FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 MAY 2013
Location
| FAA Identifier: | ME16 |
| Lat/Long: | 46-57-01.5400N / 067-53-09.1000W
46-57.025667N / 067-53.151667W
46.9504278 / -67.8858611
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 746 ft. / 227.4 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 21W (1985) |
| From city: | 3 miles NW of LIMESTONE, ME |
| Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 04750 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Private use. Permission required prior to landing |
| Activation date: | 10/1997 |
| Sectional chart: | HALIFAX |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | BOSTON CENTER |
| FSS: | BANGOR FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Pattern altitude: | RECT TFC PTN ALT 1900', OVERHEAD TFC PTN ALT 2400'. |
| Wind indicator: | yes |
| Segmented circle: | no |
| International operations: | international airport of entry
CSTMS-CIV-ENTER NO OF CIV OPERNS RQR CSTMS IN RMRKS
SECT OF DD 175. |
Airport Communications
| UNICOM: | 123.0 |
| WX ASOS at CAR (7 nm SW): | 135.125 (207-496-3153) |
| WX AWOS-3 at PQI (17 nm SW): | 118.025 (207-764-7248) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| PQIr060/13.6 | | PRESQUE ISLE VOR/DME | | 116.40 | | 21W |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| LIMESTONE | | 006/6.8 | | 220 | | 19W | | LIF | .-.. .. ..-. |
| ST LEONARD | | 204/15.5 | | 404 | | 22W | | YSL | -.-- ... .-.. |
Airport Services
| Parking: | hangars |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 1/19
| Dimensions: | 12101 x 300 ft. / 3688 x 91 m |
| Surface: | asphalt/concrete/grooved, in fair condition
CONC PORTIONS OF RY GRVD 70 FT EITHER SIDE OF CNTRLN. |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 155.0 | | Double wheel: | 265.0 | | Double tandem: | 445.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | high intensity
RY 01/19 NSTD HIRL DUE TO NO THLD LGTS; NO EDGE LGTS AT TWY INTERSECTIONS & NO AMBER LENSES LAST 2000 FT EACH END. |
| Runway edge markings: | 01/19 NSTD MARKINGS; MILITARY PIR MKGS BOTH ENDS; EDGE STRIPES LOCATED 70 FT EITHER SIDE OF CNTRLN ; RY 01 MKGS FADED. |
| RUNWAY 1 | | RUNWAY 19 |
| Latitude: | 46-56.059333N | | 46-57.997000N |
| Longitude: | 067-52.786833W | | 067-53.452333W |
| Elevation: | 745.8 ft. | | 744.1 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Markings: | NSTD, in poor condition | | NSTD, in poor condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 12-box VASI (3.00 degrees glide path)
RY 01 VGSI OTS INDEFLY. | | 12-box VASI (3.00 degrees glide path)
RY 19 VGSI OTS INDEFLY. |
| Approach lights: | ALSF1: standard 2,400 foot high intensity approach lighting system with centerline sequenced flashers (category I)
01/19 ALSF1 OTS INDEFLY. | | ALSF1: standard 2,400 foot high intensity approach lighting system with centerline sequenced flashers (category I) |
| Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | LORING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
154 DEVELOPMENT DRIVE - SUITE F
LIMESTONE, ME 04750
Phone 207-328-7005 |
| Manager: | LORING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
154 DEVELOPMENT DRIVE - SUITE F
LIMESTONE, ME 04750
Phone 207-328-7005 |
Additional Remarks
| - | VFR DAYTIME ONLY. |
| - | CTN: EXP STANDING WATER ON RWY APRX 3000' FROM N END OF RWY 01/19 DUR AND SUBSEQUENT TO PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION. |
| - | LARGE BIRDS & MAMMALS INVOF RY. |
| - | 1,000 FT BY 300 FT PAVED OVERRUN AT EACH END OF RY. |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at ME16.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KCAR - Caribou Municipal Airport (7 nm SW)
KPQI - Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle (17 nm SW)
KFVE - Northern Aroostook Regional Airport (27 nm NW)
KHUL - Houlton International Airport (50 nm S)
KMLT - Millinocket Municipal Airport (85 nm SW)
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Times for 18-May-2013
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| Morning civil twilight | | 04:17 | | 08:17 |
| Sunrise | | 04:54 | | 08:54 |
| Sunset | | 20:02 | | 00:02 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 20:39 | | 00:39 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 18-May-2013 23:54:36 |
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| Local (UTC-4) | 18-May-2013 19:54:36 |
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| METAR |
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KCAR
7nm SW | 182254Z AUTO 08006KT 10SM CLR 12/M01 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP261 T01171006
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CYSL
11nm N | 182000Z 07006KT 15SM SCT020 12/01 A3029 RMK SC3 LAST OBS/NEXT 190800UTC SLP268
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CWIY
11nm N | 182200Z AUTO 02003KT 12/M00 RMK AO1 SLP266 T01201003 55003
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KPQI
18nm S | 182255Z AUTO 08005KT 10SM CLR 12/M01 A3023 RMK AO1
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KCAR
7nm SW | 181723Z 1818/1918 VRB03KT P6SM BKN060 FM190300 00000KT P6SM FEW250
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KPQI
18nm S | 181723Z 1818/1918 05007KT P6SM SCT060 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND
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