 20009KT 10SM CLR 20/08 A3000 RMK AO2
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 OEB · ICAO KOEB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Branch County
- Elevation
- 958 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1946
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 5,350 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 3,500 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 2,399 × 190 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 07: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 40 ft high 1,003 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 15 ft high 383 ft from the end
- Runway 16: threshold displaced 594 ft, trees 65 ft high 462 ft from the end
- Runway 34: threshold displaced 194 ft, trees 71 ft high 1,133 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.2 | |
| Oeb and aWOS-3P | 118.125 | |
| Goshen and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.55 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 517-279-1810.
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 Coldwater from the FAA register
22 aircraft are registered to owners in Coldwater, Michigan: 15 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 1 business jet, 1 balloon. 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 Michigan.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 0 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
- Runway 16/34 not plowed, closed NOV-MAR.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 07 and 25; PAPI runway 07 and 25; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 and 04/22 - the common traffic frequency.
- Available aft hours and weekends.
- Calm wind runway.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Runway and dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones.
- Approach ratio 16:1 to dthr ovr 65 feet trees, 1056 feet dist, 143 feet L.
- Approach ratio 15:1 to dthr ovr 52 feet trees, 780 feet dist, 135 feet R.
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Admin building aces: 1-2-2-7 (the common traffic frequency).
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.