Ocean City Municipal
OXB · KOXB · Ocean City, Maryland · Worcester County · map
Ocean City Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Mayor & City Council, 2 miles southwest of Ocean City, Maryland, 16 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 4,074 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KOXB · observed 4:53 pm EDT (20:53 UTC), 27 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (140°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 60°F (16°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.12 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 KOXB 062053Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM CLR 16/06 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP198 T01560061 56014
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 OXB · ICAO KOXB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Mayor & City Council
- Elevation
- 16 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
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1960
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,074 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 3,204 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 64 ft high 1,312 ft from the end
- Runway 32: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.75 | |
| Clearance delivery When nhk approach closed | 127.25 | |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) When nhk approach closed | 127.2 | |
| Approach and departure | 127.95 | |
| Oxb and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.025 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 410-213-1530.
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 Ocean City from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Ocean City, Maryland: 15 piston singles, 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 Maryland.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 14 since 1982, 5 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runways 02/20 and 14/32 operates sunset to sunrise and preset low intst; incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 02, 14, 20 and 32 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 02, 14, 20 and 32 operates continuously.
- Hngr available with prior coordination.
- 24 hour self serve 100LL available with credit card.
- 40 feet trees 177 feet 'L' of runway centerline.
- 8 feet grnd/brsh 180 feet 'R' of runway centerline.
- PAPI unusable beyond 6 degrees left of centerline.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Trucks and vehicles crossing taxiway, north of hold block runway 02.
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.