Rock County Airport

Rock County Airport (ICAO: KRBE, FAA LID: RBE) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of the central business district of Bassett, a city in Rock County, Nebraska, United States. It is owned by the Rock County Airport Authority.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is classified as a general aviation airport.[2]

For the airport in Wisconsin formerly known by this name, see Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport.
Rock County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerRock County Airport Authority
ServesBassett, Nebraska
Elevation AMSL2,349 ft / 716 m
Coordinates42°34′16″N 099°34′10″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 4,699 1,432 Concrete
2/20 2,202 671 Turf
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations2,000
Based aircraft4

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned RBE by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned RBE to Ratanakiri Airport in Ratanakiri, Cambodia[4]).

Facilities and aircraft

Rock County Airport covers an area of 228 acres (92 ha) at an elevation of 2,349 feet (716 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 13/31 is 4,699 by 75 feet (1,432 x 23 m) with a concrete surface and 2/20 is 2,202 by 120 feet (671 x 37 m) with a turf surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 19, 2008, the airport had 2,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 166 per month. At that time there were 4 aircraft based at this airport: 100% single-engine.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for RBE PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
  2. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  3. "Bassett, Nebraska - Rock County Airport (ICAO: KRBE, FAA: RBE)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  4. "Ratanakiri, Cambodia (IATA: RBE)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
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