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{{Infobox airport
| name         = Woodbine Municipal Airport
| image        = 
| IATA         = <!--not OBI-->
| ICAO         = KOBI
| FAA          = OBI
| type         = Public
| owner        = Woodbine Port Authority
| operator     = 
| city-served  = [[Woodbine, New Jersey]]
| location     = [[Cape May County, New Jersey|Cape May County]]
| elevation-f  = 42
| website      = {{URL|https://www.woodbineairport.com/}}
| coordinates  = {{coord|39|13|09|N|074|47|41|W|region:US-NJ|display=inline,title}}
| mapframe     = yes
| r1-number    = 1/19
| r1-length-f  = 3,304
| r1-surface   = Asphalt
| r2-number    = 13/31
| r2-length-f  = 3,073
| r2-surface   = Asphalt
| stat-year    = 2011
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data   = 12,375
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data   = 68
| footnotes    = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=OBI|use=PU|own=PU|site=14466.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.</ref>
}}

'''Woodbine Municipal Airport''' {{airport codes||KOBI|OBI{{nobold|, formerly }}1N4}} is a public use [[airport]] located two&nbsp;[[nautical mile]]s (4&nbsp;[[kilometre|km]]) southeast of the [[central business district]] of [[Woodbine, New Jersey|Woodbine]], in [[Cape May County, New Jersey]], United States.<ref name="FAA" /> The airport is owned by the Borough of Woodbine.<ref name="FAA" /> It is included in the [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] for 2011–2015, which [[FAA airport categories|categorized]] it as a ''[[general aviation]]'' facility.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf | title=2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A | publisher=Federal Aviation Administration | work=National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems | date=October 4, 2010 | format=[[PDF]], 2.03 MB}}</ref>

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter [[location identifier]] for the [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]] and [[International Air Transport Association|IATA]], this airport is assigned '''OBI''' by the FAA,<ref name="FAA" /> but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned '''OBI''' to an airport in [[Óbidos, Pará]], Brazil).<ref name="IATA">
 {{cite web
 | title = IATA Airport Code Search (OBI: Obidos)
 | url = http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx
 | publisher = [[International Air Transport Association]]
 | accessdate = October 29, 2013
 }}
</ref>

== Facilities and aircraft ==
Woodbine Municipal Airport covers an area of 700 acres (283 ha) at an [[elevation]] of 42 feet (13 m) above [[mean sea level]]. It has two [[runway]]s with [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]] surfaces: 1/19 is 3,304 by 75 feet (1,007 x 23 m) and 13/31 is 3,073 by 75 feet (937 x 23 m).<ref name="FAA" />

For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2011, the airport had 12,375 [[general aviation]] aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day. At that time there were 68 aircraft based at this airport: 95.6% single-[[aircraft engine|engine]], 2.9% [[ultralight]], and 1.5% [[helicopter]].<ref name="FAA" />

Med-Trans Corp<ref>[http://www.med-trans.net Med-Trans Corp]</ref> has a Medevac helicopter based at the airport.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.jems.com/article/industry-news/med-trans-acquires-midatlantic-medevac | title=Med-Trans Acquires MidAtlantic MedEvac | publisher=JEMS | accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref>

== Incidents ==

On Tuesday October 23, 2018, a Mooney M20C aircraft crashed on the airport field. The pilot, Wayne Rumble of Marmora, was fatally injured. Rumble was an experienced pilot and a certificated flight instructor. He was also the Woodbine airport manager for many years. The FAA and NTSB are conducting an investigation to determine the cause of the accident.

On November 14, 2009, a Piper PA-28R-200, N4499T, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain about 10 minutes after takeoff from Woodbine Airport. The certificated, private pilot Thaddeus Lasowski, 53, and the passenger Thaddeus Lasowski, 12, both of Dennis Township, were fatally injured.<ref>{{cite web|title=FACTUAL REPORT AVIATION|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/GeneratePDF.aspx?id=ERA10FA062&rpt=fa|publisher=National Transportation Safety Board|accessdate=18 March 2015|date=June 20, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Scheeler Jr.|first1=Harry B.|title=Father and Son Killed in Dennis Twp Plane Crash|url=http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/article/56628-father+and+son+killed+dennis+twp+plane+crash|publisher=Cape May County Herald|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref>

On June 20, 2008, an amateur-built F1 Rocket, N623BL, which took off from the Woodbine Airport was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain while maneuvering near Belleplain, NJ. The certificated private pilot Dennis McGurk Jr., 37 and passenger Oksana McGurk, 34, both of Mays Landing, NJ, were fatally injured.<ref>{{cite web|title=Factual Report Aviation|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/GeneratePDF.aspx?id=NYC08LA222&rpt=fa|publisher=National Transport and Safety Board|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Adarlo|first1=Sharon|last2=Star-Ledger|first2=The|title=Atlantic City cop killed with wife in Cape May County plane crash|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/one_killed_when_planes_collide.html|publisher=New Jersey On-Line LLC|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref>

On February 7, 2005, an unregistered, amateur built [[Air Creation GT|Air Creation Clipper 912]] which took off from the Woodbine Airport was destroyed when it impacted terrain near the airfield. The pilot, Gerard Workman, 49, of Tuckahoe, NJ, and Harry Boulden, 52, of Brooklawn, were fatally injured.<ref>{{cite web|title=FACTUAL REPORT AVIATION|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/GeneratePDF.aspx?id=IAD05LA039&rpt=fa|publisher=National Transport and Safety Board|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Wood|first1=Sam|title=Two killed in crash of ultralight aircraft Flying in "near perfect" conditions, it went down in woods near Woodbine Municipal Airport.|url=http://articles.philly.com/2005-02-08/news/25445664_1_ultralight-flying-crash|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402142051/http://articles.philly.com/2005-02-08/news/25445664_1_ultralight-flying-crash|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 2, 2015|publisher=Interstate General Media, LLC|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of airports in New Jersey]]

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
*[http://www.boroughofwoodbine.net/common/pa-home.html Woodbine Port Authority]
* [http://www.nj.gov/transportation/airwater/aviation/pdf/airportdir/Woodbine.pdf Woodbine Municipal Airport (OBI)] from [[New Jersey DOT]] Airport Directory
* [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=11&lat=39.2191&lon=-74.7948&w=800&h=800&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of March 1991] from [[USGS]] ''[[The National Map]]''
* {{FAA-procedures|OBI}}
{{US-airport-minor|OBI||KOBI}}

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