Rock County Airport Explained

Rock County Airport
Icao:KRBE
Faa:RBE
Type:Public
Owner:Rock County Airport Authority
City-Served:Bassett, Nebraska
Elevation-F:2,349
Elevation-M:716
Coordinates:42.5711°N -99.5694°W
R1-Number:13/31
R1-Length-F:4,698
R1-Length-M:1,432
R1-Surface:Concrete
R2-Number:2/20
R2-Length-F:2,202
R2-Length-M:671
R2-Surface:Turf
Stat-Year:2020
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (year ending June 25, 2020)
Stat1-Data:2,000
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:9
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Rock County Airport 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. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is classified as a general aviation airport.[2]

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 228acres 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.

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.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 10 August 2023.
  2. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
  3. Web site: Bassett, Nebraska - Rock County Airport (ICAO: KRBE, FAA: RBE) . Great Circle Mapper . 16 April 2010.
  4. Web site: Ratanakiri, Cambodia (IATA: RBE) . Great Circle Mapper . 16 April 2010.

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