Orr Regional Airport Explained

Orr Regional Airport
Icao:KORB
Faa:ORB
Type:Public
Owner:City of Orr
City-Served:Orr, Minnesota
Location:Leiding Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Elevation-F:1,311
Elevation-M:400
Coordinates:48.0158°N -92.8561°W
Pushpin Map:USA Minnesota#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Minnesota / United States
Pushpin Label:ORB
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:13/31
R1-Length-F:4,000
R1-Length-M:1,220
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (2014)
Stat1-Data:2,500
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft (2017)
Stat2-Data:10
Footnotes:Sources: Minnesota DOT,[1] FAA[2]

Orr Regional Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Orr, a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.

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

Facilities and aircraft

Orr Regional Airport covers an area of 332acres at an elevation of 1,311 feet (400 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2014, the airport had 2,500 general aviation aircraft operations; an average of 208 per month. In March 2017, there were 10 aircraft based at this airport; all 10 single-engine.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Orr Regional Airport . . Airport Directory . . 2008-08-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081207014458/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/avoffice/ops/airdir/pdf/orr.pdf . 2008-12-07 .
  2. , effective Mar 2, 2017.
  3. Web site: KORB - Orr, Minnesota - Orr Regional Airport . Great Circle Mapper . 2009-08-08.
  4. Web site: ORB / ESOE - Örebro-Bofors Airport, Sweden . Aviation Safety Network . 2009-08-08.