Forbes Field

Forbes Field (IATA: FOE, ICAO: KFOE, FAA LID: FOE) is a joint civil-military public airport 6 miles (9.7 km) south of the central business district of Topeka, Kansas, United States. It is owned by the Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority. The airport is on the former site of the Topeka Army Airfield, later known as Forbes Air Force Base, a former Strategic Air Command (SAC) facility which closed in 1973. Most of the former base administrative area is now used for offices and an industrial park. The 190th Air Refueling Wing (190 ARW) of the Kansas Air National Guard also uses a portion of the airport as an Air Force cantonment area and Air National Guard installation in support of KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft operations. As per Federal...