Rock County Airport

Summary

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]

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 / 42.57111°N 99.56944°W / 42.57111; -99.56944
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 4,698 1,432 Concrete
2/20 2,202 671 Turf
Statistics (2020)
Aircraft operations (year ending June 25, 2020)2,000
Based aircraft9

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 edit

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 4,698 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 June 25, 2020, the airport had 2,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 38 per week. At that time there were 9 aircraft based at this airport: 100% single-engine.[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for RBE PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 10 August 2023.
  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.

External links edit

  • Aerial photo as of 17 April 1999 from USGS The National Map
  • FAA Terminal Procedures for RBE, effective April 18, 2024
  • Resources for this airport:
    • FAA airport information for RBE
    • AirNav airport information for RBE
    • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
    • SkyVector aeronautical chart for RBE