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.
Weather right now KOKB · observed 4:52 pm PDT (23:52 UTC), 9 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (270°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 91°F (33°C), dew point 58°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.75 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 KOKB 062352Z AUTO 27008KT 10SM CLR 33/14 A2975 RMK AO2 SLP073 T03280144 10344 20317 56013
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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
Takeoffs and landings a year about 26,099, 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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.