Identifier
MOB
Mobile Regional Airport Map Print (MOB)
MOB
KMOB
Mobile, Alabama
$55
✓ Free US shipping · Made to Order
Colorway
White
Black
Navy
Sand
Blueprint
Night Ops
Hi-Viz
Finish
Fine Art Print pairs 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper with pigment giclée printing for rich color and a smooth matte finish. Supplied unframed. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat.
Framed Fine Art Print presents the same cotton paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame, with a white beveled mat and optical-grade clear acrylic. The mat is included, and hanging wire is already installed.
Glossy Metal Print brings vivid color to coated aluminum through dye sublimation. The glossy surface resists scratches and water; the included hidden mount positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall.
Size
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Printed in the USA
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- Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
- Mobile's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
- Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.
Description
A runway diagram map print of Mobile Regional Airport (MOB), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.
Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.
Shipping and Returns
Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.
The Digital Download is a JPEG at 300 dpi, sized for 24 by 30 inches. The digital add-on matches the selected physical print size at 300 dpi. Download links arrive by email and stay active for 30 days; save the file within that time and keep it for personal, non-commercial use. No physical item is shipped.
Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.
Digital downloads are non-refundable once delivered, except where required by law or where AirportPrints determines that a delivery failure or technical issue was caused by AirportPrints.
Materials
Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.
Framed Fine Art Print: the same cotton fine art paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame. A white, acid-free, 4-ply mat with a 45-degree bevel and optical-grade, shatter-resistant clear acrylic (safer to ship than glass) are included. The print is mounted to foam core for a flat presentation, with a kraft paper dust cover and installed hanging wire on the back.
Glossy Metal Print: the image is transferred by dye sublimation into polymer-coated aluminum with a glossy white base. The 1.14 mm panel has a scratch- and water-resistant surface, with a hidden inset mount that positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall. Display indoors, away from direct sunlight.
Digital Download: a high-resolution JPEG for personal, non-commercial use. No physical paper, frame, or metal panel is included.
Dimensions
Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.
Framed Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches, measured across the mat and acrylic area inside the frame. The mat sits within that area, so the visible image is about 6 x 8, 12 x 16, or 18 x 24 inches. The outside frame is larger than the listed size.
Glossy Metal Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches. During sublimation, 1/8 to 1/4 inch of the artwork may be cropped, so the printed edge can differ slightly from the preview.
Digital Download: a 7200 x 9000 pixel JPEG at 300 dpi for 24 x 30 inch printing. A digital add-on instead matches the selected physical size: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, or 24 x 30 inches at 300 dpi.
Made like something you keep.
The field itself
This is Mobile's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.
Museum-quality cotton paper
Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.
Solid wood framing or glossy metal
Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.
Mobile Regional
MOB · Mobile, Alabama
30.6914° N · 88.2428° W
Field elevation 219 ft
Field elevation 219 ft
ICAO code
KMOB
Field elevation
219ft
Runways
2
Magnetic variation
3°W
Runways
15/338,502 × 150 ft
18/364,376 × 150 ft
Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.
Mobile Regional Airport Runway Diagram Print
Mobile Regional Airport works two asphalt runways, and the print is built on the difference between them: 15/33 at 8,502 by 150 feet and 18/36 at 4,376 by 150 feet. Field elevation is 219 feet above sea level and magnetic variation is 3W. On the sheet, 15/33 falls as a long diagonal from the upper left toward the lower right, while 18/36 stands off to its right as a short vertical bar, and the diagonal stops just short of that bar so the two strips never meet. A taxiway runs the length of the diagonal along its western side, and the apron and building shapes gather in the middle of the frame and across the bottom edge.
The field spent World War II as Bates Field under the United States Army Air Forces, with the 533d Army Air Force Base Unit in command. It served as a basic pilot training airfield flown under contract to Waterman Airlines, using Fairchild PT-19 trainers, and it also ran glider pilot training with Waco CG-4 gliders towed behind C-47s. The Army wound the flying training down in 1944 as demand for pilots fell, and Air Transport Command moved its operations to Brookley Field near downtown Mobile late in 1945.
The Air Force Reserve returned in May 1959 with the 78th Troop Carrier Squadron and its C-119 Flying Boxcars, built the unit up into the 908th Troop Carrier Group in 1963, then moved the reservists to Brookley in October 1964. The Coast Guard picked up the vacated facility in 1966 and commissioned an air station at Mobile on December 17 that year, bringing HU-16 Albatross aircraft up from its station at Biloxi. The MC Farmer Terminal was finished in 1985, and in August 2020 the Mobile Airport Authority announced that it would shift commercial airline flights to the downtown field.
The airport covers 1,717 acres, and at that size the whole layout fits the frame without the linework crowding itself. Runway designators, lengths and widths follow the published figures, and taxiways and apron edges are reduced to flat geometry over the ground tone you choose. This is original wall art composed from published airport information and available field depictions, plotted from the airport's published layout and printed to order at a size that reads from across a room and still rewards standing close.
Mobile (MOB) print, common questions
How many runways does Mobile Regional Airport have?
Two. Runway 15/33 is 8,502 by 150 feet and runway 18/36 is 4,376 by 150 feet, both asphalt. The print shows the long diagonal and the shorter vertical strip set apart from each other, with the gap between them taken from published airport information.
What is the longest runway at MOB, and how high is the field?
The longest runway is 15/33 at 8,502 feet. Field elevation is 219 feet above sea level, and that figure is printed in the margin of the print.
What does MOB stand for and where is the airport?
MOB is the IATA code for Mobile Regional Airport, 13 miles west of Mobile in Mobile County, Alabama, at roughly 30.69 north, 88.24 west. It was known as Bates Field during its Army Air Forces years.
Is the diagram accurate to the real airport?
Runway designators, lengths and widths follow the published figures for the field, as does the spacing between the two runways. It is original wall art, not a chart: fine details may be simplified or omitted, including minor taxiway markings, signage and small structures, and it is not for navigation.
What sizes are there, and does this work as a gift?
Each print is made to order in several sizes and finishes, on the ground tone you pick at checkout. It suits anyone who has flown in and out of Mobile, trained at the field, or grew up hearing it called Bates.
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