Ocean City Municipal Airport (Maryland)
Ocean City Municipal Airport (IATA: OCE, ICAO: KOXB, FAA LID: OXB) Opened in October 1960. The airport is a public facility serving Ocean City, a town in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. It is located 3 statute miles (5 km) southwest of town, off Route 611 in West Ocean City.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Ocean City Municipal Airport is assigned OXB by the FAA and OCE by the IATA, (which assigned OXB to Osvaldo Vieira International Airport in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau).
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