- Orr Regional Airport
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Orr Regional Airport IATA: none – ICAO: KORB – FAA LID: ORB Summary Airport type Public Owner City of Orr Serves Orr, Minnesota Location Leiding Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota Elevation AMSL 1,311 ft / 400 m Coordinates 48°00′57″N 092°51′22″W / 48.01583°N 92.85611°W Website Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 4,001 1,220 Asphalt Statistics (2007) Aircraft operations 2,500 Based aircraft 9 Sources: Minnesota DOT[1], FAA[2] Orr Regional Airport (ICAO: KORB, FAA LID: ORB) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Orr, a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.[2]
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[2] 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 332 acres (134 ha) 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 4,001 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m).[2]
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2007, the airport had 2,500 general aviationaircraft operations, an average of 208 per month. At that time there were 9 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.[2]
References
- ^ "Orr Regional Airport" (PDF). Airport Directory. Minnesota DOT. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/avoffice/ops/airdir/pdf/orr.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Master Record for ORB (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
- ^ "KORB - Orr, Minnesota - Orr Regional Airport". Great Circle Mapper. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KORB. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "ORB / ESOE - Örebro-Bofors Airport, Sweden". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=ORB. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
External links
- Orr Regional Airport
- Aerial photo as of 10 May 1992 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for ORB, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KORB
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KORB
Categories:- Airports in Minnesota
- Buildings and structures in St. Louis County, Minnesota
- Transportation in St. Louis County, Minnesota
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