Okeechobee County Airport

Okeechobee County Airport Connors Army Auxiliary Field
2006 USGS airphoto
IATA: OBE ICAO: KOBE FAA LID: OBE
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Okeechobee County
Location	Okeechobee, Florida
Elevation AMSL	34 ft / 10 m
Coordinates	27°15′57.5″N 80°51′04″W / 27.265972°N 80.85111°W / 27.265972; -80.85111Coordinates: 27°15′57.5″N 80°51′04″W / 27.265972°N 80.85111°W / 27.265972; -80.85111
Website	www.co.okeechobee.fl.us
Map
KOBE Location of Okeechobee County Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 5/23 5,000 1,524 Asphalt 14/32 4,000 1,219 Asphalt

Okeechobee County Airport (IATA: OBE, ICAO: KOBE, FAA LID: OBE) is a general aviation airport located 3 mi (4.82 km) northwest of Okeechobee, in Okeechobee County, Florida.

The airport was opened in April 1940 as Conners Field. Leased by the United States Army Air Corps in 1941 as an auxiliary training field for the Hendricks Army Airfield B-17 Flying Fortress training school near Sebring during World War II. Runways and other facilities improved by the Army, used for training touch-and-go landings and emergencies. No permanent military units or personnel assigned. With the end of the war in 1945, returned for civil use.

Operated as a general aviation airport ever since.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.