Roben-Hood Airport
RQB · KRQB · Big Rapids, Michigan · Mecosta County · map
Roben-Hood Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Big Rapids, 2 miles northwest of Big Rapids, Michigan, 994 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10/28, is 5,003 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RQB · ICAO KRQB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Big Rapids
- Elevation
- 994 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; Saturday, 8:00 am to 3:00 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
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 5,003 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 2,699 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 28: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| White Cloud Center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.85 | |
| Rqb and aWOS-3P | 125.875 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 231-796-0884.
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 Big Rapids from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Big Rapids, Michigan: 18 piston singles, 4 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 3 helicopters, 2 business jets, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 1 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
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 10 and 28; PAPI runway 10 and 28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 and 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for commercial aircraft waived with mnm fuel purchase.
- Available H24 self service.
- Single point and overwing available.
- Admin building aces: press 5, then 3 and 2 simul, then 1.
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.